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Originally Posted by nctomatoman
I've thought of this and I am sure that it is done - you drive two sturdy posts at each end of a row. Run very strong cable between the two (anchor it down to the top of the posts well - I suppose you could use a strong chain and nail it in). Every 3 feet or so, or wherever you will be planting the tomatoes in the row, drop down another sturdy cable or chain, reaching down to where the tomato is - secure the growing tomato to the dropped lines.
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Sounds like it could be less expensive than cages, but I'm not clear on whether it would save time over staking. You still have to keep addint ties to secure the growing plant to the hanging cables/chains, right? Also, I have 100 foot rows, so there would have to be some intermediate support for the overhead cable, I guess. If anyone has a picture of this, it would be great to see. Thanks!