Tomato plant in a cage?

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Hello, I know this is an old topic, but I'd be interested to know how the cage experiments went as I'm thinking of doing the same.

Thanks.

Ali

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[Lady Cosmos]

Tomatoes in cages work fine. But you need more space than normal planting.
In stead of bubble wrap it is possible to use fleece, The plant will dry faster , less problems with blight, but I never had problems with blight.
It only takes time to prepare the cages, but you can use them for ages.
Hee where I live, in the Netherlands, close to the coast, it is always very windy, so with the cages the plants have more support. The same is with the cucumbers and gaugerks. They do not break or fall over.
The reason for working with a roof is that the leaves stay dry, so less chance to get blight. Always water tomatoes at the bottum. 

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Thanks Lady C. - I discovered in the end that I don't have enough room for the cages so canes will have to suffice for now, although I am going to go for the main shoot and king shoot method mentioned elsewhere in this forum.  I don't think we have a long enough growing season in Glasgow to grow single cordons outdoors.  I'll make the most of our long summer evenings, hopefully.  That's if we ever get a summer.  :-\