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- From: "Sharon and Steve" <shopkins AT tdstelme.net>
- To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] tomato cages
- Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 10:46:57 -0500
After about 10 minutes with one of those store bought inverted cone cages we decided they were several ntothes less than useless and proceeded to make our own.
From a roll of 6 x 6 #9 concrete re-wire we cut the center horizontal wire,the resulting strip was then cut at the 14th verticle wire and this was formed to a circle and hooked with the spikes left from cutting. This made the cage which is about 2 feet diameter and 2 feet high, with 13 - 6 inch spikes at the bottom which go into the soil as anchors.
These cages were covered in spring with 3 wide poly attached using 6d nails as if they were straight pins, the extra left loose at the top. Early they were set over broccoli and cabbage, later they were moved to tomato and peppers, (2 plants per cage) and as the weather demanded, the top poly was adjusted closed or open. When true warm weather arrived the plastic covers were removed and stored.
Worked well for us, I still have, and use, most of the cages after 20+ years, but most of our tomato production has moved into the greenhouse, and if I needed more I would use the highly temporary type hoop house season extender.
MAsteveINE
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[Market-farming] Rattle Gourd Seeds,
Marty Kraft, 02/04/2008
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[Market-farming] tomato cages,
Andrew R. King, 02/05/2008
- [Market-farming] tomato cages, Bill Shoemaker, 02/05/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] tomato cages,
Sharon and Steve, 02/05/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] tomato cages,
Krystle Chung, 02/05/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] tomato cages,
Bill Bradshaw, 02/05/2008
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[Market-farming] allis g - implement lift problems. . .,
John Ferree, 02/05/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] allis g - implement lift problems. . ., Franklin W. Davis, 02/05/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] allis g - implement lift problems. . .,
Sharon and Steve, 02/05/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] allis g - implement lift problems. . ., Beth Spaugh, 02/06/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] allis g - implement lift problems. . ., Marie Kamphefner, 02/05/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] tomato cages, Barbara Miller, 02/06/2008
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[Market-farming] allis g - implement lift problems. . .,
John Ferree, 02/05/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] tomato cages,
Bill Bradshaw, 02/05/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] tomato cages,
Krystle Chung, 02/05/2008
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[Market-farming] tomato cages,
Andrew R. King, 02/05/2008
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