Jen, this won't directly answer your question, however, I think it may help with what you need. When I buy hose nozzles, I always pick the ones that have "soak" or "flood" option. There're many hose nozzles without soak option. I normally use "shower" option to water my roses in the morning to spray off aphids. When I want to walk away to pull some weeds, I change the nozzle option from "shower" to "soak" and just leave the nozzle at the root area of a rose. When I'm done pulling some weeds, I just change the nozzle option back to "shower" and continue with my watering routine. Helen

That would be a great help, Lilyfinch! I know exactly what you're talking about. I hope we get some answers!

Bayarea, I've never seen a nozzle with a soak option before.

Seil,

Sometimes they named it as "soaker" or "flood". Here is an example:

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Melnor-Rear-Trigger-8-Pattern-Nozzle-471-173/100659504

Helen

Darn, they beat me to it.... oh well...... I'll still give it some though but for now go with their solution.

These are great ideas—-I know exactly what you mean, lilyfinch, because Ive always wished I had another arm to hold the hose so I could do something else. I was wondering if something like a sprinkler tripod would work? https://www.amazon.com/Orbit-56667N-Impact-Sprinkler-Tripod/dp/B004VUA82K/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=hose+tripod&qid=1586995891&sprefix=hose+tri&sr=8-2

I was thinking too, I have an old camera tripod that might work, with a bungee cord or something to attach the hose...if maybe some body wanted to try that. Need to stop typing now, since it won’t let me delete my booboos. ☹️

I just lay mine at the base of the rose too. I have one the is similar to pic bayareagirl shows but mine has a long wand/stem and handle a lever for on/off so I don’t have to squeeze to keep water on and use flood option. I got it at Armstrong Nursery.

Stephanie, I think most nozzles/wands have either an on/off feature or a lock feature so we don’t have to squeeze to keep the water on. Mine costs about $14 and it uses a slide feature which goes from no water out to max amount of water out. I like this feature because I can control how much water coming out and how strong the water should be. Helen

Here is another idea: (giving credit to the above folks who came up with the wands)!!!

Home Depot sells a Telescoping Watering Wand, 53 in long, made by Aqua Joe, and wooden garden stakes 4 and 5 feet in length by Vigoro. At the end of that wand there is a hole for hanging up after you are finished watering.

Slip a washer onto a bolt, feed the bolt through that hole, add another washer, and then the nut. Tighten that nut but not so hard that you break the plastic.

Drill a hole in the stake about 1 or 2 inches down from the end (none pointy end) for the bolt.

Now add another washer then the wooden stake, followed by another washer and two nuts. Tighten the two nuts together while leaving the wooden stake able to swing free.

The first nut was to secure the bolt and keep the stake out away from the wand far enough that it can swing.

About 6 inches of so from the pointed end of the stake (the part that goes in the ground….lol) drill a hole. Using a stiff wire form a hook that will be used to keep the stake alongside the wand when not needed.

To pull weeds just unhook the hook, stick the stake into the ground and Shazam you are free to weed.

Should you need extra pressure getting the stake into the ground just screw or bolt the stake to a piece of 2”x4”x5” long lumber. Two screws an inch apart should work. Just step on the 2x4 to press the stake downward.

Figuring out the size and length of the bolts etc I leave up to you. Have fun.

Going back to your original idea of the stake try this out before all of the others. Just get a wooden stake, (maybe an old sky pole with a sharp end and the disk removed) attach a cord around/thru it with a loop large enough to hold the head of the sprayer unit. All you would have to do then is slip the head of the sprayer into the loop and press the stake into the ground. Trial and error until you come up with the correct height for the loop.

In place of the cord loop you could use stiff wire threaded thru a hole in the stake then bent such that it doesn’t come out. At the other end of the wire form a loop for holding the sprayer. In the shape of the letter U should work.

Aghhh thank you so much everyone!!! I love this forum. I can very easily try with a shepherds hook as I have a lot of them . I can even set up a few places around the garden with them . I wish my nozzle had a soak option but yes I can just lay it at the base of the rose too! Wasn’t thinking like that , to be honest!! Also now that I have my roses in place maybe I can re design the original drip to accommodate my plants ? Maybe I should have thought Of that before. I’m new to irrigation in the garden that isn’t my hose ! Thank you for indulging me toolbelt . I will post pics once I get myself up and running .

Y’all are the best !

Lily,

A weather-proof camera tripod with a quick release, swivel based clamp attachment may be just what you want. The clamp would be attached to the tripod top and have a ball joint mechanism in it so that the nozzle could be directed to where you want it to spray.

A stake type 'third arm' as you first suggested will put holes in your lawn every time you move it, and will be unstable due to the stiffness and weight of a garden hose under pressure and with water running through it unless you push or pound It well into the soil, digging up your lawn every it's moved. It will lean and fall over unless pushed well into the ground.

Another idea that could work would need a metal worker to make. It would be a swivel based squeeze, quick release clamp, mounted on a 3' to 4' metal rod. The rod's other end is attached to the center of a disc, dinner plate sized, wide enough for stability, and heavy enough to keep the hose in place, but light enough to be easily portable, say 5-7 lbs.

This 'contraption' would look something like a free standing, floor, pole lamp, but shorter, and having a clamp at its top end instead of a light fixture.

Hope my explanations were understandable!

Moses

Lily,

Further study on what Amazon is showing, I think a tripod camera stand with a swiveling clamp attachment will work.... cheap, stable, adjustable, portable and collapsible when not in use.

A garden hose that is extremely flexible under pressure while being used will make attaching the hose nozzle to the clamp much easier with less resistance than with a stiff, cheap garden hose. I have a hose I really appreciate. It's flexible under pressure, and even with the nozzle shut off....like a wet spaghetti noodle! Great to work with! Goes where I want it to, not where it wants to.

Moses

Years ago I saw a cartoon put out by IBM if I remember correctly. It showed two guys, one big the other small, walking. Big guy had his arm over the shoulder of the other. A bubble over the little guy showed the square root of x while the big guys showed ‘ha ha ha’. He was laughing at the little guy.

The next window of the cartoon, showed the same two, with the square root of x showing. However, the big guys showed many equations. He was adding to the little guys suggestion!!!

With Moses ideas the equations are growing and growing.

Best forum going!!!!

Lily,

If you go to Amazon and look up 'tripod telescoping fishing rod stand,' I think you will see what could very well work for you. They are about $20.00, and probably available at outdoor sporting goods shops around town there.

Moses

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