Re: hot water


  Is there any way you could bury the hose?  Or maybe drain the hose after
using

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From: rado1000@hotmail.com <rado1000@hotmail.com>
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Date: Tuesday, June 29, 1999 10:30 AM
Subject: hot water


>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
>
>
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