Tomato Cages and Stakes and Trellises, Oh My!

By Kira Hamman

A hotly debated topic among tomato gardeners is how to keep those precious spheres off the ground.

Letting plants sprawl along the earth makes them more susceptible to pests and disease, not to mention that it makes harvesting the tomatoes harder.

But while everyone seems to agree that keeping tomato plants upright is the way to go, exactly how to do that is hardly unanimous.

Some people are cagers. They swear by those metal ice cream cone-shaped contraptions that you plunk over the seedlings while they’re Read the rest of this entry »