Tomatoes need a wire cage around it for support. Do any other vegetables need this?

Question

For instance, cucumber, eggplant, etc.

Answer 1

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Tomatoes do not "need" a cage. The use of cage allows more to be grown a smaller space. This is more of an issue with indeterminate varieties (those that set fruit along the vine) than with determinate ones (those that set fruit only at the ends of the vines).

Almost any plant with a trailing or vining habit can be grown in less space if supported.

From wikipedia:
Tomato plants can be grown much closer together than the standard 3' apart, if staked, trellised, or caged, all of which are methods of holding up vining plants to allow them to put more energy into growing fruit.

Answer 2

Well to start with tomatoes don't need a wire cage. Tomatoes are normally grown with a single wooden stake for suuport.

And yeah, there are thousands of other vegetables that need similar conditions. In fact almost all scramblers and climbers need support to grow properly.

Beans, peas, lufahs, chokos, kiwi fruit, grapes and so on and so forth.

Answer 3

Snap peas

Answer 4

Vine green beens and squash

Answer 5

grapes need support to get growing

peppers (bell) sometimes need wire cages

string beans need support - something to climb up