Re: Drip or flood
Dennis,
I used drip tape last year I bought from Irrigro
Here is there site http://www.irrigro.com/
The way I set it up was easy, I elevated 2- 40 gallon drums on sawhorses
about 3' off the ground , ran pvc pipe up the bottom down to ground level &
set up the hose from there. I've heard you need to go higher with the
barrels, but I never had a problem with the water draining out, worked fine.
I even ran a fish seaweed mixture thru the tape & it never plugged.
Kept the whole patch moist but not flooded at all times.
Hope this has been of some help...........Paul
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis" <dhouser@sbcglobal.net>
To: "list" <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 11:20 PM
Subject: 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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