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A Satisfactory Support for Cereals Growing in Pots
Author(s) -
Taylor J. W.,
Coffman F. A.
Publication year - 1941
Publication title -
agronomy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1435-0645
pISSN - 0002-1962
DOI - 10.2134/agronj1941.00021962003300030014x
Subject(s) - citation , division (mathematics) , library science , dept , agricultural science , political science , horticulture , mathematics , computer science , biology , arithmetic , genetics
EREAL plants grown to maturity in pots require some kind of C support to prevent them from falling or breaking over. Plants tied to bamboo poles or wooden stakes are kept upright, but they are shaded by the stakes and the tying is laborious. A single galvanized wire stake and a movable wire loop for each pot have proved to be a very satisfactory method for supporting cereal plants during the past 5 or 6 years. Very little shading is evident and tying or stringing is unnecessary. The galvanized wire stakes are made of No. I O stiff steel wire 42 inches long. Shorter and longer lengths also are obtainable. These wires, which can be pur-