What is the best way to stake tomato plants that you've learned?

I use a 1X2 8' firing strips and sink them in the ground next to the tomato plant. Tie the plant loosely to the board with twine as it grows. I also remove any sucker growth.

perhaps the tomato cages are not big enough.So the next step is purchasing what is called tomato towers available at Home Depot.

I stake the stalk and cage the fruit vines. Most of my cages were hand built as cylinders from chicken wire.

Use 5' concrete reinforcing wire and a steel fence post, you can make the cages as big around as you like and the tomatoes will grow right out the top

Daka70's idea is good--you can reach through the fencing to pick your tomatoes!

What we we have done the past couple of years is to stake them on long green plastic covered metal poles. Home Depot carries a hook and loop tape, like Velcro, that we use to stake our plants (and reuse them every year). After the first couple of weeks I am loosely looping the Velcro around the main stem and the stake, making sure to leave enough room for a growing stem. I keep on doing that until early to mid September.

We also lay down grass clippings from our yard to protect the plants from splashing water and dirt, and use soaker hoses to water.

As for suckers, I tried an experiment using the same plants, and I saw no difference in fruit size, and actually got less fruit off the pruned plants. So I really don't worry about it, unless I have a branch that won't stay staked and is taking up space where it shouldn't, then I whack it lol.

We tried wire wire fencing circles that we made, but couldn't find fence wide enough for a beefsteak tomato. So we were cutting pieces out of the fence with wire cutters. It worked to some degree, but my arms looked like I had a fight with a cat or rose bush!

So that's my adventure with staking tomatoes!!

Good luck this summer with your garden