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Margie Rehagan, manager of Plantscape Nursery in Herrin, Illinois, shares how staking and caging the roots and stems of your tomato plants during early growth can keep them strong and healthy. Rehagan demonstrates two ways to prevent your tomato vines from spreading along the ground and damaging the fruit: by creating a support structure of bamboo and stretch ties, and by using concrete enforcement wire.

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