staking trees advice

countrywoman

i have ordered 30 bareroot trees for my garden from a nursery
my local garden centre is selling stakes (4ft) at e1.95 plus e1 for the ties. this will work out at almost 90 euro...are there any ways that would work out cheaper

thanks

magicbastarder

how tall are the trees you ordered?

countrywoman

they are all between 4 and 5 feet.

redser7

Get the stakes from a builders suppliers. Try large hardware stores for the ties, or else improvise (use tights or rubber tubes from a bicycle wheel)

countrywoman

thanks a million redser!!!

just phoned local hardware and got 5 ft stakes for 1.70, and he is going to throw in 'some' ties!

would never have thought of looking in hardware!

redser7

Mad isn't it. It's all marketing. Recently had to buy a load of rubble sacks. Went to B&Q. In the gardening section they were called something like 'sturdy garden tidy sacks'. In the building materials section they were simply called 'rubble sacks' and cost less than half the price :-)

countrywoman

thats gas! must try 'thinking outside the box' more often!!

MASTER...of the bra

countrywoman wrote: »

i have ordered 30 bareroot trees for my garden from a nursery
my local garden centre is selling stakes (4ft) at e1.95 plus e1 for the ties. this will work out at almost 90 euro...are there any ways that would work out cheaper

thanks

What sort of trees did you get? Fruit trees?

countrywoman

a mix of the following...birch, mountain ash, field maple, californian maple and red oak. can't wait to get planting!

MASTER...of the bra

Why no fruit trees? They all flower and they'll feed ya in 3/4 years, they lose their leaves being the only downside if it's a wind blocker/shader in winter your after.

Think about it anyway.

countrywoman

i have a huge garden both front and back, i am trying to do things bit by bit.....so these trees are going to sowed in the front garden. money is tight so i want to get a bit done in the front garden, and an area concreted out back, this year

an orchard (among many, many, many, other things) is part of my 5 (!)year plan

MASTER...of the bra

countrywoman wrote: »

i have a huge garden both front and back, i am trying to do things bit by bit.....so these trees are going to sowed in the front garden. money is tight so i want to get a bit done in the front garden, and an area concreted out back, this year

an orchard (among many, many, many, other things) is part of my 5 (!)year plan

May I suggest you just get 3 apple trees so and you'll have the ball rolling . Make sure you get a crab apple as a pollinator and keep the names of everything you get.

And make sure whatever you get flowers at the same time. There's actually a bit into fruit trees.

foxinsox

If you haven't done the deal officially with the hardware place...

try your local farm supplies shop..

They are Glanbia here, not sure what they might be called where you are.

4ft stakes are only about €1 as far as I can remember I think you can get ties too. It's been a while since I've got any.

Might be worth checking out though.

countrywoman

thanks foxinsox...got ties and stakes for 1.70 each