> Does anyone else have an innovative method for > keeping their plants upright? I use bamboo skewers pushed into the ground. They are good braces for plants that are still too small to benefit from tomato cages. Because they are narrow and going in (nearly) vertically they don't damage the root system, kinda like brain probes. They are cheap, organic and can be tilled into the soil at the end of the season. Scott... croquet wickets also work... KCK