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  • From: Bill Shoemaker <wshoemak AT illinois.edu>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] 1. Am I crazy? re: tomatoes (Beth Spaugh)
  • Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 07:09:02 -0600 (CST)

Sorry, I meant to say indeterminates in the first line. Makes no sense for
determinates. Just before bed when I wrote it.
>
>I find you can make nice cages for determinates by using #10 concrete wire.
>Use the full 5' width to make tall cages. Put one on each plant, drive a
>tomato stake in the ground between them. Bind two cages to each stake with a
>cable tie about 4' up. It reinforces them sufficiently that they won't blow
>down. The indeterminate will grow right up to the top and over but the cages
>manage them well for us in northern Illinois. They'll work in a tall tunnel
>too.
>
>Bill
William H Shoemaker, UI-NRES
Sr Research Specialist, Food Crops
St Charles Horticulture Research Center
535 Randall Road St Charles, IL 60174
630-584-7254; FAX-584-4610




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