Re: Soaker feeder
I have used that same product here on my farm for trickle irrigation for
several years.
It does the best job for the money.
The "secret" to making it work on low rate systems is to have the
"soaker" system sized so that the volume of water is almost the same as a
pressurized system. A typical flow rate this would be a minimum of 5
gals per minute. This require several runs of several hundred feet on my
system. But for ten bucks it was great! You could just branch off the
excess volume to another area of the garden or collect the dilute
solution for use later.
There are other systems that work from .5 gals up but these systems are
about 250 dollars. Most of these systems are used in commercial
greenhouses.
Years ago I purchased a closed injector which worked by filling the unit
with liquid fertilizer and then running the water until the unit was
empty. This solution was rather clumsy to put it mildly..a mechanical
nightmare to fill and get it to work..
For a small area a simple gravity feed with a filter on the output line
would be the most cost effective solution. Just mix the fertilizer and
allow it to run out of a barrel to the soaker hose. You can still take
advantage of "Tee" tape because they normally only like to see a
maximum of about 8 psi water pressure.
Probably one of the best sources is:
Rain - Flo Irrigation
884 Center Church Road
East Earl, PA 17519
(717) 445-6976
They sell everything and are very nice people to deal with.
Good luck
Chuck
Swartz Creek, MI
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