Uncle Fester

I used a couple of them last year, I buried them fairly deep and they were a pain to put in.
I had a fairly large bed of basjoos and I pulled the soil back and ran the cable around (about 8 to 10 inches away) from existing basjoos that I was re planting in early spring that I over wintered inside a warehouse.
Worked good that first year, they grew like crazy that summer, a couple getting well over 12' tall and they pupped like crazy. But yes the problem came in when I decided to take them out in the fall. Almost impossible without destroying the cable. I should have probably just left them in.
Now just trying to motivate myself once again to do it this year.
My opinion probably only good for a year or two and if you decide not to take them out for the winter.