They started in Peru as a little bush, but almost every modern variety that we love is a tall leggy monster bearing beautiful fruits (at least, that's what we're shooting for.)
Problem is, they still have a rather thin stem, that gets stressed by the wind, and easily breaks.
There's a very simple solution here. Like a 50 Shades of Grey fan, most tomatoes love bondage. Tie them to a stake or a cage, and they seem to respond with love and big tomatoes.
The taller the better. I've been using stakes, but some of my tomatoes will outgrow a four-foot stake, and heavy fruits will break the branches.
Most cages I've seen are far too short, a yard or so.
This spring I found the solution at the Plano Community Garden. Tomato cages made from rebar, about five to six feet high, and sturdy as the concrete they were made to reinforce.
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