doug petschke Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 not sure how you all do your mini trees but about the cheapest way i have found is using the round tomato cages up side down and wrapping the lights around them zip or wires ties here and there and presto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKSedg Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Yup, that's how I did mine. Lots of lights (just changed them all out to LEDs), and three different sizes of tomato cages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shfr26 Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 I use 2 cages to get a rounder looking tree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick Kazienko Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 I use the 36" wreath pedistools (Hobby Lobby) and wrapped with (2) 100 LED's and get a good pop from them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Maue Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Found these online. Is this a good price? About $2.25 ea. with shipping.http://www.amazon.com/Midwest-Tech-901290B-Tomato-Cage/dp/B001B036MC/ref=sr_1_2?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1297702222&sr=1-2- Aaron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shfr26 Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Are they the $43.?? ones or the $30.59 ones? The $30.59 ones are only $1.22 each. At $1.22 I think that is a real good price.Never mind, I see shipping is alot more on the $30.59 ones, my bad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Simmons Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Aaron Maue wrote: Found these online. Is this a good price? About $2.25 ea. with shipping.http://www.amazon.com/Midwest-Tech-901290B-Tomato-Cage/dp/B001B036MC/ref=sr_1_2?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1297702222&sr=1-2- AaronIf you have a Menards nearby they usually have 32" tomato cages for under a buck during the season. I think last year's regular price was something like $1.28. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Maue Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 EDIT: Duh... If I'd have read George's post closer, I wouldn't have asked such a stupid question. It was so stupid, I've deleted it to save myself extraordinary embarrassment.Stupid Mondays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallleyes Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 I use the tomato cages...but i wrap them with chicken wire. 2 foot by 50 foot roll at menards is $11 and some change.Ace is $24 the crooks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 tomato cages, 4 different sizes, anywhere from 300-900 lights on each. Picked up most the tomato cages at lowes, and a couple monster cages at a local yard store.Wrapped them on plastic chicken wire (home depot) for a rounder look and a bit of a barrier between lights and metal frame. Probably overkill, but comparing with and without, I like the look of the chicken wire wrap on the cage rather than doing two cages per tree, or no wrap at all.The online prices don't look too bad, but I prefer to see the before I buy...had a lot of them at lowes that obviously took a beating during shipping... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Wingert Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 Aaron Maue wrote: Found these online. Is this a good price? About $2.25 ea. with shipping.http://www.amazon.com/Midwest-Tech-901290B-Tomato-Cage/dp/B001B036MC/ref=sr_1_2?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1297702222&sr=1-2- AaronBecareful! If you look @ the link it also says:Customers Who Bought This Item Also BoughtMarijuana Horticulture: The Indoor/Outdoor Medical Grower's Bible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickByrd Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 I also did the Lowes tomato cages doubled up. I thought about the chicken wire thing, but the doubled up cages looked pretty good I thought.The only issues with the cages that I have is storage. Anyone have any storage friendly trees (that keeps the lights on them year around) or ways to store the tomato cages that is efficient? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallleyes Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 I bent the top wires on my tomato cages into loops.I then put up a bunch of small hooks and hang them from the ceiling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Mitchell Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 My trees are done with 2 cages. I cut the top and lower rings to shape them better. Each tree has 200 red and 200 white minis and is wrapped with green garland. I have had more then one person think they are real.To store them, I put a trash bag over the tree to help it slide and seperate and then stack them. Attached files Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKSedg Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 Brian Mitchell wrote: My trees are done with 2 cages. I cut the top and lower rings to shape them better. Each tree has 200 red and 200 white minis and is wrapped with green garland. I have had more then one person think they are real.To store them, I put a trash bag over the tree to help it slide and seperate and then stack them.I also put a plastic trash bag over them and store them in the attic of my garage. I put boards across the trusses for a platform, and that's where most of my light weight stuff goes. I have a drop down stair access that I installed a few years ago, so it all works pretty slick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Simmons Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 Brian Mitchell wrote: To store them, I put a trash bag over the tree to help it slide and seperate and then stack them.What a great idea! I can't wait until the snow melts and I can try it. Thanks, Brian! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 NickByrd wrote: I also did the Lowes tomato cages doubled up. I thought about the chicken wire thing, but the doubled up cages looked pretty good I thought.The only issues with the cages that I have is storage. Anyone have any storage friendly trees (that keeps the lights on them year around) or ways to store the tomato cages that is efficient?I added shelving in my garage, across the back wall, elevated and out of the way, for them to sit on.I thought about hooks in the garage ceiling to hang them, and finally decided to go with theshelving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickByrd Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 SWEET!I am gonna try the trash bags tonight! Right now they are all sitting across the attic floor because I was worried about breaking bulbs by stacking them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGabriel Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 This is how I do my LED mini trees on the end so I can hang them up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightzilla Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 I waited until late August and paid $0.50 for the cages (1/2 price) back in 2009 when I added more trees. In 2007 & 2008 I may have paid a little less. Unless you want your trees done soon, it could be worth the wait to get the cages at 1/2 price.That was up here where I live so the store I buy them from will not help you much.Since my mini trees are all side by side with only a 2 inch gap between trees I decided to put my trees on 2 separate stained wooden bases for easy removal during take down, I fasten the trees to the bases with a couple of those plastic plastic electrical cable holders per tree.At least that way I got them out of the front yard this year before the end of April. January 2nd was a 1st for the trees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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