Lay them down?

[clkeiper]

I had a thought last year as I was picking peppers from plants that fell over due to their weight after a heavy soaking storm went through. I grow lots of peppers so caging is not really a good option I was thinking this year I would maybe just lay some of them down as I planted them instead of waiting on them to topple over after a huge soaker? does anybody else ever lay them down to plant them? I plant in plastic mulch. they would not be laying directly on the soil.