Re: Weather/Irrigation

Nothings perfect, but I did like the sprayers.  The spray is low or high by
choice and half or whole circle by choice.   I've seen the spaghetti type
too.  I bought my system because it was so simple to put together, no tools
involved.

talk about spaghetti!  Now I have to unravel the pile of twelve 50 foot
lines and put them back where they belong!

Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "james singer" <islandjim1@verizon.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 4:24 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Weather/Irrigation


> Kitty, I've sort've come to believe that micro-sprayers are better for
> every soil type. Emitters are great for pots [and bird baths] but too
> limited for most other applications. There is also a laser-drilled
> tubing [forget what it's called], a kind of weeping spaghetti hose,
> that is great for row crops or, because it is spaghetti hose, wrapping
> around plants and beds.
>
> Cyndi, you might experiment with this laser-drilled stuff [HD has
> it]--uses a lot less less water than the weeping hoses and puts the
> water in the same place. I don't have row crops; I use it on my hedges.
>
>
> On Apr 19, 2005, at 6:47 PM, Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing
> Center wrote:
>
> > Our soil here is supposed to be the type that is good for drip
> > irrigation,
> > but I tried it years ago and the water didn't spread out far enough to
> > suit;
> > it pretty much went slowly straight down.  I don't like dragging hoses
> > either so last year I put together a water system with what Jim
> > described as
> > "micro-sprayers, devices  that put out a circle of spray. "  I really
> > liked
> > the way it worked.  I still have to plug the hose into each set, but
> > quick
> > connects make it easy.
> >
> > However,  in this climate the lines would freeze if water were left in
> > them.
> > Some people leave them in place and blow them out with an air
> > compressor,
> > but I was unable to find a small one that would operate off
> > electricity.  So
> > last fall, I picked up and stored all 600 feet of the layout.  I just
> > haven't had time to put it back in place.  That's why I resorted to
> > the old
> > oscillator.
> >
> > Kitty
> > neIN, Z5
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "james singer" <islandjim1@verizon.net>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 3:17 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Weather/Irrigation
> >
> >
> >> I don't know much about irrigation anywhere except here, where the
> >> soil
> >> is sandy, and the central valley of California, where the soil is
> >> gumbo
> >> adobe. In central valley California, drip irrigation is terrific, the
> >> slow drip soaks into and throughout the dense adobe, spreading
> >> moisture
> >> in a large circle around each emitter. In our sandy soil, emitter
> >> drips
> >> do not spread; they go straight down. So we use micro-sprayers,
> >> devices
> >> that put out a circle of spray. The area of coverage is about the
> >> same,
> >> given the difference in soil texture.
> >>
> >> Here--and I don't know this about the central valley of California--we
> >> have rain sensors, devices that measure rainfall and override the
> >> irrigation controller. Turns off irrigation when it rains, turns on
> >> irrigation when it doesn't. But I'm sure this is not a sandy-soil
> >> gizmo; RainBird [John Deere] is smart enough to have one, or settings
> >> for one, for any soil type.
> >>
> >> Beats dragging hoses.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Apr 19, 2005, at 5:26 PM, Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing
> >> Center wrote:
> >>
> >>> Well, here we are in our 3rd straight 80 degree day and no sign of
> >>> rain.  It
> >>> is unbearably dry.  I have never had to water in April but when I
> >>> went
> >>> home
> >>> at lunch, a beautiful Pulmonaria in semi shade was lying prostrate,
> >>> so
> >>> I
> >>> gave in and turned the sprinkler on for the next 3 hours.  It's an
> >>> oscillator; the quickest, easiest solution.  I haven't yet laid out
> >>> the
> >>> watering system for this year.  Geez, last year I only used it 2 or 3
> >>> times - it was such a wet year.  I'm afraid this dry spring may be an
> >>> omen.
> >>>
> >>> Kitty'
> >>>
> >>>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>>>>>>>>> From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net>
> >>>>>>>>>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >>>>>>>>>> Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 5:05 PM
> >>>>>>>>>> Subject: RE: [CHAT] Weather
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> Well today was the native plant groups sale.... was worried
> >>> the
> >>>>>>>>>>> nice
> >>>>>>>>>> weather
> >>>>>>>>>>> would keep folks home working in their gardens instead of
> >>> heading
> >>>>>>>>>>> by
> >>>>>>>>>> us....
> >>>>>>>>>>> but they came out in droves...it's was a long day.....
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> Good thing I don't have to talk... cause the voice is gone!
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> Donna
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> It's been gorgeous here but still no sign of rain.  We
> >>> potted up
> >>>>>>>> about
> >>>>>>>>>> 700
> >>>>>>>>>>>> plants for our MG nursery yestwerday and we'll finish up
> >>>>> tomorrow
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> afternoon. I still have lotsof plants coming in for the
> >>> display
> >>>>>>>>>>>> gardens that I have
> >>>>>>>>>>>> to
> >>>>>>>>>>>> babysit for a while.  I ordered a Glaucidium that I need to
> >>>>>>>> convince
> >>>>>>>>>>>> one
> >>>>>>>>>>>> of
> >>>>>>>>>>>> the shade gardens to take on.  When I got my own a few years
> >>>>> back
> >>>>>>>> I
> >>>>>>>> had
> >>>>>>>>>> to
> >>>>>>>>>>>> wait a couple of years for it to bloom.  This one is
> >>> blooming in
> >>>>>>>>>>>> the
> >>>>>>>>>> pot.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Kitty
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
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> >> Island Jim
> >> Southwest Florida
> >> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> >> Hardiness Zone 10
> >> Heat Zone 10
> >> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> >> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
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