[CH] Re: Staking Plants
Art Pierce (pierces@cruzio.com)
Sun, 25 Oct 1998 09:44:54 -0800
According to Orin Martin
Alan Chadwick Garden Manager
at Uinv. of Calif., Santa Cruz,
some of the hybrid bells
(e.g., the ones described below as
"larger-fruited varieties.....
tend to bear so much heavy fruit
that their branches can break.")
have been bred past their own support strength.
For these Orin says one valuable product for support is
(used horizontally with widely placed stakes or re-bar)
HORTONOVA plastic trellis
in the 12.5x12.5cm mesh size.
It's available in three specific sizes:
17x15cm,
12.5x12.5cm
and 10x8cm.
It can be used horizontally for
growing long stemmed flowers
&/or vertically for vegetables.
It's available in rolls of
100m
and 1000m
in length
with widths from
0.34m to 4.25m
depending on the application.
[They also make
FLORA
"designed for the home gardener,
ideal for rationalizing areas
under cultivation."
It's available in pre-packs of
1,5m,
1,7m
and 2mx10m
and 50m.]
HORTONOVA (& FLORA),
is made by TENAX SpA - Italy
sales@us.tenax.com
tenax@tin.it
http://web.tin.it/tenax/page/epg00110.html
You might
independently
email the Tenax Group
asking about
HOW TO USE IT,
PRICES
& COMPLETE LIST OF SELLERS
(nearest you).
I have cc'd them.
If they are on the ball,
they'll post all the necessary info to
the Chile-Heads Newsletter
at
chile-heads-digest@globalgarden.com
If they don't reply to us at
chile-heads-digest@globalgarden.com
please let us know what you find out.
[HORTONOVA is available from
Peaceful Valley Farm Supply
P.O. Box 2209
Grass Valley, CA 95945
1-(530) 272-4769]
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 15:26:56 -0400
From: George Nelson <70431.3065@compuserve.com>
Subject: [CH] Re: Staking Plants
Brian Thompson asked whether chiles needed staking like tomatoes. Tony
Lill indicated he needed stakes to keep his plants upright due to
shallow
roots in clay soil making them prone to being blown over. Michael
Bailes
added that heavier peppers, like bells needed stakes for support.
This has been my experience as well. The smaller, really hot peppers do
not need much staking, but the larger-fruited varieties like the ancho
and
long green New Mexico ones tend to bear so much heavy fruit that their
branches can break.
I recommend putting in a stake as a matter of course at planting.
Sometimes I use tomato cages or multiple bamboo sticks (I have them
readily
available). Putting them in at planting keeps roots from being disturbed
later by putting in a stake in reaction to heavy growth on the plant.
Use
of more than one stake allows the plant to spread a bit. It sometimes
is
tough to plan how many to use or how tall a stake needs to be: some of
my
ancho 101 plants have gone over 6 feet tall, while other plants (like
rocotos and habaneros) have a low, spreading habit getting no more than
2
feet off the ground.
George Nelson
70431.3065@compuserve.com