Has anyone tried white cedar? It is mentioned in the new organic growers guide out of New York and Cornell. A Grower’s Guide to Organic ApplesI am actually trying to hunt down a supplier in the upper midwest for a new tall spindle planting I have planned. -Joe
--- On Sun, 1/31/10, Nick Lucking <podracer1...@comcast.net> wrote: From: Nick Lucking <podracer1...@comcast.net> Subject: Re: Apple-Crop: posts for organic orchard To: apple-crop@virtualorchard.net Date: Sunday, January 31, 2010, 7:43 PM For my new tall spindle orchard I am putting in this spring I was going to use Best Angle stakes just like you mentioned with larger end posts. However, I wanted my trellis to be 10 ft tall to maximize space and custom run stakes would need to be produced to get the 12' length. With the small quantity I needed, it was not possible. I do have Best Angle stakes on other trees and they are nice but they are too expensive for single stakes at every tree for the new training systems. I am still going to do a metal trellis but with the help of my local fence builder. Maybe the original poster could do the recycled decking material for posts. I have seen a few pictures of trellises with this. Nick Lucking Field Manager Cannon Valley Orchard Cannon Falls, MN -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The 'Apple-Crop' LISTSERV is sponsored by the Virtual Orchard<http://www.virtualorchard.net> and managed by Win Cowgill and JonClements <webmas...@virtualorchard.net>. Apple-Crop is not moderated. Therefore, the statements do not represent"official" opinions and the Virtual Orchard takes no responsibility forthe content.
