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29 Comments
My zucchini got WAY too big for these cages to support them. One of my golden zucchini last year was 15 feet long and absolutely massive. Our problem here in August is getting too dry, not getting too wet. No bugs here bother squash plants either. I just trim off the lowest leaves since they don't help much of anything and end up dying off anyway. I am considering trellises when we do the new garden setup, I just am not sure how we will orient them in relation to the tallish beds I need built.
That kale!!
I also use these cages to support my green peppers so the heavy fruit doesn't break the branches ❤❤
I use cheap emt conduit for squash. 👍🇺🇸🙏
If the welds dont hold. Use cheap zip ties. Change them once a year. )
Thanks Luke. I have a second planting of zucchini that can benefit from this. And a stack of useless tomato cages left over. I did use some cages in the cucumber raised bed and the cantaloupe raised bed and even a few on my red peppers. But as far as tomatoes are concerned-useless.
Thank you for this information. I just pulled my tired old tomatoes that were done for the season and have tiny squash and zucchini starts peeking up.
Great idea! I am going to use this in my fall garden.
I am using this technique for the first time this summer…so far so good. 😊
square ones work best for squash and cucumbers
I would change your headline to "Use this WORTHLESS Piece of Junk to Grow Useless Zucchini!":
hi migardener 🤗
ive used tomato cages for squash, zucchini, eggplants and more.
btw, thanks for the annual sale. I just made my third purchase this morning. at this point, ive nearly bought one of every seed you offer…and I intend to plant every single variety (eventually 🤣😅). tfs
Luke, I recommend buying some better tin snips!
Growing up in the Texas panhandle, my parents would make about an 18 inch hill, plant three holes of squash seeds, two each hole and a few radish seeds to keep squash bugs away. It worked great. Moving to Arkansas, Husband and I garden, but he disagreed with that method of squash planting and we plant in rows, flat on the ground. Bugs and other Arkansas humidity problems are common for us. I've seen examples of what you are doing in my old Rodales' gardening book and other places. It makes sense to plant summer squash high. This is probably better than our family's hills. I guess my parents had the air flow idea in mind with the hills, though in that area, humidity was not an issue. Thanks so much for this.
I can use some of the old tomato cages that were too small. Good idea. Currently have my zucchini in a peony cage.
Those cages are perfect for peppers! Don't discount them
Can confirm I've done this for years but I just plant my starter in the middle of the cage
The only use I found for the fragile tomato cages is to double them up, one inside the other, and then turn them upside down so they're less top heavy.
Great idea Luke, thanks!❤
I didn’t think about cutting off the lower rung. I turned them upside down and pushed them in the dirt. I used zip ties to keep the top together. Next year I will do it YOUR way!
I do this to my cauliflower and broccoil
I tried this technique this year with one of my zucchini plants….disaster! I'm not sure what I did wrong but would love to see follow up videos to see how to do this correctly.
I have tried tomato cages for zucchini. It was pointless. Zucchini doesn’t grow up. It grows where it wants to which is outward.
Yay perfect use for junk today Luke! My Round zucchini (I got from YOU buddy), just sprouted today in a container, on my balcony! 🌱Praying they do well before 1st frost Oct 22?! Have netting to cover. 😊
Maybe you get a lot of heat and humidity at this where you live but I average 0" of rain for the whole summer and a large part of spring and fall as well
My tomato cages work well for me. I will definitely be trying this next season when I have a big enough space for squash.
Nope…. the vines bend over the wire and constrict the flow. Then the vines Crack! Say hello to pests like stink bugs and other sap sucking insects. Nope nope nope… I tried it last year same exact technique.
I don’t understand why you have to call it junk for clicks. They are incredible tools and I literally grew all my zucchinis and squashes on them for years now.
I do this for my bush beans as well