I had a trickle system and gave it up becauses of this problem.
Injecting sulfuric acid was the best for my situation. I got 5 gallon carboys
of pure 66 degree baume H2SO4. I got four left you could have. Cost you more
than its worth to get it shipped.
Karl
We are in northern Illinois and have the same problem. We use a phosphoric
acid injection system once per season to clean out the system. We have 7 wells
around the orchard, but use only 2 for irrigation with 2 pump houses. The
system is not very expensive and we picked it up from Trickl-eez
If you run livestock in your orchard and your orchard is a U-Pick orchard,
just don't let your liability insurance company know you have livestock
among your trees. Ours requires the orchard be fenced in to keep livestock
out!
Dennis Norton
Royal Oak Farm Orchard
You laugh, but following the E. Coli incidents with apple juice in the U.S.
in the late 1990's, the FDA began to study the problem, visiting orchards
and cider/ juice operations. It is said that on one fact finding expedition
to an orchard, government officials were Horrified... Horrified to
