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Gardening with Hand Shovels
Gardening with Cultivators
Gardening with Digging Shovels
Knee Mats in Gardening
Gardening with Rakes
Using Gardening Hoes
Gardening with Large Metal Rakes
Soils for Gardening
Using Sand in Gardening
Using Peat Moss in Gardening
Perlite as a Gardening Mix
Gardening with Backyard Soil
Gardening with Cow Manure
Gardening with Wood Chips
Using a pH Scale in Gardening
Gardening with Plant Food
Gardening with Nitrogen
Gardening with Phosphorous
Gardening with Potash
Gardening with Magnesium
Gardening with Manganese
Using a Hand Wand in Gardening
Gardening with Hose Sprayers
Gardening with a Watering Can
Gardening with a Soaker Hose
Types of Hoses for Gardening
How to Protect Plants from Cold
Using Covers to Protect a Garden
Using Light Bulbs in Gardening
Gardening with Cloth Gloves
Gardening with Rubber Gloves
Gardening with Grip Gloves
Using Hydretain in Gardening
Using Stakes in Gardening
Gardening with Bow Saws
Gardening with Hand Saws
Gardening with Hand Clippers
Using a Sprayer in Gardening
Gardening with Hand Spreaders
Using a Watering Can on House Plants
Using Hanging Baskets in Gardening
Gardening with Trowels
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Stan DeFreitas, also known as "Mr. Green Thumb", has experience as an urban horticulturist working for the Pinellas County Extension Service and has taught horticulture at the St....read more
"Hi, I'm Stan DeFreitos, "Mr. Green Thumb", for On Gardening. One of the tools that you need to have is stakes. Now if you got bamboo or you got cypress, it doesn't really matter, you need to make sure that when you use them, that you apply your little plant to them, tie them to it, and make sure you put your little plant ties to your stake, and then to your little plant. If you do that, you're going to keep your plant nice and straight. Many plants need to be staked; small trees, citrus trees, fruiting trees, oak trees. If they're not staked, they tend to go off in a bad direction. So keep your little bamboo stakes, or your cypress stakes, or whatever type of wood you're using, make sure you use it into the ground about 2 to 3 feet, and make sure you attach a good safe material like yarn, or something that's not going to hurt your plant when you do attach it to it. Today they've even got some of the Velcro twisty ties that you can put to the plant and keep your plant attached to your stake without making sure that you hurt your plant. Sounds kind of basic, but I've seen a lot of folks use wire and other things that eventually will wind up killing their plants because they didn't use basic 101, which is be safe with your little botanical buddies. For On Gardening, I'm Stan DeFreitas, "Mr. Green Thumb"."
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