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Originally Posted by Tog Tan
A bit of DIY. What I do is to use a 3ft hollow square aluminum tubing for the stand and a piece of 3x8in plywood. I paint the plywood a gloss green with a black edge. The plywood is then screw on with two small screws to the stand. I then write the name of the 'naner on it in white. If I have to change the name, I just sand it off and repaint it.
Normally for stability, I knock 1ft into the ground. The aluminum doesn't rot and the plywood with the gloss paint as protection last a long time.
It works out well with the tropical sun and rain here. And I think it looks kinda nice.  |
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Originally Posted by Bananaman88
I have used various methods, too. Like Harvey said, they all have their problems. I recently purchased some stakes that are about 10" tall and have a galvanized (I think) face plate that can be written on with the provided grease pencil. However, I am worried about the grease pencil fading away. The TX sun is very harsh on everything down here. I am thinking about buying some of the waterproof tape for my label maker and printing out the names of my plants and affixing the label to the face of the stake. We use this waterproof tape where I work and it holds up really well. I supposed I could also engrave these but then if a plant dies and I don't replace it with that variety, I have an unusable plant stake. With the tape, I can just remove it and reprint another one.
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[/QUOTE=hydrojeff]i use a similar method to tog but mine is u shaped aluminum about 3' and then i cut 1"x2" pieces of 1/16" aluminum plate and rivit them to the u shaped stakes then with a number and letter punch, punch the name on the plate, its forever.....[/quote]
Can either of you post pictures? I will try to do the same. Thanks!