tomato cage christmas tree solar powered

This is another variation of a tomato cage Christmas tree. The transparent style of this tree allows every solar light to be seen at once. The intense lighting makes it the brightest of all the tomato cage Christmas trees I’ve made this far.

To make this inexpensive, yet impressive, tree even better I used dusk-to-dawn solar string lights. I’ve listed the benefits of outdoor solar lights in this previous post.

Check out my tutorials of tomato cage Christmas trees in other styles.

Instructions

  1. Bend the Ends

    Turn your tomato cage upside down. Bend the ends out and toward the grown. A rounded end is much safer than pointed ends.

    Tomato Cage Christmas Tree Burlap

  2. Gather the Ends

    Start the locking of a cable tie. Join the 3 ends of the cage together and slip the cable tie over it.

    Tomato Cage Christmas Tree Burlap

  3. Connect the ends

    Tighten the cable tie to bring the ends together. Snip off the excess of tie.

    Tomato Cage Christmas tree Burlap

  4. Attach the Lights

    On this particular tree, I thought it would be clever to create a “net” design with the lights. It was tedious, stressful and unnecessary. I do not recommend it!



    After applying lights to four tomato cage trees using different methods, I’ve determined running the lights vertically gives the most even distribution. For that method, I simply attach the lights at the top and bottom points of contact with the cage using cable ties.

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