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tomato stakes
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? The chance of getting good gardening advice at a lumber yard is similar to the chance of getting good cooking advice at a foundry, or good advice on fixing your car from road builders. Most people don't have any idea about problems with using treated wood. Using logic based on incomplete knowledge, a treated stake will last longer than an untreated stake, thus it's a better value. And they're not even thinking about whether the treated wood has arsenic or not when they come to that conclusion. For that matter, many people will go for the more convenient cage, buying it either at the same time and place as they buy their tomato starts, or later on during a routine trip to K-Mart or some other one-stop store that has a garden center. In that case, they don't even need to consider the effects of treated wood on food crops. -- Warren H. ========== Disclaimer: My views reflect those of myself, and not my employer, my friends, nor (as she often tells me) my wife. Any resemblance to the views of anybody living or dead is coincidental. No animals were hurt in the writing of this response -- unless you count my dog who desperately wants to go outside now. Webhosting: 500MB Space, 30G Transfer, 7.95/mo. http://www.holzemville.com/refer/ |
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