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Re: soaker hoses


On Mon, 1 Jun 1998 10:36:37 +0100 (BST) Allan Day
<allan@crwys.demon.co.uk> writes:
>On Mon 01 Jun, Ross E Stanford wrote:
>
>>      I am only going to hook up my automatic feeder to one of the 
>soaker
>> hoses
>> to see how it fares under one row of tomato plants.  
>
>> Stan          the cheap and lazy gardener
>
>Stan,
>I have two systems which I use in my polytunnels, soaker hose where
>there is a multiple planting like carrots, radishes, green crops,
>and individual drip heads for tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers,
>aubergines.
>It's up to you in the end, but it would be nice to compare
>results with the two methods, also costs.
>-- 
>Allan Day 41 Villa St. Hereford HR2 7AU allan@crwys.demon.co.uk
>Tel:- 01432 275443 (+answer m/c)
>
>
Allan,
     Thanks for the advice.
While at the garden center,  I couldn't help myself
and bought two more six packs of tomatoes.
I didn't have any more plastic or soaker hose.
I did have newspaper and some left over
drip system parts.  
     I planted the tomato plants 3 feet apart, ran a drip
emitter to each plant.  (I think I like this method for individual
plants) and covered the rest of the area with about
4 layers of newspaper.  I laid down some 2 X 4's to
hold down the newspaper.  I too am interested to 
see if there is any real difference between the soaker
hose and drip system.  
     I also bought a 4 cycle automatic timer to replace the
one cycle timer that I have always used for my garden.
( The one cycle timer is going to my rock garden)  
     Should I water my garden 4 times a day with 25% duration
each time cycle, or still once a day with 100% time cycle?
     
     Stan               the cheap and lazy gardener

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