RE: Watering

Speaking of shoestrings hows your pumpkin vine coming along?

You know how many miles I walk a week to water my vine? The spicket is
100 ft away times 312 . Thats over a 1000 miles! My next obstacle I'm
going to tackle, now that I got the watercan down, is to try an work one
of those hose thingys. I can't figure how to connect it to the spicket,
both ends look the same!

ZOO

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>From: 	Lubadub@aol.com[SMTP:Lubadub@aol.com]
>Sent: 	Friday, June 12, 1998 11:46 AM
>To: 	Pumpkins@mallorn.com
>Subject: 	Watering
>
>Pumpkinheads:
>
>Even though my plant at this point can be watered using a tea cup I have
>plans
>for the future. Last night I was reading an article that covered how much
>water a plant required. I am not going to get into a discussion here about
>exactly how to deliver the water to the plant. I wrote something earlier in
>response to a post by Zoo Doo on the proper use of a watering can. This is in
>the archives and explains how to fill the can etc. These specific
>instructions
>were required by the inquisitive Zoo Doo who occasionally still needs help
>tying his shoe strings in the morning. He now, I have been told, wears
>loafers
>to avoid an ongoing problem.
>
>Anyway, the article related that a pumpkin needs 1 to 1 1/2 inches of water
>per week. If the soil you are growing in is sandy you need to be at the
>higher
>level. If you have more clay and silt and organic matter in your soil you
>should be at the lower level. Chris Andersen uses a water meter to measure
>the
>amount of water he delivers and as an example says that 1 inch per week works
>in his soil. For the less sophisticated (those without water meters) you can
>determine the amount of water delivered by knowing the water pressure you
>have
>available and how your sprinkler head delivers at that pressure. I guess
>these
>numbers are available for drip systems as well.
>
>To supply 1 inch of water per week to a 1000 square foot patch takes 624
>gallons of water. That means that if you watered a 1000 sq. ft. patch on a
>daily basis you would need roughly 90 gallons of water per day. It is best to
>water several times a week rather than daily so that the water sinks in to a
>deeper level.
>
>For Zoo Doo this means that if you have a 2 gallon watering can you need to
>apply 312 cans full per week for a 1000 square foot garden. (Be careful not
>to
>trip over your shoe strings.)
>
>Does anyone out there have any information or comment that is in contrast to
>the above? 
>
>Marv in Altoona
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