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RE: Drip Irrigation
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I tried the 1/4 inch hoses too, and found the same problem at the far ends
of the individual runs, and in the end of the feed pipe. I did what you did,
connect the far ends together and I also added a connection to the far end
of the feed line. Actually I made a whole rack...
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I was still unhappy with the results. The stuff I laid out recently is the
1/2 inch soaker, and I am getting a little more even distribution.
I wonder if anyone on this list is actually using the watering method
suggested in the book, hand watering each plant with a cup from a bucket. I
did that for the first few years, but I guess my plot got too big when I
moved... I recall that I was real happy with the results, and did find that
the weeds and fungi were less likely to grow if I didn't broadcast water
over everything.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Olin [m*@worldnet.att.net]
> Sent: Friday, April 02, 1999 8:11 AM
> To: sqft list
> Subject: Drip Irrigation, was Re:Success stories, humor and
> disappointments
>
>
> Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
>
> In my winter garden, I tried the 1/4-inch soaker dripline
> mentioned on this
> list by DT last year. It comes with 1/2 gph emitters spaced at 6,12,or 24
> inches along the dripline (I used 12"). It has some advantages over drip
> tapes and some disadvantages. The 1/4-inch transfer barbs and
> tubing limit
> the flow rate which means the tubing length is also limited if you want to
> get even distribution at all of the emitters. You can loop the far end of
> the line back and also connect it to the source using a T barb
> which nearly
> doubles the useful length. With this method, it required 32 feet of the
> soaker drip line (32 emitters at 12") to get complete, even
> distribution in
> a clayey 4 X 8 sqft area. With sandy or loamy soils you may need more or
> you may need to use driplines with 6-inch emitter spacing. You can also
> snake it around corners and make sort-radius U turns - unlike drip tapes
> which require straight runs. None of the "self-cleaning, turbulent-flow"
> emitters plugged up with our mineralized water but this was only
> the first
> year. Cost was $.20/foot in a 500 foot roll, about 3 times the
> cost of drip
> tape but drip tape requires some pricey connectors and fittings
> which raises
> its effective cost. Drip tape has the advantage of much longer
> runs if the
> take-off is with half-inch fittings instead of the 1/4-inch barb
> connection
> , but this is not important in a sqft plot. I plan to try it
> again over our
> long, hot, dry Phoenix summer. So far, it looks like the drip
> tape will be
> best for many of my non-sqft irrigation needs but the soaker
> dripline may be
> better for sqft.
>
> Olin
> Phoenix AZ
>
>
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