Re: water woes

This year WalMart only had a cheap zinc wand.  Brass is more durable.  I
forgot to mention earlier that I'd also checked Walmart.

Kitty
neIN, Z5
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Zemuly Sanders" <zsanders@midsouth.rr.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 6:11 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] water woes


> I got my plain purple wand with a screw off head at WalMart for $4.00 last
> year.  It worked perfectly until I ran over it with the car.  Now it works
> almost perfectly.
> zem
> zone 7
> West TN
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center"
> <4042N15@nationalhearing.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 10:55 AM
> Subject: [CHAT] water woes
>
>
> > First - one thing did work.  My back outdoor spigot was stuck in "on"
> > position last fall.  Shut off normally closes the water off back inside
> > beyond the insulation so it doesn't freeze the spigot over winter.
Since
> > I
> > couldn't get it fixed I capped it off, put an insulator over it, then
> > stuffed a rose cone with insulation and fastened that over it.  Worked
> > great!
> >
> > This weekend I was watering pots and my old waterwand began leaking a
lot
> > worse than usual - I was soaked.  Time for a new one.  I got one at
Lowe's
> > with a funky dial shut off I didn't like $9, it leaked.  Took it back
this
> > am.  Tried Miejers and Menards.  They only carry wands with fused heads.
> > I
> > need a plain wand so I can put my superduper Charley's Ultra Soft nozzle
> > with hundreds of small, fine watering holes on it.  Regular spray heads
> > are
> > too harsh for transplants and newly potted plants.  The fused heads with
> > 20
> > different sprays are a hassle and none of the sprays perform as well as
> > Charley's.  Last try was Home Depot.  They had my plain wand with a nice
> > brass lever shut off for under $6 - and it doesn't leak.  It only came
in
> > black - my old one was an easy to see metallic magenta - but, oh well,
it
> > works.
> >
> > It's funny how you get attached to something simple that works well.
You
> > go
> > to replace it and all you can find are "new and improved", but built on
> > the
> > cheap.  BTW, I also have a wonderful little spray nozzle that has just 2
> > choices - a regular spray and a mist.  The mist is really nice for very
> > tender items and seedlings and such.  But for general use the Charley's
> > ultra Soft has proven to be the best for me.
> >
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