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- From: "Bill Shoemaker" <wshoemak AT inil.com>
- To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] tomato stakes
- Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 08:05:29 -0500
I thought I'd mention that I have honduran pine tomato stakes that have been
used through more than 8 seasons and have rotted very little. Their natural
rot-resistance is one reason they are popular for tomato stakes. Most of the
deterioration we've experienced with them has been from rough handling.
Bill Shoemaker, Sr Research Specialist - Food Crops
University of Illinois - St Charles Horticulture Research Center
www.nres.uiuc.edu/faculty/directory/shoemaker_wh.html
>Good points. However, unless the stakes are treated, they rot (with a few
>exceptions), and in active soil do it quickly. I've seen non-treated
>hardwood stakes not last a full season. If they are treated, they can't be
>used in an organic program, and, as you said, they can harbor disease,
>especially in the hot, humid South. And, unless you live in a vegetable
>growing region, they usually have to be ordered, with shipping being
costly.
>Every grower has to evaluate his/her own situation for the best solution.
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[Market-farming] Protecting against disease: tomato stakes, plant pots & trays, etc.
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[Market-farming] Protecting against disease: tomato stakes, plant pots & trays, etc.,
Karen Sutherland and Roots Farm, 05/20/2005
- [Market-farming] Re: Protecting against disease: tomato stakes, plant pots & trays, etc., robert schuler, 05/20/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] tomato stakes, Tom at Limerock, 05/20/2005
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RE: [Market-farming] tomato stakes,
Wiediger, Alison, 05/18/2005
- RE: [Market-farming] tomato stakes, Mike Hulbert - Anna Carter - Creation Soap, 05/18/2005
- RE: [Market-farming] tomato stakes, Wiediger, Alison, 05/18/2005
- [Market-farming] tomato stakes, , 05/19/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] tomato stakes, Debbie Moore, 05/19/2005
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RE: [Market-farming] tomato stakes,
Wiediger, Alison, 05/20/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] tomato stakes, Willie McKemie, 05/20/2005
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Re: [Market-farming] tomato stakes,
Bill Shoemaker, 05/20/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] tomato stakes, Leigh Hauter, 05/20/2005
- RE: [Market-farming] tomato stakes, Wiediger, Alison, 05/23/2005
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[Market-farming] Protecting against disease: tomato stakes, plant pots & trays, etc.,
Karen Sutherland and Roots Farm, 05/20/2005
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