hello folks,
I'm planning on growing a 5m line of apple cordons (approx. 4 or 5 trees) close to a fence. Don't fancy the idea of using the fence as a means for support, or attaching anything to it, so want to put new posts in to hold the training wire. I'm thinking about 3 posts at intervals, all 2m above ground level.
My question is what are the best posts to use, that can easily take the strain of tensioned support wires and not wobble or rot too quickly? I'm prepared to concrete them in using postcrete, but am unsure whether to use a metal anchor point, or concrete repair spur and then clamp a wooden post to it, or put the post directly into the postcrete? Main reason being if the wood/concrete point at ground level were to rot, I'd have a wobbly post that needs to be dug out, concrete and all.
The same question apples to an espalier, which will require 2 stronger posts approx. 4m apart with 3 sets of wires between them.
I'm planning on growing a 5m line of apple cordons (approx. 4 or 5 trees) close to a fence. Don't fancy the idea of using the fence as a means for support, or attaching anything to it, so want to put new posts in to hold the training wire. I'm thinking about 3 posts at intervals, all 2m above ground level.
My question is what are the best posts to use, that can easily take the strain of tensioned support wires and not wobble or rot too quickly? I'm prepared to concrete them in using postcrete, but am unsure whether to use a metal anchor point, or concrete repair spur and then clamp a wooden post to it, or put the post directly into the postcrete? Main reason being if the wood/concrete point at ground level were to rot, I'd have a wobbly post that needs to be dug out, concrete and all.
The same question apples to an espalier, which will require 2 stronger posts approx. 4m apart with 3 sets of wires between them.
