Perhaps some of you have also enjoyed using the green 2 to 5' bamboo stakes on your property. They work good for marking things such as new trees. Has anyone found a source other than Ace Hardware to purchase them?They're a bit pricey, particularly when ya get up into the 5' size.

https://www.acehardware.com/departments/lawn-and-garden/planters/plant-supports/7384662

Try AM Leanard or Home Depot. look on the web. Type in bamboo stakes and several firms and sizes should show up. Try to find a place near you as shipping costs are an issue.

Bryce

There's close to a dozen people on Facebook Marketplace, near me that frequently give away free bamboo, if you cut it and sometimes already cut. Most of the ads say something like "Take all you want."

I would look on Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist.

Keith

I got a big bundle from home depot last year, they were 5' long, 200 for around $100 delivered to me....handy to have around

I saw some on Home Depot's website this week, thanks. I hadn't thought of that place. I'll look more on their website or ask my dad to look next time he's near a Home Depot store.

Home Depot can order them for you as well if they don't have the size you want at the store. Tlhe last 100 I ordered I got shipping free as they brought it with all the other stuff in the semi.

Bryce

Buying a package of 100 would be nice. ACE, where i've been shopping, only has 5 to 25 stake package increments.

You can order them up to 6 feet long, and almost 3/4 inch thick from Home Depot. However, you can only order them at certain times of the year. I ordered 100 stakes that are 6 foot long to Alaska. Free ship to store!

They list many sizes and lengths to pick from.

They grow wild here

Menards garden center

I buy treated deck boards, 6" wide x what they call 1 1/4 thick, really approx 1" thick x 8ft, 10 ft, 12 ft of 16 ft.
at my local home depot.
They have "rejects' at 70% off.
so a 6" 16 ft board costs about 6 dollars.
I cut it into 3 equal lengths then rip it to about 1 1/4 wide. one 6" board yields 4 stakes.
So out of a 16ft board I get 12 stakes for 6 dollars.
a 12 ft board is $3 and yields 8 stakes


I point the ends roughly on a belt sander.

some of them tend to warp but still they will pound into the ground.
One thing to watch for is boards with knots and other issues.
That will cut down your yield of stakes as knots tend to break when pounded on.
a nice board with straight grain is ideal.

A good 16 ft board board is about $20.
Still cheap enough at that price for 12 stakes.

Outta be some groves of the stuff that some poor soul planted somewhere.

Just make sure that the stuff is completely dried and dead before sticking it back in the ground or you'll have your own grove of the stuff in a few years.