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Re: automatic watering

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Maybe my I.2 inches/week wasn't so far off after all.  But it sure seemed
like the soil was too moist.  How did you measure the water - some sort of
flow meter in the supply line?  -Olin

-----Original Message-----
From: john nelson <janelso@maf.mobile.al.us>
Date: Thursday, October 29, 1998 3:59 PM
Subject: Re: automatic watering


>I did something similar this year. How ever I applied a constant flow to my
sqft gardens. During the hotest
>part of the summer I applied a continous stream of water through soaker
hoses that amounted to just over 2
>inches of rain per week. As it cooled off I droped the rate down to 1.5 and
then down to 1 inch of rain.
>The soil stayed constantly moist but not wet and I never had to water, just
make 3 or 4 adjustments with
>the turn of a knob.
>
>John A. Nelson- Zone 7


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