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RE: Rain barrels

Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html

I ran both soaker hoses and 1/4 in drip tubes from a rain barrel
arrangement, but I had the barrel up higher. I don't have any pictures(this
was 3 years ago)but I simply put one barrel up on another. It worked better
when full so I imagine that 6 to 10 ft would be enough for most cases.

There is a formula for figuring out water height/pressure, but I can't find
it in my book right now.


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Scut [s*@teleport.com]
> Sent: Monday, May 31, 1999 5:25 PM
> To: sqft
> Subject: Re: Rain barrels
>
>
> Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
>
> I can attest that rainbarrels don't have enough pressuure to use a soaker
> hose. Mine are only up on one cinder block though. I just fill my watering
> can from them or hook up a regular hose for low pressure area watering. I
> bought them with the pvc fittings already installed. They are attached by
> angled sections of downspout, I don't have the greatest pictures
> of them but
> you can get an idea on my web page, especially in these pictures:
> http://www.teleport.com/~scut/back2_04.htm and
> http://www.teleport.com/~scut/6_5_98_7.jpg
> Tom
> Portland OR,  Zone 8
> http://www.teleport.com/~scut/garden.htm
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dore Tyler <dee_tee@email.msn.com>
> To: Sqft@listbot.com <Sqft@listbot.com>
> Date: Monday, May 31, 1999 12:10 PM
> Subject: Rain barrels
>
>
> >Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
> >
> >
> >
> >See my post on T-Tape.
> >
> >I don't think that soaker hose will work. They are designed for
> reasonable
> >water pressure and unless you have a lot of head from the barrels to the
> >beds you won't have enough.
> >
> >The T-Tape works at 10 psi, max, the people at DripWorks can
> tell you what
> >is the min pressure reqm't.
> >
> >Finding a way to utilize natural siphon out of the rain barrels
> should be a
> >fascinating exercise, pleas keep me informed, should you choose
> to proceed.
> >Regards,
> >DT (aka Dore Tyler)  dee_tee@msn.com
> >Doing his own thing in the privacy of his own garden.
> >USDA Zone 8b, Tacoma, WA
> >
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