Re: irrigation
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: irrigation
- From: N* S*
- Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 17:41:54 -0800
>After two years of drought, we're going to try irrigation. I have some
>questions I hope someone can help me with.
> For perennial beds do most people use drippers or the
>micro-sprinklers.
> How often do you run these? Assuming no rain. Every two or three
>days?
> How much water do you try and put on a plant?
> Any recommendations as to what type of irrigation system? Toro,
>Raindrip or Dripworks?
>
>Thanks for your help---
>Velma from Minnesota Zone 4
>
Velma, I use drip irrigation in Southern California where our rainfall is
only about 14"/year on average. I highly recommend the drip lines with
emitters embedded into the line. But how much, how many, how often depends
on teh kind of soil you have, the kinds of plants you have, etc. Are your
plants grouped according to water need?
Before you do anything, I strongly recommend you look at Bob Kourick's "
Drip Irrigation for Every Landscape and All Climatesm" it's an exellent
book on drip irrigation: how to figure out what you need, how to lay it
out,and how to put it together, etc. And as we've heard in prior
discussions, DripWorks seems to be good for layout design and they are on
the web.
Good luck!
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Nan Sterman
San Diego County California
Sunset zone 24, USDA hardiness zone 10b or 11
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