Tikii torches are decorative poles about 5 feet in height with a top fuel reservoir and wick. They are beautiful when  placed creatively such as  along walkways, patios, pools or gardens and more all providing a wonderful tropical ambiance.

Tiki torches come in a variety of styles making  bamboo or cane  the most common type.  You will fine that the top of the cane, there  is a woven holder that houses a plastic bottle. The purpose of this bottle is to hold the fuel for the torch, and it also employs a metal lid that houses a thick wick of cord that runs into the bottle.  The exposed portion of the wick can burn for several hours.

Every so often while not lit, you will need to pull out fresh wick for burning. To put out the flame on a Tiki torch, place a cap over the burning wick. The cap can stay on the wick to protect it from moisture until you want to use it  again. Tiki torches are usually fueled  by paraffin, or lamp oil,or citronella oil.They can burn up to 8 hours at a time.

To place a Tiki torch, is easy, just place it's pole into the ground enough to make it secure for the duration. 

Caution, in strong wind a torch could blow over. To prevent such an accident use PVC pipe that is slightly larger than the diameter of the torch, much like a sleeve that will now  fit over the torch.  You don't need too much pipe, usually 1-2 feet in length for each torch.  Your pipe will be place into the ground, by digging a hole and covering the pipe over with dirt. Now you can drop your tiki torch into the PVC sleeve already buried in the ground. You may have to adjust things, if the torch drops too low into the sleeve, then fill the sleeve up with dirt to achieve the desired level  of the torch.