ringanator
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Hello I have another question for the pros at my place it can get pretty wind dose anyone stake there plants or are they capable of surviving strong gusts of wind without snaping off
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Brown Thumb
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I used Bamboo steakes last yr and a zip tie. Worked out great and cheap also.
Although gusting wind can snap a mature tobacco stalk at the ground, most of the wind damage results in laying a stalk to the ground, requiring that it be quickly stood back up (and perhaps staked).
Deciding to stake preventively comes down to a question of cost and labor. Some seasons, I have had numerous blow-downs that needed to be stood back up and sometimes staked. Other seasons there have been only a handful of plants that blew-down (out of ~250). Over the years, I've decided that it's far less work for me to not stake preventively, and just deal with the blow-downs as they happen. Other members, who have had greater headaches with blow-downs, stake all their plants with bamboo or wood stakes.
The most common scenario is heavy rain, which softens the root grip in the soil, followed by strong winds. For me, strong winds cause little damage if the soil is relatively dry.
Bob
Deciding to stake preventively comes down to a question of cost and labor. Some seasons, I have had numerous blow-downs that needed to be stood back up and sometimes staked. Other seasons there have been only a handful of plants that blew-down (out of ~250). Over the years, I've decided that it's far less work for me to not stake preventively, and just deal with the blow-downs as they happen. Other members, who have had greater headaches with blow-downs, stake all their plants with bamboo or wood stakes.
The most common scenario is heavy rain, which softens the root grip in the soil, followed by strong winds. For me, strong winds cause little damage if the soil is relatively dry.
Bob
BarG
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Do you grow corn? You can let corn right itself after a blowdown. I Know some tobacco will do that also .with a major blow down straighten what you can and don't worry, they'l be fine if they didn't snap. Imagine an "L" shape that took a week to recover and the leaves that were afected being in the dirt if you just leave them. So you may lose a few leaves but don't sweat the little shit.
Brown Thumb
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It is windy thru here, I have stood up plants in the past 200+ at one shot. It is no fun.
grgfinney
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I grew 420 last year and only had to stand 20 back up so it wasn't worth staking all of them
BarG
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If I grow that many I will let them right themselves. You will lose some leaves.
Speaking of corn , I am mixing my candy corn with my field corn. A friend said he got good results doing that.He says he gets bigger ears on the sweet corn from the cross pollinatian..
Speaking of corn , I am mixing my candy corn with my field corn. A friend said he got good results doing that.He says he gets bigger ears on the sweet corn from the cross pollinatian..
Speaking of that..ill be growing 4 different corn varities next to each other this year..."golden queen"..peaches & cream" .."bodacious""...""gotta have it ""
So we will see what i end up with...done got the area saturated.with chicken and bat manure.
Be careful! You may end up with golden chicken, peaches and manure, and bat queen.
Bob
I just hope it was chicken manure and not Chicken manure.
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