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Re: Watering

Mary Ellen wrote:
> I know some plants shouldn't have water on the leaves (like beans). 
> I already know not to handle beans when they are wet. So, is it 
> absolutely taboo, or is it OK if they are watered from above. In 
> other words, I cannot afford true soaker hoses so the cheap flat 
> sprinkler hoses will have to do.

Are the sprinkler hoses really that much cheaper than soaker hoses?
Around here everyone and his uncle sell the soaker hoses (Price-Costco,
Supply One, Builders Supply, Home Depot, Walmart, etc., etc.).
Comparitively, the sprinkler hoses are almost hard to find. Am I not
thinking of the right kind of soaker hose?

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Don Gross
Still waiting for the ground to dry in Aloha, Oregon, USA
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