Re: Hoses and why we hate them...
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Hoses and why we hate them...
- From: m* l*
- Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2000 09:06:32 -0600
At 03:01 AM 6/6/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>Yep, Barb, I have. The ones I've had work marginally - my 100' hoses
>delight in jumping out of them if given half a chance (i.e. turn back
>and pull hose to end of its run and return to find plants adjacent to
>hose guides flattened)...Problem is they guide in one direction and
>if you veer off of it, so does the blinkin' hose...they love to do
>that.
>
>I agree, leave a nice 100 foot section flopping about in a path and
>you have really got a watch dog as it will leap out and trip any fool
>who tries to walk by it:-)
>
>Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
>mtalt@clark.net
>Editor: Gardening in Shade
Make your own hose guides out of galvanized pipe and pvc. Buy about a three
foot section of pipe threaded at one end, and a tee, threaded at least at
the stem end. Screw the tee onto the three foot pipe, and cut a piece of
pvc (larger diameter than the galvanized pipe) about one foot to 18 inches
in length, slip it over the galvanized, and pound the galvanized pipe into
the ground. The pvc should rotate freely, allowing the hose to slip around
and the tee should keep the hose from riding up over the top of the hose
guide. If your hose is long and heavy, you might have to use short sections
of threaded pipe in the tee to contain the hose. If your soil is hard clay,
you might be able to get away with a shorter section of galvanized pipe. If
it's sand, you may want a longer section. YMMV. Margaret L
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