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  • From: "Wiediger, Alison" <awiediger AT HART.k12.ky.us>
  • To: 'Market Farming' <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Staking Tomatoes
  • Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 08:14:30 -0600


Those Honduran pine stakes would be great if you had a source that wouldn't
cost you more in shipping than in the product (I'm afraid would be the case
here).

A word of advice for those using steel posts - get one of those post
removers that cost about $30.00. We have spent a lot of time over the years
trying a lot of ways to remove posts, and finally broke down and bought one.
They work beautifully, and can make using steel posts (available at most
farm stores - TSC has them for 1.79 here this week) really viable, rather
than a real pain.

Alison Wiediger
Au Naturel Farm

> ----------
> From: Bill Shoemaker[SMTP:wshoemak AT inil.com]
>
> 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.
>
> Bill Shoemaker
> Sr Research Specialist, Food Crops
> Univ of Illinois - St Charles Hort Research Center
> >
>




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