Build your own tomato cage planters with free plans from Ana White! Built using cedar fence pickets, this is an inexpensive and easy build to help you grow tomatoes this summer.
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Dimensions
Tomato cage planter is about 40" tall and 18" x 18" at the base, suitable for one standard tomato plant
Preparation
Shopping List
2 - 72" cedar fence pickets
3 - 1x2x8 furring strips
1-5/8" long exterior self tapping star bit screws like these (pack of 50 per planter)
Cut List
- 4 - cedar fence pickets @ 18"
- 4 - cedar fence pickets @ 17"
- 4 - 1x2 @ 40"
- 8 - 1x2 @ 15-1/2"
To get all the cuts on the boards with minimal waste, here's how to cut each board:
- Cedar Fence Picket: | 18" | 18" | 17" | 17" |
- Cedar Fence Picket: | 18" | 18" | 17" | 17" |
- 1x2: | 40" | 40" | 15-1/2" |
- 1x2: | 40" | 40" | 15-1/2" |
- 1x2: | 15-1/2" | 15-1/2" | 15-1/2" | 15-1/2" | 15-1/2" | 15-1/2" |
Instructions
Step 1
Project Type
Room