Staking tomato plants with bamboo poles, wood stakes, or other sturdy material provides support and keeps the fruit and foliage off the ground. Staking can increase fruit yield and size, reduce fruit rot, and ease spraying and harvesting.

Indeterminate varieties should be staked to facilitate pruning, pinching, harvesting, and other cultural practices. Determinate varieties should be staked in the wet season to prevent fruit contact with the soil.

Many staking arrangements are possible. Plants should be fixed securely to the stake or string supports, beginning about two weeks after transplanting. Rice straw, plastic strips, horticultural fixing tape, or other materials can be used for fixing. Fixing should be done so fruit clusters are supported.