What Are Tomato Cages?
Tomato cages are apparatuses used to house tomato plants and offer support to the delicate plant and fruit. The cage can help lift the tomato plants slightly up off the ground and away from the soil, which may be able to prevent the tomatoes from rotting. Lifting and supporting delicate tomato plants with cages may also reduce the chances of insect infestation. Gardeners may be better able to apply insecticides directly to the ground just beneath the plant without affecting the tomato plant itself. When tomato seeds or a small purchased tomato plant is planted directly into the soil, it is generally not put into a tomato cage. A tomato plant will usually be left to grow for approximately six weeks or long enough for the plant’s roots to properly attach to the soil and for the fruit to grow larger. Once a tomato plant starts to increase in size, a tomato cage can then be constructed around it to add support.
Tomato cages are apparatuses used to house tomato plants and offer support to the delicate plant and fruit. The cage can help lift the tomato plants slightly up off the ground and away from the soil, which may be able to prevent the tomatoes from rotting. Lifting and supporting delicate tomato plants with cages may also reduce the chances of insect infestation. Gardeners may be better able to apply insecticides directly to the ground just beneath the plant without affecting the tomato plant itself. When tomato seeds or a small purchased tomato plant is planted directly into the soil, it is generally not put into a tomato cage. A tomato plant will usually be left to grow for approximately six weeks or long enough for the plant’s roots to properly attach to the soil and for the fruit to grow larger. Once a tomato plant starts to increase in size, a tomato cage can then be constructed around it to add support. To construct a tomato cage by hand, wire fencing is usually rolled out and posi
