When training with the stakes, just plant the clones as far apart as possible in the hole, then stick the stakes in the ground like a big
\ / and as the plants grow bigger, you use a few wraps of electrical tape to secure the stems to the stakes everytime the leader starts growing up. It's a miminum effort form of LST training. When harvest time rolls around, you might need to add more stakes to support the weighted plants.
I don't bother cutting stakes in the bush, it's simply a matter of time restraints. I'll need to cut at least 250 stakes just to get things going, then probably double that in the fall when the plants are flowering and I need to keep them from collapsing to the ground under the weight. I'd rather buy the bamboo stakes bulk from my grow store and spend the time I save tending to the plants in other ways; pruning, training etc.
Also, the bamboo stakes last for several seasons and are all the same length, straight as an arrow and easy to bundle together and stash under a tree over the winter.
