Tomato Cage Questions

pixieprincss

I have someone on Freecycle willing to give me as many tomato cages as I want and I am trying to decide how many to take. What all can I grow up? We are doing square foot gardening. Here is what we are growing this year.

Plant	Variety
Basil	Sweet Genovese
Bergamot	Wild
Bush Bean	Blue Lake
Bush Bean	Royalty Purple Pod
Carrots	Scarlet Nantes
Cilantro
Dill	Bouquet
Eggplant	Blush
Garlic	Beginner's Mix
Ground Cherries	Cossack Pineapple
Lavender	French Purple Ribbon
Lettuce	Winter Bloomdale Spinach
Lettuce	Looseleaf Deer Toungue
Lettuce	Mesclun
Lettuce	Romaine, Parris Island Cos
Marigold	African Crackerjack
Nasturtium	Jewel, mixed color
Onion, Green	Evergreen Bunching
Onion, Set	White
Oregano	Greek
Parsley	Mitsuba, Japanese
Pepper, Bell	Carolina Wonder
Pepper, Bell	Doe Hill Golden Bell (Early)
Pepper, Jalapeno
Peppers, Sweet	Carnival Mix
Radish
Rosemary
Squash, Pumpkin	Small Sugar
Squash, Summer	Early Golden Summer Crookneck
Thyme	Summer
Tomato	Cherokee Purple
Tomato	Roma VF, VA select

kastle

Your squashes & tomatoes.  My peppers don't usually need support (other than maybe a stake) and I wouldn't think your bush beans would need it either.

I would maybe ask for 2 more than you think you'll need since they are free.

Hey Jellisy

Pixie - do you know the size of the cages.  If your tomato plant is viney some of the cages are just too small.  I know you are not a tomato lover, but do you think you will expand that section in the future or are vining flowers or veggies.  It would be helpful to have cages to use as a trellis for those.   

pixieprincss

J- The giver has two different sizes. So, lots of possibilities. I was thinking about the "using them as a trellis idea", especially next year when we may add more vining varieties. I'm glad to hear that someone with more experience thinks the same thing. I settled on taking 10-14, which I think will be more that enough. I'm picking them up tomorrow. So exciting!