Re: [SG] Watering
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- Subject: Re: [SG] Watering
- From: B* C* <e*@mciunix.mciu.k12.pa.us>
- Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 08:05:15 -0400
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Laury--
I also use a drip system, and our well could not support it. Our drippers put
out 1 gallon/hour, and we water 250 plants at a time. Thus we are expending 750
gallons/hour. However, we just spent $2000 having our well "hydro-fracked" so
that we would have a better water supply. Thank goodness we did that! This year
has been a killer so far, and so far (knock on wood), the well has held up--for
the first time ever.
Beth
Laury Epstein wrote:
> We just installed a drip system around our house, but still need to do a lot
> of watering in other beds. We have a well that we thought would be okay, but
> we run out of water easily. Doesn't help that we're in a major drought area.
>
> My question--what is a "normal" water flow per minute (or measured however)?
> The well man we called put a meter on one of our taps, and if I understood
> his counting method correctly, our water output is 100 gallons evey 22
> minutes. Is that possible? Seems like a lot to me, so I thought I'd ask
> people more experienced than we are.
>
> We're going to have to install an irrigation tank, so we need to know how
> many gallons we use in the garden.
>
> Thanks, Laury Epstein
> zone 5
