{"product_id":"garden-stakes-x-4","title":"Garden Stakes x 4","description":"The top has a small amount of UV stabiliser in it to protect it from the sun.\n\nThis protects the plants as well to a degree, thus the reason to acclimatize your plant to the sun when you remove the top.\n\nIf you do this in the middle of the day, it will be too harsh on your plant and your plant will suffer.\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhere to place the Stakes?\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\nMost common use for the stakes now is to hold the propagator top securely on the ground when placing over a seedling.\n\nThe garden stakes were originally designed to go through the rim of the pot to secure it into the ground.\n\nOr they can be placed through the base of the Compot holes as well.\n\nThis was to prevent dogs from digging up your pots.\n\nBut the reality is it won't keep big dogs out unless you take other measures to prevent them from going near your pots.\n\nThose other remedies are fermenting your scraps, leaving out meat, and putting a dollop of their poo in the lid.\n\nHowever - putting the stakes in your Compot prevents you from twisting the pot around in the ground when removing runner roots.\n\nI have found if you keep feeding your pots and there is lots of activity inside your Compots you are less likely to have an issue with roots\n\nMy other use for the stakes is to hold irrigation pipe in place.  I am sure you will find other uses for the stakes.\n\n\u003ch2\u003eKeeping Dogs Out\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\nAs the stakes have proven to be little deterrent to certain dogs, I now recommend a number of other solutions which will vary depending on your dog.\n\n\u003col\u003e\n\n \t\u003cli\u003eFerment your waste in wastewater.  Dogs and other vermin don't usually like the fermented smell.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n \t\u003cli\u003ePut a dollop of their poop in the lid of your Compot on the top of the lid in a plastic lid.  This will only work if they don't eat their own poop.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n \t\u003cli\u003ePut the Compot somewhere in the garden where they can't access it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n \t\u003cli\u003eSet up the Above Ground Method in a large pot that they can't knock over or access easily.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n \t\u003cli\u003eLeave meat out of your pots.  Most people feed all their meat to their dogs, but some don't.  If this is the only thing that is going in your council bin, then that is not such a bad thing.  Try fermenting the meat with onions and chilli as an option.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\nYou might find a secret remedy to keeping them out that we have not thought of. Who knows?\n\nIt might be as simple as soaking your scraps for a certain number of days so it is really stinky and all the odours are so mingled in together that the dog can't distinguish any particular smell and does not like the heavily fermented smell.\n\nJust experiment a bit with different things and see what works for you and your dog or put them somewhere the dog can't access.\n\nThe fermented waste and dog poop will work for most dogs but not all.\n\nYou must know your dog and if he eats his own poop them most likely nothing will keep him from digging up your pots.\n\n\u003ch2\u003eCan I put meat in the Compots if I have a Dog?\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\nYes and No.  It all depends on your dog.  This is basically answered above\n\nIf you do put meat in the Compot you must soak it first to ferment it along with the other waste as well.\n\nOr you might just have to leave the meat out, which is easy if your dog eats all the meat leftovers.\n\nIf meat is the only thing you throw in your council bin, then that is not such a bad thing.\n\nTo read greater details about how to use a Compot click here \u003ca href=\"\/products\/eco-eze-compot-composter\"\u003eGreen Compot x 1 \u003c\/a\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eRelated Articles\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\nHow to use (coming soon)\n\nGrowing seeds in the garden with the Compot Top (coming soon)\n\n\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/propagator-top-lid\"\u003eShop Now\u003c\/a\u003e\n\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/abseeds.compot.com.au\/\"\u003eSHOP Seeds\u003c\/a\u003e","brand":"Direct Compost Solutions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55020561695092,"sku":"ST4","price":6.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1006\/7171\/7748\/files\/Garden_Stakes_x_4-1_8fb4d63e-000d-472d-b723-13e3890dc185.jpg?v=1785570399","url":"https:\/\/directcompostsolutions.com\/products\/garden-stakes-x-4","provider":"DIRECT COMPOST SOLUTIONS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}