What is a garden stake for?
It supports the plant, ensuring that it stays upright on even the windiest of days. A garden stake can be made of any material strong enough to deal with heavy winds, but you’ll most commonly see them in hardwood, bamboo or plastic. Advantages: Metal stakes anchor well, providing a robust and immobile scaffold for plant growth. Metal stakes drive and wedge easier into dirt beds than wood-based stakes, making them simpler to install and position while also withstanding inclement weather.You can use a variety of materials to create these stakes, including old, wooden spoons or popsicle sticks. Then, using permanent marker, clearly write out what you’re growing, and stake it near the corresponding plant in your garden.
What is the cheapest way to stake plants?
If you want to spend a little money, you can purchase garden velcro in rolls, coated garden wire, or plant clips. Other great items to use for staking plants are bamboo shoots, old curtain rods, metal clothes hangers, kitchen utensils, skewers, and dowels. Items like saplings, branches, bamboo, old pipes, recycled pool cues, and broken brooms can all be upcycled into garden stakes for your lawn. Some gardeners prefer to add a touch of weather-resistant paint to these items to give them a more finished look.