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| My percentage is fairly low. I attribute this to my mail order thriftyness. Only mail order plant i have staked is my metasequoia ogon.
Of my maybe half dozen or so potted plants bought locally I have needed to stake two. A crabapple which was getting loosy leany in the ground and now my new sourwood. Both came in I guess its called 3 gallon pots even though a milk jug would fill it. The crab was a recent unbranched graft about three foot tall and needed staked its second year. The sourwood was five or six foot tall and lanky. Never would have thought it would catch that much wind today. |
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| Most woody stock (not offered bare-rooted) seen here is rootbound. Doubtless this is the main cause of staking of small specimens. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Fri, May 25, 12 at 7:41
| hey toro ... one must differentiate between staking due to roots and soil ... versus for shape and form .. in my sand.. nothing NEEDS to be staked [and like you i buy smaller stock] ... because the sand.. when properly drenched at planting.. makes near concrete [with drainage] .... and nothing is going to blow over ... on the other hand.. if its a weeping plant.. that will need staking to be trained to the height from which i wish it to weep back down .. ken |
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- Posted by ricksample 6 (My Page) on Fri, May 25, 12 at 10:53
| I stake nearly everything... except ground coverings and low growing conifers until they get established because of the wind. I have clay soil and need to plant on a slight mound, if I don't stake and a storm comes through with heavy winds, it's likely I would have multiple leaning at 1:00. Better safe than sorry =) |
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- Posted by alexander3 6 (My Page) on Fri, May 25, 12 at 13:42
| In my limited experience, it depends on the species. I staked my Dawn Redwood for a year or so, because it was floppy. MY neighbors down the street later told me they didn't stake theirs, and on windy days, the leader would touch the ground. Despite that, all three of theirs grew up nice and straight. My 2 'Valley Forge' American elms really needed staking, they were really floppy! The owner of the Botany Shop (where I purchased mine) said he got calls every year from people who told him that the leader on their elms was bent all the way to the ground, even with no wind. Other trees I have planted that needed no staking: Alex |
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| I staked the floppy Redwoods I got from Forest Farm several years ago during the winter, mainly due to the potential for them to get buried in the snow. Once winter is over I untie them. |
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