Thanks for the links. We have some of those cone shaped wire cages, Hubby used them last year in the 5 gallon buckets he had tomatoes planted in. Likely won’t need them this year.
I transplanted 2 cherry tomatoes is all, and his tomatoes aren’t turning out. I have a folding cage that makes a triangular tower, but I can also unfold it and use it as a back drop for cukes to climb.
I bought a Boston cuke at Walmart, and will figure out where to plant it this weekend. I have netting that I use attached to metal frame work at the back of 2 of my beds, except this year, they are not in the rotation for plants that climb.
Several of the other beds have a fence behind them. I always thought that I would grow peas there, but peas always die before producing anything. I don’t like peas anyway, but just a handful in soup, and I can eat them that way without gagging.
My peas (3 varieties) all produced lots of pea pods - beginner’s luck, I think. I shelled about 4 cups worth & froze, but the rest are frozen in the pods in vacuum sealed bags. I held out a large bowl full of the pods and used them as a dipper for hummus. Eating them with hummus worked so well that I bought myself a cheapie food processor Thursday so I can make my own. I used my blender for the 1st batch & it didn’t work all that well.
My experience has been that cone cages get top heavy & fall over & I always have to stake the cages up for additional support. I have some heavier wire cones that someone gave me & I’m using them on my determinate plants this year, but I still think I’m eventually going to have to put in a couple of stakes. The cylinders are for the indeterminates, and are working so well that all the tomatoes will be in them next year. I might also make some smaller cylinders to support other plants (eggplants, peppers, etc.).
I hope you like the Boston pickling cukes - some folks (from the comments at the link) had them go yellow or orange - mine are all green and look like pickles before they’re pickled. I’m even calling them pickles - got to go check the pickle patch! :-)