RE: Soaker hose water flow
- To: "'pumpkins@mallorn.com'" <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
- Subject: RE: Soaker hose water flow
- From: "* C* <c*@chmc.org>
- Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 13:53:57 -0700
I did something similar last year with a pair of 30 gallon plastic
drums and 25 ft. of soaker hose buried under the mound. I learned that
you need to elevate the bottom barrel at least 5 ft. to get enough water
pressure to drain the bottom barrel. Mine wasn't high enough. The top
barrel would drain OK then I would only get about 5 gallons out of the
lower one. I need to figure out a way to raise my stand up this year to
get better drainage from the barrels. Whatever you come up with to get
them off the ground make sure it is stable and sturdy. Those things are
really heavy when they are full.
Good luck,
Chris Michalec
Covington, WA
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jpukos [SMTP:Jpukos@aol.com]
> Sent: Sunday, April 19, 1998 4:33 PM
> To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> Subject: Soaker hose water flow
>
> Hello,
> I'm planning on connecting a couple of 55 gallon barrels together to
> create
> individual reservoirs for each pumpkin plant. I would like to gravity
> feed the
> water to a long length of soaker hoses wrapped around the plants.
> I'm not sure, but I think the barrels would have to be elevated
> several feet
> to obtain sufficient pressure and allow the water to pass throughout
> the total
> length of hose. Does anyone have experience with this type of system?
> Would
> the barrels have to be 4 to 5 feet up in the air or will this work
> keeping
> them at or slightly above garden level?
> Joe Pukos
> Leicester, NY USA
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