Allview wrote:
I went to our local lumber yard to buy tomato stakes. They sell 6' stakes
pointed on one end for fifty cents each. The clerk asked, "Is treated wood
o.k.?". Thought we had a dealbreaker right there but they did have untreated
wood. I wonder if they sell many of the treated? Who buys them? What effect
do they have on the tomatoes?

Marilyn in Ohio

As an alternative, one can buy a 5' or 6' piece of cedar fencing 6"
wide for around $1 and split it into 3 or 4 nice long stakes.
Whenever the bottoms rot off, cut a new point and reuse.