Clunk, that's a great idea by planting 2 and just training them away from each other. I never even considered it because I don't see the plants very often, but like you said with the stakes would work great. thanks for the idea K+
why use bamboo tho? there's MILLIONS of stakes growing EVERYWHERE lol one less thing to cart in.
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.