Bamboo skewers

Duct Tape · June 3, 2015

Please help. In another thread several mentioned the "bamboo skewers at Walmart", which I'd like for plant staking.

But I couldn't find them in the garden, camping, hardware, etc departments. Didn't look in auto or electronics😄

I tried to ask at the info booth but no one seemed to know.

Can someone direct me? Thanks.

- Jon

Bipetual · June 3, 2015

I know this won't help you at Wal Mart, but we bought ours at the local grocery store. Tell them you want to make shish kabobs. Some of them are wood other than bamboo but should be fine. Good luck!

kurt · June 3, 2015

They have them at most grocery stores,but they are small and flimsey.I found these at Bed Bath Beyond,a lot thicker and a full 16".I soak mine in boiled linseed oil to keep longer and prevents the black fungus that usually appears on the cheapos.

http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/stor...bamboo+skewers

ContainerTed · June 3, 2015

Around here, we find them in the kitchen utensils/gadgets aisle. I send them into the garden when I plant out and they do the job until I can get a proper support pole set up. Yes, they are a bit flimsy. But, at a penny a piece, what can you expect??

Other stores have them in quantities of less than 100, and also at more than 99 cents for the reduced amount.

Worth1 · June 4, 2015

Wal-Mart hobby sewing section maybe.
Worth

Kikaida · June 4, 2015

They are kind of small for plant staking, maybe go to homedepot.com and search for "bamboo stakes"...The little ones for cooking was mentioned to me as a soil dampness meter of sorts...and it works pretty well for that.

AlittleSalt · June 4, 2015

I asked my wife (Who works at Walmart) she said they are in department 82. Department 82 is all over the store. Like on a clip strip in grocery, or out in the garden center by the BBQ Pits, or in housewares. Basically wherever they want to put them.

I know that doesn't help, but I would look in those three areas first.

Worth1 · June 5, 2015

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlittleSalt

I asked my wife (Who works at Walmart) she said they are in department 82. Department 82 is all over the store. Like on a clip strip in grocery, or out in the garden center by the BBQ Pits, or in housewares. Basically wherever they want to put them.

I know that doesn't help, but I would look in those three areas first.

Typical store strategy, get you to run all over the place looking for something hoping you will impulse buy things.

Worth

HydroExplorer · June 18, 2015

I read somewhere that the permies will plant "clumping bamboo" to grow their own.

I haven't seen them at walmart. I've seen them at garden centers.

TC_Manhattan · June 18, 2015

I just found bamboo skewers in the kitchen accessories area. They're used to skewer shrimp, etc., for shiskabob/grilling. big pack for about $1.

Tracydr · June 18, 2015

I have a big area of running bamboo on my property. Makes great bamboo poles of all different sizes as well as delicious shoots. Plus, it is a great barrier between my garden and the big soybean/corn field on the other side of the road, helping to keep pesticides and herbicides from drifting.
I am glad I have it, although it does take some maintenance.

luigiwu · June 18, 2015

You are posting this in Starting from Seed, so I assume you are asking for plants that are little, ie, in small cups etc?

FILMNET · June 19, 2015

4ft bamboo garden sticks are in Lowes and others stores. Easy, cut 12" and cut this on the top to maybe 4 of more sticks. 1 4ft stick will make 16 or more.

Gerardo · June 19, 2015

Bamboo skewers are usually in one of two spots at the blue behemoth: by the garden exit in the BBQ section, or the kitchen utensils. A whole bunch for 99 cents. Stock up when you see them. Great for plants up to about 10 inches, use two in case the wind shifts.

ContainerTed · June 19, 2015

Here's what I use them for. It's only to get the plant into the garden and give it some support protection from wind. And this is only for the time it takes me to get a larger stake in place. But, I never take the skewers out. They get tilled up the following year.

Note the size of the plant and the skewer is still down there. I twist one end of the plastic coated wire around the skewer and simply take the other end out around the plant and back to the skewer where I form a "hook". This allows the increasing diameter of main stem to not get "strangled". The wire simply slips away from the skewer as the plant gets larger.

They come 100 skewers to the package for 99 cents.

June 3, 2015	#1
Duct Tape Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2015 Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 2	Bamboo skewers Please help. In another thread several mentioned the "bamboo skewers at Walmart", which I'd like for plant staking. But I couldn't find them in the garden, camping, hardware, etc departments. Didn't look in auto or electronics😄 I tried to ask at the info booth but no one seemed to know. Can someone direct me? Thanks. - Jon

June 3, 2015	#3
kurt Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Homestead,Everglades City Fl. Posts: 2,491	They have them at most grocery stores,but they are small and flimsey.I found these at Bed Bath Beyond,a lot thicker and a full 16".I soak mine in boiled linseed oil to keep longer and prevents the black fungus that usually appears on the cheapos. http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/stor...bamboo+skewers __________________ KURT

June 3, 2015	#4
ContainerTed Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: 6a - NE Tennessee Posts: 4,538	Around here, we find them in the kitchen utensils/gadgets aisle. I send them into the garden when I plant out and they do the job until I can get a proper support pole set up. Yes, they are a bit flimsy. But, at a penny a piece, what can you expect?? Other stores have them in quantities of less than 100, and also at more than 99 cents for the reduced amount. __________________ Ted ________________________ Owner & Sole Operator Of The Muddy Bucket Farm and Tomato Ranch

June 18, 2015	#12
luigiwu Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: ny Posts: 1,219	You are posting this in Starting from Seed, so I assume you are asking for plants that are little, ie, in small cups etc? __________________ Subirrigated Container gardening (RGGS) in NY, Zone 7!

June 3, 2015	#2
Bipetual Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Illinois, zone 5a Posts: 579	I know this won't help you at Wal Mart, but we bought ours at the local grocery store. Tell them you want to make shish kabobs. Some of them are wood other than bamboo but should be fine. Good luck!

June 4, 2015	#5
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Wal-Mart hobby sewing section maybe. Worth

June 4, 2015	#6
Kikaida Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Valencia, CA Posts: 258	They are kind of small for plant staking, maybe go to homedepot.com and search for "bamboo stakes"...The little ones for cooking was mentioned to me as a soil dampness meter of sorts...and it works pretty well for that.

June 4, 2015	#7
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	I asked my wife (Who works at Walmart) she said they are in department 82. Department 82 is all over the store. Like on a clip strip in grocery, or out in the garden center by the BBQ Pits, or in housewares. Basically wherever they want to put them. I know that doesn't help, but I would look in those three areas first.

June 18, 2015	#9
HydroExplorer Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 132	I read somewhere that the permies will plant "clumping bamboo" to grow their own. I haven't seen them at walmart. I've seen them at garden centers.

June 18, 2015	#10
TC_Manhattan Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Ohio Posts: 457	I just found bamboo skewers in the kitchen accessories area. They're used to skewer shrimp, etc., for shiskabob/grilling. big pack for about $1.

June 18, 2015	#11
Tracydr Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2011 Location: Laurinburg, North Carolina, zone 7 Posts: 3,207	I have a big area of running bamboo on my property. Makes great bamboo poles of all different sizes as well as delicious shoots. Plus, it is a great barrier between my garden and the big soybean/corn field on the other side of the road, helping to keep pesticides and herbicides from drifting. I am glad I have it, although it does take some maintenance.

June 19, 2015	#13
FILMNET Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: North Charleston,South Carolina, USA Posts: 1,803	4ft bamboo garden sticks are in Lowes and others stores. Easy, cut 12" and cut this on the top to maybe 4 of more sticks. 1 4ft stick will make 16 or more.

June 19, 2015	#14
Gerardo Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: San Diego-Tijuana Posts: 2,594	Bamboo skewers are usually in one of two spots at the blue behemoth: by the garden exit in the BBQ section, or the kitchen utensils. A whole bunch for 99 cents. Stock up when you see them. Great for plants up to about 10 inches, use two in case the wind shifts.