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Re: [PRIMROSES] Drip Irrigation

Cidjohnson wrote:
>
> In a message dated 97-12-31 09:36:34 EST, you write:
>
> <<  I have to mention how I developed this garden from tinder dry woodland
>  to lush perennial gardens....get the 1/2" main line for a drip system,
>  and rather than putting drippers into it, put 1/4" feeder lines and
>  purchase these little stakes that allow the line to run up thru it.  At
>  the top of the stake, you can purchase Spot Spitters.  These are like
>  small oscillating sprinkler heads.  Now go back and put a hose fitting
>  end onto the 1/2" hose.  Either bury the hose for aesthetics, or plant
>  heavily.  Drag the hose out there every 7-10 days, and you can have a
>  virtual Eden.
>
>  The Greenhouse
>  81 S. Bagley Creek Road & Hwy 101
>  Port Angeles, WA  98362
>  (360) 417-2664
>   >>
>
> Hi Diana,
>
> Thanks for the above description.  I'm considering doing this for my "Hosta
> Staircase" garden (a grandiose name for the small hosta garden I am developing
> under a large silver maple whose roots I use as stair risers for a small
> woodland path).  If I understand correctly, why do you use sprinkler heads
> instead of something that drips at ground level?  I don't know much about
> these systems, but I thought their advantage was that the ground could be
> watered without getting the plant folliage wet, thereby reducing the chance
> for fungal diseases.
>
> This garden of mine slopes slightly, is sandy, and the tree roots really dry
> it out.  Since I now know how thirsty hostas are (from this robin and the AHS
> robin), I want to start giving my "babies" more water, but in an efficient
> way; no more hauling out hoses and repositioning the sprinkler, over and over,
> so that I cover the area just right (not to mention trying to avoid getting
> squirted), and no wasted water to evaporation.
>
> Thanks,
> Cindy Johnson
> White Bear Lake, MN
> zone 4a

I did it this way because of the way I have the area planted.  Very
dense planting with no consecutive pattern that will allow a dripper at
each root ball.  The area is contoured, 30x20 with rounded borders and 2
mature Douglas firs in it.
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