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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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Staking Tomatoes,
Marlin L Burkholder, 03/02/2001
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: Staking Tomatoes, marc, 03/02/2001
- Re: Staking Tomatoes, Tom Anslow, 03/02/2001
- Re: Staking Tomatoes, Bill Shoemaker, 03/02/2001
- Re: Staking Tomatoes, Wiediger, Alison, 03/02/2001
- Re: Staking Tomatoes, Marie Kamphefner, 03/03/2001
- RE: staking tomatoes, William McKay, 03/03/2001
- Re: Staking Tomatoes, David King, 03/04/2001
- RE: staking tomatoes, Bill Shoemaker, 03/05/2001
- Re: Staking Tomatoes, Bill Shoemaker, 03/05/2001
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