How to Make Tomato Cages

[mackavally]

staple the wire to wood

[majohnson50]

i like it. he is very likeable

[yehaf00]

GREAT video! Very entertaining.....and amusing with the antics of the dogs :))

[CJBooBooz]

This is a very informative/funny/cute video! Thanks so much I'm going to make a cage for my patio vegetable planter box. I hope it goes well!

[coldblueeyes3]

really good bro, thank you for this show helped me allot,

i just dont understand why we see the dogs more than the actual gardening sometimes....

[eedwards74]

Im going to use that same stuff, but drive in wire fence post and weave the plants thru like a trellis.

[ghostofpaulrevere]

3:33 totally saw that coming! lol. but anyway, great idea using the concrete reinforcing wire. Industrial Strength Tomato Cages!.

[wyccad915]

this video was pretty funny. That slap looked like it hurt. Anyways, I have 5 tomato plants that need cages so I might try this. 2 need them badly and are leaning over.

[BartSwinter]

You seem like very nice Folks..I'm enjoying your videos..They are quite entertaining.humorous and educational..all in one!

[Crow112178]

I use cattle panel works great and they dont fall over. And its nice to be able to reach in and weed or get your mators.

[ocbc1975]

Just a tip you could have saved yourself a lot of time with some long tie strips. Though a good design a recommendation.

[erochow]

@ocbc1975 good suggestion. i think any kind of plastic cable tie would wear out after a while. i store these outside all winter, so maybe the ties would break down. i've found that bending the wire over on itself to secure the round cage, while a pain to do, works well. thanks eric.

[theeastwatch]

Whenever your working with metal, wear gloves. Its easier to work with the stuff, and you won't get cut.

-TEW

[erochow]

@theeastwatch good point , thanks for that. eric.

[theeastwatch]

@erochow lol sorry didn't mean to sound like an ass, but I have cut myself a bunch building rabbit and chicken stuff, and then one day said thats it, anytime I'm using any wire of any kind, I'm wearing gloves... my hands have been happier ever since!

-TEW

[Peskey2010]

3:35 oh boy!

[BigDaddyD965]

This looks like entirely too much work!

[clivebroadbent]

I have found that the best way to train tomatoes is to place the pots beneath the eaves of ones house. You can then suspend string from the eaves and as the tomatoes grow simply wind the string around the stem.

If you nip out the suckers, and axiliary shoots you can gro the tomatoes up to 12 feet high with fruit all season. Cut of the lower leaves as they grew to allow the fruit to ripen.

[MisterSoul99]

I tried to post a vid response

[littlechefxxx]

lovely dogs

[jamekididdleshmiddle]

lmao.. who would make a how to do video about something they've never done before?

[loansharky]

Great vid! I'm going to make some of these. You shouldn't let your dogs chew on sticks. Thousands of dogs choke on sticks every year. Ask your vet.

[mmelindam]

Thank you! Last fall I was given permission to glean some concrete wire from an abandoned plot in our community garden. I took the wire with hopes of making tomatoe cages but I had no idea how to make them. Your video will be a huge help! I loved the dogs in the video too!

[malhori]

I could understand the time & effort, if tomato cages were expensive, but aren't they like a dollar or two?

[Reinadyn]

@malhori No, they are more then a dollar... and bigger ones can for for $30-50.

[nbulls28]

cool stuff I will be building one raised bed and the tomato cage this spring. I was browsing thru the other videos and they were not what I was looking for. Finally I found your video and I thould you did a terrific job explaining everything. Thanks

[bc65925]

I used the 50 ft roll of Concrete Re-Wire (pre-bent into a circle for one thing). 11 full squares if I remember correctly and cut the ends up close to the square. Then just bend the one end and hook it on the full square. I also painted mine with green rustoleum using a roller. Goes quick, makes them look better and maybe last a little longer. We have about 50 of them.

[erochow]

hey thanks to all of you for watching . more fun videos and info on our site

[popoandtiger]

Thank you ! We ( me and my husband are planning to live and have farm ) tis video so helpful and I love your dogs !!!

[tanagaba]

I love this video! A great trick for sturdy tomato cages.

[iampchaupt]

Channel lock is a brand name, the tool is an adjustable grip pliers.

[rodrew1]

I just did something like that, but I cut the bottom wire off to make prongs to stick in the earth. Also I used 1/2 inch re-bar for supports. Any idea how long the wire lasts before it rusts through? I was thing of using rust primer, but don't know if that's going overboard.

[YouToobWatcher3]

Put a gag on the camera person.

[farrahjean12]

@YouToobWatcher3  You are mean.

[YouToobWatcher3]

@farrahjean12 No I'm not!

[kryston80]

great idea i will have to try this

[1ucky8]

thanks buddy, I'm leading to lower tomorrow

[CHOCCYDAZZLE]

BRILLIANT +Funny thanks

[ultrakool]

great vid despite annoying camera chick

[GearyGals]

Love your video! What a great idea and thanks for the laughs! You two are such a sweet couple :)

[glencw66]

being new to gardening i found this a great idea as i have got tomatoes growing and will need putting out in a few weeks, and now i know what to do..

many thanks

[SPCkeith]

yeah im using this im going to take and attach theses to fence posts at each end and try and run squash and cucumbers up it I'm not sure it will work for melons but I might try it with cantaloupes. great vid guys. keep iit up.

[1ChevyGuy375]

Thank you for showing me how to make these cages. Usually I use those small ones you buy, but as we all know those don't work too good lol. This year I will be making these and will spray paint them with Rustoleum. I always enjoy your show. Your dogs always make it fun to watch plus the banter between you and your wife.

[TnWormsCastings]

this was great and you 2 are sweet

[adograce]

That looks like hard work here is a little hint to make your work  easy, use the rolled concrete wire instead if the flat wire you will find the circle is already formed,and use electric fence wire to tie the ends together Armand

[erochow]

@adograce

hey thanks for the suggestion. clearly i am not the expert. eric.

[LilacHilFarm]

Love this! I must thank you because this will save my husband from making all of your mistakes.....Height is everything in a tomato cage, so whatever material people choose to make theirs with it must be tall enough- five to seven feet for indeterminate tomatoes. Tip: use your old flimsy garden store cages for the peppers and eggplants. I think we will experiment with both straight wire fence and tie and the cages shown here.

[erochow]

@LilacHilFarm yes. please learn from my misteks. eric

[fred5399]

@LilacHilFarm You got that so right.Height is everything with tomatos.

[LETCA]

Great information presented in a charming way; love the dogs!

[erochow]

@LETCA

thx,. eric.

[rufuscrackle]

I found some of this material last year. I just staked it up without rolling round. I then tied the tomatoes onto it. This way i got more plants supported than if i had done it the traditional way. This year i am making them out of scrap metal i have. I bent and then welded the steel. This way i can make it as tall as i want

[erochow]

good idea, a fence of the wire is a great idea. thanks for watching.

[LorneRealEstate]

Although you use construction grade Reo for your cages and you do put them around plants in the ground, i found that lighter gauge hog wire works just as well, is easier to handle, cheaper, comes in a roll and will fit in a normal car.

Also easier to work with Re: pliers not a grinder.

Plus it can be attached to tomatos planted in buckets or pots without fear of the cage weight toppling them over.

Plus it comes galvanized and doesn't rust.

[erochow]

wasn't sure hog wire came tall enough for the cages i wanted to build, but thanks for that info. it sounds great for patio tomatoes. i learn as i go along here. thx, eric.

[LorneRealEstate]

Once again, the dogs are great... but you and your mechanical skills, some might say general knowledge are just hilarious.

These are Stand Up comedy clips right?

Christ you can just make a simple ring with the reo using a bit of rope or a tie down etc etc, then fix it off however you like.

Still, always a joy to watch you, at least the hot dogs looked good.

[erochow]

good point. thx.

[Zone6Bill]

Thanks for the information. I always wondered what that type of metal "fencing" the concrete reinforcing wire was really called.

[repsev1234]

love the dogs, they are awesome

[seanpetterson]

that was a great show

[mytube445]

you have beautiful dogs

[Geraldolini]

hey..great fun! thanks!

[young2880]

best way for sure

[kev7017]

I'm sooo glad you did the tomato cages.

Thats my next project. the ones that you buy at the store suck.

[TroutEhCuss]

I enjoyed your idea. The wife was your humor sidekick.

[lyndaraven]

Great vids

[AnnieNM06]

this is really cool. thanks

the dog was like 'where's my hot dog?'

[erochow]

its all about food and tennis balls with the Labs. thx, eric.

[jarp87]

"hes got part of my star wars uniform..

what?!

..i dint tell you bout...starwars uniform?"

OH my god, that was so funny.

You rock guys, congrats, keep up, good work.

[erochow]

hey thanks. glad you got the joke. check out our viewer forum at the Gardenfork site. lots of cool people there.

[Wizechris1]

hehe that was funny!!!!!

[yomolove]

Its not perfect... but it is functional.

[yomolove]

LOLOL... I am watching you do this... and I just think you are trying to kill yourself. But you got it done.... I have learned alot of lessons from you... Thank you

[listen2yourself]

I like to overlap the ends at least one square and connect the ends to the next vertical wires - instead of connecting the horizontal wires end to end like you did here. This makes it much easier to get a nicer curve without the pointed seam like in this video. I hope this helps and thanks for the vids! This is the first one I've seen but plan to watch them all.

[erochow]

that's a very good tip, thx for that. the cages i made have that slightly oval shape. overlapping would fix that.

you might want to check out our site, more people like yourself there. thx, eric.

[babajeune]

Loved your video. I just wanted suggest that you can also buy the reinforcing wire in rolls 50 feet long. When you unroll 5 feet and hold the ends down with 2 heavy timbers, you can cut it off with with a bolt cutter. then the section you cut off with recoil itself to a perfect cylinder.

[erochow]

thx for the tip. the store did not have the rolls in stock, so i bought the pre-cut sheets. check out our site for more fun stuff. thx, eric.

[KARStarla]

Your dogs crack me up lol great video, I enjoy watching your videos, I watch but rarely post to you.

Great idea too!

[erochow]

hey thanks for the note. tell your friends about Gardenfork. thx, eric.