[Market-farming] Tomato Staking
Andy Fellenz
fellenz at fltg.net
Sun Jun 14 00:00:17 EDT 2009
I like t-posts for field tomatoes, but do not stake individual plants, I
prefer to weave the plants (stake between every 2nd plant and horizontal
string every 6-12" weaving around plants and stakes). The t-posts last
forever, are cheaper than wood over time, can be cleaned and even
sterilized fairly easily. Conduit doesn't hold up as well as t-posts
and generally costs the same or more.
Andy
Erin Bullock wrote:
> What's the best (cheapest, most sustainable, etc.) material to use for
> tomato stakes? Do wooden stakes harbor disease year after year? Do
> you have to sterilize them, and could I do that with just UV in the
> greenhouse or something, or would I have to use chlorine? Would
> electrical conduit or T-posts harbor disease less and not require
> sterilizing?
> Thanks!
> Erin
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