Drip or flood
Hello List
I need some opinions on rather to drip of flood irrigate. This past season I
used 30 gallon Barrels to soak irrigate and I had little success with enough
water. It seems I got to much water, fertilizer to main root but not enough
to the rest of the plant. Now I am smart enough to figure out that I can
give the rest of the vine water with more hose. But what I am trying to
figure out is drip line or more soaker hose. I also have a friend farmer who
grows commercial pie pumpkins and he thing I should grow them as he does
his, by ridging the out side of the patch and just flood irrigating. I think
this would do until you get fruit but not after unless you could elevate the
fruit above water level so not to rot it. then there is the Fungus I mite
invite with so much water to the hole patch. The way irrigated last season
has to be changed as I wound up with root rot on two plants late in the
season. Also I here about burying the vines and I did this last season and
what I got was everywhere I buried most of the leaves died off leaving just
a buried vine until it got to where there was no dirt on the vine and then
it was healthy plant again what cause's this Kathy Morgan also told me this
happened to her also.
Dennis in Calif
d*@sbcglobal.net
http://pages.sbcglobal.net/dhouser
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