"...Hedge posts (osage orange) that have been in the ground since the50's and
not rotten yet..."
Correct - but be forewarned, they can actually take root, and become rows of
osage orange "trees",
as many old rural roadsides in Ohio can attest.
--- Dave Meyer
From: lee elliott
Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 7:28 AM
To: Apple-Crop
Subject: Re: Apple-Crop: posts for organic orchard
I have Hedge posts (osage orange) that have been in the ground since
the50's and not rotten yet, They grow on the farm and are ffree for cutting,
Downside is they grow crooked but will make trellis posts that last as long as
you will. Lee Elliott Winchester, il
--- On Sat, 1/30/10, Gary Mount <gbmo...@alumni.princeton.edu> wrote:
From: Gary Mount <gbmo...@alumni.princeton.edu>
Subject: Apple-Crop: posts for organic orchard
To: apple-crop@virtualorchard.net
Date: Saturday, January 30, 2010, 7:34 PM
I will be planting an orchard for organic production this year and am
looking for a solution to obtaining posts. As far as I know, treated posts are
not acceptable in the NOP (I would love to stand corrected on this one) and I
don,t like metal posts very much. I saw some really nice concrete posts at
Fruit Logistica last winter in Berlin, but don't know of any in the USA. Can
anyone point me in the right direction?
-
Gary Mount
Terhune Orchards
330 Cold Soil Rd
Princeton, NJ 08540
609-924-2310
609-924-8569 fx
609-462-9672 cell
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