Re: hot water

I ran mine more last year and had lots of problems with rot.  In addition to 
high heat, we also have very high humidity here in the D.C. area.  So rather 
than buy Daconil stock, I'm trying to minimize the dampness, only running 
the misters intermittently.  Someone named Craig answered this on Duncan's 
roundtable - saying to wrap the hose with reflective foil.  Unless someone 
comes up with something better that will be Plan A.

I also want to raise the misters, so maybe the water temp will be at least 
down to the air temperature by the time it hits the plants.



~~~~~
>Hi Beth, I have the same problem of having to run a hose through the sun. 
>But I have noticed that the water coming out is hot if I feel it right next 
>to the mister, but if I feel it when it is nearing the ground it is cool.  
>I am assuming that on the trip down it is losing energy to the air and is 
>cooling off.  Also, I have 6 gallon per hour misters that turn on every 5 
>minutes then off for 10 so the water tends to cool off during the day since 
>so much goes through.  My nest plan is to get 2 gallon per hour misters and 
>to run them all day, the will definatley get the water cool since new water 
>will be contantly in the hose
>
>
>>From: rado1000@hotmail.com
>>Reply-To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
>>To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
>>Subject: hot water
>>Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 09:10:19 PDT
>>
>>Hi everyone,
>>
>>I'm trying to refine my watering/cooling system this year. Here's a
>>question. When I've got a hose stretched across the yard and the sun is 
>>out
>>and it's hot, the water that comes out at first could brew a good cup of
>>coffee, it's so hot. Then, depending on the weather & humidity I may only
>>turn it on for a minute or two. I'm trying to cool the plants, not cook
>>them. What's the most efficient way to keep that water from being so hot??
>>If I did this with PVC would the water stay cooler than in a garden hose?
>>What about if I put the hose through the fattest PVC pipe I could find, so
>>the hose would be in the pipe rather than in direct sun, plus have a 
>>little
>>air around it inside the pipe? Maybe I need to plant a row of little
>>umbrellas and lay the hose under them???
>>
>>Last year the hose was in shade almost the whole way, and I just propped a
>>board so it shaded the hose where it was in the sun, but at our new patch
>>it's a longer distance in the sun.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Beth
>>
>>
>>_______________________________________________________________
>>Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com
>>
>>---------------------------------------------------------------------
>>To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@mallorn.com with the
>>message text UNSUBSCRIBE PUMPKINS
>
>
>_______________________________________________________________
>Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com
>
>---------------------------------------------------------------------
>To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@mallorn.com with the
>message text UNSUBSCRIBE PUMPKINS
>


_______________________________________________________________
Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@mallorn.com with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE PUMPKINS
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index