http://www.settfest.com/2009/01/support-your-plants/ The annual South East Texas Tomato Festival (SETTFest) is a gathering of tomato growers and friends who want to celebrate, grow, and sample Heirloom tomatoes. Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:20:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.settfest.com/2009/01/support-your-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-16 John Steinmeyer Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:48:04 +0000 http://www.settfest.com/?p=192#comment-16 When I ran out of concrete reinforcing wire I made the rest of my cages using the fence wire and just clipping a wire or two out of the 2″x4″ openings which then allows plenty of room for most any hand. Stagger (to maintain strength) several new openings around the cage in several places from lower to higher and all tomatoes can be easily extracted. Works for me and some of mine are 10 years old. Just a thought. John When I ran out of concrete reinforcing wire I made the rest of my cages using the fence wire and just clipping a wire or two out of the 2″x4″ openings which then allows plenty of room for most any hand. Stagger (to maintain strength) several new openings around the cage in several places from lower to higher and all tomatoes can be easily extracted. Works for me and some of mine are 10 years old. Just a thought. John

]]> http://www.settfest.com/2009/01/support-your-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-15 John Steinmeyer Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:39:39 +0000 http://www.settfest.com/?p=192#comment-15 Regarding the objection to using galvanized fencing wire, ("The drawback, which has kept some people from seriously considering them for cages, is that the fence holes are a mere 2″ x 4″ — too small to accommodate any but the smallest of hands."), when I ran out of concrete reinforcing wire I made the rest of my cages using the fence wire and just clipping a wire or two out of the 2"x4" openings which then allows plenty of room for most any hand. Stagger (to maintain strength) several new openings around the cage in several places from lower to higher and all tomatoes can be easily extracted. Works for me and some of mine are 10 years old. Just a thought. John Regarding the objection to using galvanized fencing wire, (“The drawback, which has kept some people from seriously considering them for cages, is that the fence holes are a mere 2″ x 4″ — too small to accommodate any but the smallest of hands.”), when I ran out of concrete reinforcing wire I made the rest of my cages using the fence wire and just clipping a wire or two out of the 2″x4″ openings which then allows plenty of room for most any hand. Stagger (to maintain strength) several new openings around the cage in several places from lower to higher and all tomatoes can be easily extracted. Works for me and some of mine are 10 years old. Just a thought. John

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