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- From: Leigh Hauter <lh AT pressroom.com>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] tomato stakes
- Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 09:24:16 -0400
I agree the Honduran pipe stakes last a long time. The reason, I believe, is they are treated. One year I made a series of calls until I got to someone working for the imp;orter and I was told they were treated.. He couldn't tell me with what though and was rather vague. This was almost a decade ago,
At 8:05 AM -0500 5/20/05, Bill Shoemaker wrote:
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 fewcostly.
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
Every grower has to evaluate his/her own situation for the best solution.
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[Market-farming] Re: Protecting against disease: tomato stakes, plant pots & trays, etc.
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- [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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