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Re: raised bed construction

I am not familar with "Drip Works" but the system I use has a 1/2" main
line between the beds. I punch holes in it and install "barbs" to which
1/4" hose can be connected. I then make up from 1/4" hose, Tees and
Drippers custom units for each square which match the various plant
spacings. These are kept in tact and moved from square to square as the
squares are replanted.

oldjohn@juno.com
John Orwick
El Monte, CA
On Thu, 6 Mar 1997 21:16:23 -0500 "John J. Danyi, M.D." <jdanyi@EE.NET>
writes:
>First, I'd like to thank you all for some wonderful ideas.  As a
>result of
>some very clay soil, I'm constructing 4' x 12' raised beds out of
>cement
>blocks. (Yes, I'll plant some flowers in the little holes.)  I
>wouldn't
>mind installing a drip irrigation system while I'm at it (I just got a
>catalog from Dripworks out of Oregon), but I'm not wuite sure the best
>way
>to do it.  Do I need to customize water distribution to each square
>foot
>area, depending on what's planted in it?
>
>
>> I suggest also considering the issue of irrigation prior to building
>> all the beds.  You should consider how you're going to irrigate and
>> whether the construction/size/location of the bed will help you to
>> accomplish that method.  Lots of folks install drip irrigation in
>> their raised beds (economical, saves water, applies water to the
>> plants and not extraneous areas), others use hoses (I'm still using
>the
>> drag-around-the-hose-with-the-rain-wand method, but I enjoy it right
>> now), etc.
>
>
>Thanks,
>
>John J. Danyi
>Zanesville Ohio
>
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