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Thread: Garden stakes keep breaking!
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13th July 2007, 05:23 PM #16
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13th July 2007, 06:03 PM #17
Probably a good idea to wear ear muffs or plugs when using that driver.
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13th July 2007, 06:22 PM #18
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13th July 2007, 06:26 PM #19
oh, I thought he was talking about getting steel star pickets. My mistake. Just made me think of my first day fencing out on this farm. Didn't have any ear muffs. Bearly hear a thing by the end of the day but riiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnng.
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14th July 2007, 05:47 PM #20
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What is your method of staking?
A single stake, two or three stakes? And do you tie the plants loosely or tight?
Larger trees should not need stakes if they are established and have healthy roots. Staking them only makes the trunk weaker because it doesn't need to develop it's own strength.
In my experience 3 stakes with three ties is reliable.
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14th July 2007, 10:34 PM #21
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15th July 2007, 10:52 AM #22
Make sure that the starpicket driver will fit over a 50 x 50mm stake. They usually don't. I had to get a driver made specifically to fit the 50 x 50 out of 60 x 60 square section from memory.... about $120 .
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22nd September 2007, 12:23 PM #23
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Quick and dirty... I have an old screwdriver with a shaft about 18" long. I hammer that into the soil to check for rock and make a 'pilot hole' where I want to put a graden stake. Works fine!
The 'tool police' would not be impressed, but I bought the screw driver for just this task at a 2nd hand shop for $2)
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