General discussion regarding the techniques and methods used to successfully grow tomato plants in containers.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Virginia, USA
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The last couple of years I had used string and clips for supporting my tomatoes and peppers in containers but even though it worked well I thought it could be improved.
I had been working on some triangle cages for my raised bed made out of cattle panel and they are a success. While doing those I came up with a solution for containers using cattle panel that is pretty easy and extremely sturdy. Here are some photos. I also put one in of my triangle cages. The container supports are just two halves of a 16ft x50inch cattle panel. I used halves that did not have part of a spike on them. I used those for the triangle cages. As you can see I drove 4-40 inch pieces of 3/4 inch EMT into the ground, slipped the sections over them in a way that locks them in, and ty wrapped them together at the top. The total height is about 6 and a half feet from the top of the container up. I was surprised just how strong this setup is and it can be taken down at the end of the season if needed. Last edited by Jaysan; May 15, 2014 at 12:49 AM. |
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