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- From: Dave Bennett <dbennett AT micoks.net>
- To: market farming <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Subject: Re: tomatostakes
- Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 12:48:08 -0500
robert schuler wrote:
>
> The pvc will bend over in a wind storm and the weight of the tomatos
> will cause the row to fall,the twine will slip off, and pvc can shatter
> when driven in the ground, a lower cost alt. is 3/8 rebar, actually you
> can get the wood stakes from wallyworld but they seem to be lower
> quality, Im lucky to live in tomato country so stakes are easy to get
> but I think you may find them at a good price at the big box stores and
> clubs... I would not want to risk my mortgage on pvc stakes...
> Sunny Meadow Farm...
>
We definitely have a lot of wind here in Eastern Kansas so that would be
a problem. Rebar sounds good. My thinking was that it would be easier to
sterilze or clean PVC, or rebar as you mentioned, than wood.
This year is a test year of different kinds of tomatoes for us and I've
built a lot of tomato cages from reinforcing wire. Any thoughts on this
approach?
--
Dave Bennett
-
tomatostakes,
JED's, 04/11/2000
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: tomatostakes, Leigh Hauter, 04/11/2000
- Re: tomatostakes, Allan Balliett, 04/14/2000
- Re: tomatostakes, robert schuler, 04/14/2000
- Re: tomatostakes, Dave Bennett, 04/14/2000
- Re: tomatostakes, robert schuler, 04/14/2000
- Re: tomatostakes, Dave Bennett, 04/14/2000
- Re: tomatostakes, Tim Davis, 01/29/2024
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