Our tomato cages were gross and junky looking, but I’m not about to pay $7 for the nice, painted ones!
My friend Erin told me about how she spray painted tomato cages and got that fancy look for a fraction of the price. I tried it on our free, rusty ones (six from my dad, two from freecycle).
It took two cans of $4 spray paint for eight cages. I thought a light blue would look nice outside.
I love em! They stand out, they make it look pretty, they hold my tomatoes up when they’re feeling down.
In a perfect world, they would all be the same height. But in that perfect world, I would have paid $32.
These were a dollar per cage!
That’s pretty perfect to me.
To read about how to spray paint your tomato cages, visit Erin at Sprouting Home
Read more about this year’s garden & how I garden with power tools, how we built a garden fence, and other miscellaneous garden posts. I love our garden, it’s my boo. 🙂
Ashleen Moreen
Wow that was very cute cages. Seems like you have so many plants in your garden and I really love it. Thanks a lot for sharing this to us.
Felicia
I made some other trellises this summer and thought about spray painting but got nervous about the paint on my produce... I was thinking about using the colored duct tape instead! But I agree the rust is probably worse (because it flakes off) than the paint! They look great! Love the aqua blue!
katie
LOVE this idea!!! Why haven't I thought of this before... wonder how the spray paint does though on the plants... if it could be harmful for them?
Ann Marie lives here
That's a good question. We don't use any pesticides or herbicides on the area. Maybe just let it dry and cure completely and maybe apply a sealant? Either that or we'll just have to be quick about picking em?
Ann Marie lives here
Although the rust is probably not the best for the plants either, haha I don't know. But really good question!
Danielle
I don't think it would should be a problem as long as you wait for the spray paint to dry before you cage the tomatoes. I don't have my cages painted, but what a great idea!
Michelle
Brilliant! I saw some painted tomato cages this weekend and almost bought some, but stopped in my tracks when I saw the price! Thanks for the tip!
Michelle
Ann Marie lives here
It's one of those "why didn't I think of it?!" type tips! But I'm so glad Erin shared the idea. Much cheaper. 🙂
Megan
Thats what ours look like and we stole them from my parents garage.
Ann Marie lives here
quit living my life!!! 😉 I knew my parents had a bunch they weren't using so I went over and asked cue my dad "oh we have plenty! here!"