Patent ID: 7331140

Claim:
A plant support device comprising: a vertical plant support stake comprising a rigid elongated shaft having a bottom point for insertion in the ground and a series of vertically spaced holes therein along the length of the stake spaced at intervals appropriate to securing a plant at different stages in the growth of the plant; a series of pegs each comprising a rigid elongated shaft having at least a mid portion equal to the size of one of the holes and a tapered first peg end and a second peg end positioned outside of the hole; a series of plant support ties each comprising an elongated malleable strand for encircling a plant, each strand having a first tie end inserted in one of the holes of the stake, an elongated mid portion for encircling a plant, and a second tie end attached to said second peg end; wherein said tapered first peg end inserted in the hole to bind the first tie end therein, and said second peg end having a means for retaining a second tie end of a plant support tie wrapped around the second peg end of the peg to prevent the plant support tie from slipping off of the peg.