Where to get galvanized CRW or something similar?

[ginger2778]

Originally Posted by sprtsguy76

Well I have finally found something that I like. But there has been a huge problem in actually recieving the product. I found it at OSH out of all places! It is called Tomato Gard, it is a lighter gauge metal than say concrete reinforced wire but it is welded and either poly coated or galvanized. Its very similar to the common rabbit fencing you find at any home improvement store but the mesh size is 4x6 inch which will work for me. Ideally I would rather have 6x6 inch but I'm ok with 4x6 . But the problem is they have been completely out of stock for over a month! All stores within 50 miles of me are completely depleted . I made a special order for a few rolls and was told it would take 5-7 business days to arrive. That was nearly a month ago! I called the store several times to check in but to no avail. I finally called the corporate office and didn't get any answers there either. They just kept blowing me off giving me no answers. It has been very frustrating! I'm disgusted with OSH. I understand that things take time but they never told me it could be weeks. Finally Yesterday I went to a different OSH to see if by lucky chance they had gotten some rolls in but no luck. I asked to speak to the manager there. The manager there was much nicer and willing to make some calls for me and try to get to the bottom of this. He found out that a delivery of the Tomato Gard had finally been made on May 10 to the main warehouse in Tracy CA which is roughly a 100 miles away. And here it is May 18 and they still haven't gotten it to the store I ordered it from. Aside from going through the actual distributer Prime Source and paying more money for the Tomato Gard I'm at the mercy of their unproffesional services. So I continue to wait and wonder if I will ever recieve that call lol. I will never special order something from OSH again. And if I can help it, NEVER go there again.

Damon

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I would put a bad review of them on Citylink, Yelp, and Dave's. Once it is in cyberspace it is there forever!
Marsha

[feldon30]

Wow not sure how I missed this thread.

So I hate CRW because of the rust. And the problem with the wire mesh as mentioned above is, the holes are too small (2" x 4"). So the solution I got from Bully:




and my implementation without posts:


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Use the galvanized wire mesh cut into 5 foot lengths, but use metal wire to prop open the cages about 10" in the side facing out. Then zip-tie the backs and sides of the cages to each other so they form one cohesive support structure and won't fall over. With 6 cages or more, it's a very sturdy setup and I didn't have any problems. Even better is if you can buy a few Texas Tomato cages and put two TTC for every 4 wire mesh cages. That really makes for a secure setup that can stand up to wind, rain, etc.

[sprtsguy76]

Marsha- I'm with you!

Feldon- nice set up you got there. I was able to find the same type of material you have there but with a mesh size of 4x6 inch.

I will post some pictures later of the product.

Damon
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[gatorgoat]

I wish I'd seen this technique before I bent up my batch of classic rusty remesh cages. I ended up with 90 out of four rolls of mesh. I'm just going to have to learn to like rust until they disintegrate on their own, unless I can sell them next season. Beings as I'm one rung above a share cropper I'm going to have to use them up or sell them before I can upgrade to that fancy dang galvanized. I must have spent a solid week searching for tomato cage ideas and didn't run across this.

[sprtsguy76]

I've actually got several of my rusty crw cages still being used in the garden and they look ok. What I really wanted this Tomato Gard for was container set ups and to make a few more cages needed in the raised beds because I ran out of the old stuff . If I like the Tomato Gard I guess in the end my plan is to swap it all out. I just didn't want to invest more money in crw if I could help it. I wanted to find something more aesthetically pleasing.

Damon

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[MikeInCypress]

I just Googled Tomato Gard and found 6x6 mesh 48"h x 20' long on Amazon.com at $5.37 a roll plus shipping. I ordered 2 rolls for about $30.00 including shipping.

MikeInCypress

[sprtsguy76]

Mike I like it so far. I just finished putting together several different size cages. The gauge of wire is definitely lighter (14 gauge)than say crw but its welded and galvanized. Once zipped tied, tied together in pairs and standing them up they seem like they will do the trick. If you dont want to tie them together in pairs i think a single stake would suffice for support. I'm just so used to the brut strenght of crw, I mean you can practically stand on crw cages! Here is a couple pictures.

Damon

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