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Richard · 04-12-2015, 10:44 PM

When I was at Lowe's last week, I examined many packages of bamboo stakes from 0.375 inch to 1.5 inch diameters. All had been heavily treated with copper hydroxide as evident in both the surface coloring (green) and the manufacturer's online MSDS.

I think we can all agree that dragon fruit (Hylocereus species and hybrids) need sturdy supports when grown with a serious approach for fruit production. Certainly 0.25 inch bamboo stakes will not do this. I think we'd also all agree we'd like support materials that won't impact the health of those eating the fruit. How you choose to meet the latter requirement is going to depend a lot on local availability of materials.

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