RE: drip irrigation systems
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- Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 21:29:55 -0600
- Disposition-Notification-To: "Chris & Colette Wilbers"
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Just some thoughts about soaker hoses:
I have used soaker hoses in my patches in the past, but my limitation was
that I could only do so on a limited area b/c the vines would trail out onto
my lawn. I was never really sorry that I couldn't drip irrigate the entire
vine however since I didn't have to worry about irrigating underneath the
fruit after it set. I guess if you had a grid throughout your entire patch
it would become quite important to place some protection beneath the pumpkin
to keep its "bottom" dry. I always worried about reusing the soaker hoses
for fear of harboring soil fungi from the previous season, but I guess one
could soak them in a bleach solution to sterilize. I did have some problems
with blow-outs of the hoses too, and mice seemed to enjoy chewing on them
too.
Chris Wilbers
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Springfield, MO (Greene Co.) / Zone 6
Growing pumpkins since 1996
Personal best so far: 481 lbs. (1998)
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Subject: Re: drip irrigation systems
In a message dated 2/7/00 5:45:35 PM Eastern Standard Time,
ASSELINDUFFY@aol.com writes:
<< Subj: drip irrigation systems
Date: 2/7/00 5:45:35 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: ASSELINDUFFY@aol.com
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fellow list members,
looking to set up some kind of irrigation system for my patch this year. i
have been
poring over the archives, but haven't come up w/any useful info yet. any
ideas or
sources for info, catalogues, etc. would be greatly appreciated.
i've learned quite a bit from the list over the last 3-4 months.
thank you in advance
duff
zone 5n
332lb in '99 (first year)
not counting '98 results because i didn't have don langevin's book yet !
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I experimented with drip irrigation systems for several years on AG's in the
80's. I found it caused shallow rooting. I would like to try a grid system
of soaker hoses instead, that would deep soak the entire patch. Hope to try
that this year or next.
George Brooks
North Tewksbury, MA USA
Approximately 25 miles Northwest of Boston
in the Merrimack River Valley
Zone 5N
Personal Bests
617.6 1991
641 1993
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