{"id":16114,"date":"2014-01-13T14:24:34","date_gmt":"2014-01-13T20:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=16114"},"modified":"2014-01-13T14:24:34","modified_gmt":"2014-01-13T20:24:34","slug":"diy-tomato-cages-connector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/diy-tomato-cages-connector\/","title":{"rendered":"The Connector for DIY Tomato Cages"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If you’ve been gardening<\/a> for any length of time, you’ve probably got a collection of tomato cages: those round wire contraptions that you can stick in the ground around your tomato plants<\/a> for support. Sure, they work, but you better make sure that your planting space fits them… they don’t offer much in the way of flexibility.<\/p>\n

Encinitas, California resident Bob Van Epps has a different idea for a tomato cage: a platform – if you will – based on PVC piping and a connector he’s invented called the Tomato Triangle<\/a>. According to Van Epps, his simple invention allows for sizing and scalability – the length of piping you choose determines the size of the cage. The Triangle can also be connected to t-joints and other hardware, giving the user the opportunity to create structures that fit his\/her needs and space: no reason you couldn’t create tomato cages that double up as the sides of trellis system for other plants, for example. Lots of possibilities here. Van Epps is running a Kickstarter campaign to pre-sell the Tomato Triangle – it’s li<\/p>\n

Of course, most good greenies will ask “PVC? Really?” Sure, there are issues here… though it’s also a durable, long-lasting material. Rather then beat a drum either way, I’ll point you to a concise article at Mother Earth News<\/em><\/a> that spells out both sides of the debate over this material. Feel free to add your thoughts on the material or the product itself in the comments below.<\/p>\n

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