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Low pressure drip lines

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If you've already got an installed irrigation system around the property, 
it's not too big a deal to convert one valve of the manifold to low pressure 
drip line.  One line can handle everything I want to drip on an acre, and my 
sfg's are on it.  The new sfg is big enough for six 4x4 and each box has an 
individual Olson head coming up in the middle of the box. Each Olson head has 
12 individual drip lines on it.  They're small, flexible 1/8" lines with the 
business end attached to a plastic stake -- can be moved around just by 
pulling up the stake and sticking it in elsewhere.
The reasons to go to low pressure:
Very efficient and water conserving, since no run off.
If you're in California during a drought, conservation measures that forbid 
sprinklers normally allow low pressure drip lines.
No run off if the garden's on a slight slant, since the water drips right 
where you want it.
Depending on what kind of pipe in the original system and how it's laid out, 
you may not have to redig the lines, just the manifold to convert it.
You can get all sorts of setups and drip heads at any Home Depot or such, but 
they're normally high pressure unless you change out the valve and the 
pressure reducer at the manifold.  It's a long term investment and I've found 
it well worth while to run one drip line around the property.  PVC pipe is 
cheap.
Cyn


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