tI can'use the bamboo stakes because our soil is so rocky. I use plastic-coated steel stakes and velcro ties. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073P6XGYF/ .Expensive, but boy are they great in our rocky soil where bamboo stakes simply break going in. And the velcro ties are reusable: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0057567U0/
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