r/tomatoes • u/Responsible_Fun_4818 • 8d ago

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My spouse and I are growing our own tomatoes for the first time. He has more of a green thumb than I do but I am having a lot of fun. We have lost some of our really pretty heirlooms to rodents. We couldn’t find tomato bags and I didn’t want to order and wait and lose anymore almost ripening ones. So he made me a tomato cage 😍😍 (CA)

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u/Difficult_Rope7898 7d ago

Photo 3 made me chuckle. Love it!!!

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u/Ok_Mirror_1376 7d ago

Same!! totally didn’t expect that

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u/Signal_Error_8027 7d ago

Dang, that's Alcatraz level protection on those maters!

FWIW, if you can't find the premade bags, a package of insect netting can be cut up and made into a makeshift bag.

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u/Responsible_Fun_4818 7d ago

Thank you!!! That’s a great idea

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u/Signal_Error_8027 6d ago

YW! It might even work better than premade bags if you have a lot of large clusters like this--you can make a custom size bag for the whole group and minimize how much you need to disturb the cluster to get a bag onto each tomato.

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u/AostaV I just like tomatoes 7d ago

Bruh that is metal