For years I tried using bamboo stakes, wood stakes, even fiberglass stakes, but it always risked my eyesight, with the top of every stake holding a strong possibility for injury.
We had many leftover pieces of copper piping from our former vegetable garden and over the winter I came up with the idea of using cabinetry knobs for the tops of the stakes. I implemented the idea last week and I'm very happy with the results. No danger of getting an eye injury like this:
Here are a few examples of the new and improved copper dahlia stakes:
Ideally, each stake is pounded into place by using a dead blow hammer before actually planting the tuber. This eliminates the damage to the tuber that could occur if the stakes were placed after planting the dahlia tubers.
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Brilliant reuse by WebTucker | Oct 1, 2022 6:27 AM | 0 |
Wonderful idea! by flaflwrgrl | Sep 28, 2015 6:16 PM | 42 |
Dahlia Stakes by bunkburn | Jul 6, 2014 1:14 PM | 1 |