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Old November 29, 2016   #8
Barb_FL
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Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Indialantic, Florida
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I have tomatoes growing in EB and a few RP on my pool deck. My plants are HUGE and what I've done this year is attached bamboo poles to the cages with zip ties. The light weight bamboo poles really work out better than the heavier/better ones. I only need 2 zip ties per pole.

I've done it with 4' and also 6' bamboo poles and don't start at the bottom of the cage so even the 4' pole can become 7-8 feet.

Let me know if you need a picture.

My bigger problem is wind knocking over the cages on the pool deck. I'm sure I have a lot more wind than you in Orlando. It is especially bad coming out of the east; regular wind is 15-16 MPH. After trying for years with using cinder blocks, etc, I finally solved the problem with filling up tall buckets (like the orange HD / blue Lowes ones) with water. None have fallen over since.
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