RE: staking / rebar

So far, I haven't noticed anything adverse.  Of course we don't get the intense heat the east and south does.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Didier Maujean [m*@willamette.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 10:56 PM
> To: perennials@hort.net
> Subject: Re: staking / rebar
> 
> 
>  Hello!
> Rebar sounds great....my only worry is the heat it takes on 
> and if that
> affects the plants that grow up them?
> Dee
> http://www.orergoncams.com
> Eugene,OR   USA
> Zone 8
> 
> Alyce Elliott wrote:
> 
>   Hi Susan,
>   	you wrote:
> 
>     I've actually been using rebar for staking recently.  
>     It doesn't break off in the soil like stakes often will 
>     and pretty much blends in with everything.
> 
>   That sounds like it's worth a try.  Guess I'll want the 
> cutting and bending
>   tools as well.  I saw a photo in a garden magazine that 
> showed rebar as a
>   criss-cross arbor, but the rebar was very evident (not 
> covered) and not
>   particularly attractive.  The key must be to grow a vine 
> that will cover it
>   entirely, as you mentioned.
>   
>   	you also asked:
> 
>     Alyce, these young "whips" don't "root" when 
>     stuck in soil?  I have had this happen on occasion, 
>     but maybe it is our moist springs.
> 
>   I'm certain this will happen with hybrid poplar branches!  
> But those I have
>   in the ground are intended for temporary use.  I hope those 
> on the clematis
>   poles last the summer; I'm not too satisfied with staples 
> for securing them
>   to the post so will try something else next year.  Those 
> woven on the arbor
>   I'm spending more time on -- trying for a simple pattern -- 
> and I hope it
>   lasts a lot longer!  I have to finish it before the two 
> clematis and the
>   porcelain berry reach the upper part of the arbor!
>   
>   Thanks for the rebar tip.  I've seen it used in gardens 
> (photos) but had
>   not thought of using it for staking -- a  good use.  I've 
> already asked my
>   husband to please pick up some rebar for me.  That was fun.
>   
>   Alyce
>   
>   
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