Gardening Jargon – Staking
Staking is a way to give support to a plant using bamboo poles ,wooden stakes, metal cages or twigs.
Why staking?
- It offer an ability to grow without bending to the point where it can bend
- Prevent the fruit from beginning to rot sitting on ground
- Allows the plant to get the necessary sunlight it needs to continue growth
Vegetable Plant
- Tomato
- Cucumber
- Peas
- Grapes
- Strawberry
- Raspberry
- Beans
- Squash
- Pepper if lot it loaded with lot of fruits and you have windy place
Flowering Plant
- Jasmine
- Peony
- Climbing Rose
- Dahlia
Are you using staking? Which plants mostly you apply staking in your garden. Share with us. Any suggestions and improvement or addition in staking plant list is welcome.
Happy Gardening !
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I do stalk everything that grows top heavy and especially things that grow in vines. Plus it gives more room in the garden, looks neater and as you mention prevents rotting from vegetables sitting directly in the dirt. Thank you for your article
Interesting, which vines you are stalking?
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This was helpful, thank you for sharing this.
Glad it helped Janice, Hope you can share your experience sometime with us in gardening.