They're Bbustin' Loose

[Kenyadenola]

Since I decided to some plants away from the main garden I had to be inventive in terms of supporting them. I didn't just want to stake because I didn't want to have be diligent about pruning, so I decided to support them by making a box cage for six of them out of the long green garden poles you can get in the nursery section at HD. so far it has worked great, but I had two that were at awkward angles and couldn't be included in the box. One was a determinate so I decided to put the old square folding cage around it. I figured it wouldn't get to big and I just didn't want to let it sprawl. Well now all 3 feet of it has gone crazy and is bustin' loose, but it is loaded with tomatoes.

That one is not as crazy as it's neighbor, the Black Pear. I decided to put one of the tall cylindrical cages(the hated kind) around it. I knew it was an indeterminate, but I figured I'd give it a shot. Sometimes you get a indeterminate that doesn't get very tall, what's the worse that could happen right?

Well, it is now about 2 feet over it's 5 foot cage and getting ready to start it's journey back to the ground and it's loaded with tomatoes!!

Any one have any ideas on how I can support this plant. It has not been pruned at all, an is a monster. Now that the story has been told, here is my idea for support, please tell me what you think. I want to pound a stake in the ground and attach CRM about 3 feet or so off the ground and wrapp it around the plant. In theory that doesn't sound bad, but then I started thinking about the roots and what damage might occur by pounding the stake in the ground. I also thought that once I wrap the plant I could cut the original cage off an let the plant enjoy it's new tall roomy home.

What do you guy's think, will I do more harm than good by pounding in the stake? If I won't, would it be okay to cut it's original cage away once the new one is around it?

If I shouldn't pound the stake into the ground, what should I do to help this plant. I'm in California so my growing season is long from over and this plant has about 15 toms so far that have not ripened and a bunch of little growing ones, with more flowers loading up.

Any advise is very welcome except for the comments about how I shouldn't have put the cage around it in the first place. Now I know whay I had those cages stashed in a corner where I never have to look at them.

I'm a little worried about the determinate, but if I figure out how to solve the big plants problem, I'll be able to solve the little ones problem.

Thanks for taking the time to read my very winded post!!

Kenya