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  • From: "Bill Shoemaker" <wshoemak AT inil.com>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: RE: staking tomatoes
  • Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 08:30:09 -0600


I'm not sure but I think honduran pine tomato stakes are NOT treated because
they don't need to be treated. Be sure to check it out from a supplier but
my understanding was that they are naturally resistant to rotting.

Bill Shoemaker
Sr Research Specialist, Food Crops
Univ of Illinois - St Charles Hort Research Center


-----Original Message-----
From: William McKay <bmckay55 AT hotmail.com>
To: Market Farming <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Date: Saturday, March 03, 2001 9:48 PM
Subject: [market-farming] RE: staking tomatoes


>The honduran pine posts work great. They are also incredibly cheap_@ 25
>cents each if you buy a pallet. The only problem is that they are treated
>with cca, I believe, so they will not work for organic growers. They sure
>do last a long time, however.
>
>Bill McKay in E. Massachusetts
> http://members.nbci.com/seeds_from_italy/main.htm Importer and
seller
>of Italian vegetable seeds from Franchi Sementi spa, Bergamo, Italy.
>
>
>>Subject: Re: Staking Tomatoes
>>From: "Bill Shoemaker" <wshoemak AT inil.com>
>>Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 08:13:36 -0600
>>X-Message-Number: 4
>>
>>Just a comment on the stakes. Many growers are now using 1"x1" wood stakes
>>of honduran pine. This wood does not rot in the ground. It's very hard so
>>it
>>hold's up under the pounding very well. I have some that are more than 10
>>years old and they look like they'll be holding up a lot longer. I believe
>>they're cheaper than steel and a lot easier to handle. Sourcing them may
be
>>a little difficult but I know they're available from Monte Packaging in
>>Riverside, Michigan.
>>
>
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