Apple-Crop: water Gun Nozzle source?

[Win Cowgill]

Harrold, how about a specific brand/modle number of your water gun nozzle and where to purchase? Win Cowgill Professor and Area Fruit Agent  Department Head Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Hunterdon County New Jersey Agriculture Exp. Station PO Box 2900  Flemington, NJ 08822-2900 Office 908-788-1339 Fax -908-806-4735 Cell-908-489-0207 Email: cowg...@njaes.rutgers..edu http://www.virtualorchard.net/win/ On Jun 30, 2010, at 11:05 PM, Harold Schooley wrote: Sometimes the trellis posts do not get set in here until this time of year and often soil is dry and posts hard to pound by now.  We use a water gun nozzle hooked up to the sprayer to “drill” a hole where we then pound sharpened posts.  Can’t say if this would work for a hard pan but it might be worth a try.  Good luck.   Harold Schooley Schooley Orchards Simcoe, Ontario, Canada   From: apple-crop@virtualorchard.net [mailto:apple-crop@virtualorchard.net] On Behalf Of Arthur Kelly Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 8:14 PM To: Apple-Crop Subject: Apple-Crop: trellis posts   Does anyone have any experience or suggestions for pounding or setting line posts for a tree support system into hard-pan?  We have 24-30 inches of soil and then hard-pan.  Some years ago we tried to auger in posts and had great difficulty penetrating the hard-pan.  I'm feeling the posts should go in at least 36 inches with 8-9 ft above ground.  We have been using Best Angle stakes but I'm hearing they aren't that long lived due to rust and bending.   Art Kelly Kelly Orchards Acton, ME