With fountains, greenhouses, and gazebos ruling the world of garden structures, there is another structure that is often forgotten or overlooked but may be the greatest of them all. It has the most use and while the other structures make things pretty, the tomato stake is a structure that ensures one of life’s greatest treasures – tasty tomatoes.
The tomato stake is no architectural miracle. At first glance, it is a simple structure – a stick placed in the ground next to a growing tomato plant. Boom! You’re done. Sit back and watch your plant grow. Although it is true that the tomato stake garden structure is simple, the benefits are much more sophisticated.
Many people wonder why someone would pay money for a tomato stake bought from a store. After all, it’s just a stick, right? Well, while it is a stick, store-bought tomato stakes are high-quality sticks that have been treated with a lacquer or some form of weather-protection chemicals. Without those chemicals, the wood could rot, and the rot might transfer to the tomato plant. If you’d like to try your hand at making your own stakes, the task isn’t difficult. Just find a piece of wood and paint it with lacquer or weather protector. Otherwise, you can use a broom handle as a substitute.
While it’s hard to improve upon perfection, there is a variation of the tomato stake that might work better for you. It’s a circular fence that rests around the tomato plant, called a tomato cage. Tomato cages are a bit more expensive but require less work. The metal of the cage won’t rot and supports the tomato plant even better than a stake. But, whichever variety of tomato plant support you choose, the benefits are spectacular and will no doubt aid your tomatoes in producing delicious fruit.
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