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From: bmoon@eis.calstate.edu (Bruce A. Moon)
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Newsgroups: sCi.ssors,alt.itute,comp.atriot ,alt.iTute
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Subject: Re: Drip system vs Soaker pipe
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Path: wingnut!microsoft!uunet!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!nic-nac.CSU.net!ctp.org!not-for-mail
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Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1995 09:55:37 -0800
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Reply-To: David Smith <davidjsmith@delphi.com>
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vm@c-cube.com (Vijay Maheshwari) writes:
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> We are finally putting a lawn in our
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> backyard, which was bare for 4 years.
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> There will be a (concrete) brick edging
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> about 2-3ft around the fence for plants,
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> flowers etc. The total edging length
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> is about 250ft.
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>
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> Questions:
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> 1) Should I put a drip system around the
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> fence or put a soaker hose.
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While I have about 400 ft. of soaker hose and 1200 ft. of drip, I'd
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advise that you use 1/2 inch drip feeder hose with emitters and
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microsprinklers. Soaker hose runs are not very good when over about 50
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ft. There is a tendency for one end to get under-watered and the other
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end to flood. 250 ft. is close to the maximum length of runs for drip
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too.
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After two years of soaker hose, mine are starting to plug up. A filter
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would have slowed this down, but it would still have meant that when the
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hose plugged up the whole thing would be worthless. Emitters may plug up
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on 1/2 inch, but it will be a long time before the line with filters
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plugs up entirely.
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I have strted using cheap 0-jet microsprinklers. With a radius of 3-5
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ft. , they do a good job of covering th area around the base of a plant.
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This makes them especially good for ground covers. You might want to put
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them on spikes.
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> > 2) I am thinking of
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putting two pipes > one from the right side and other left side
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> to cover the area for watering - each
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> about 125ft. The full 125 ft will
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> get equal amount of water.
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This is not a bad idea. If you have changes in elevation, it might be a
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must, although pressure compensating drippers may make that less
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necessary. I do have a couple of runs that are a couple of hundred feedt
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long and so far they seem to work ok, but you can miss a malfuncioning
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dripper and lose a plant if you don't check regularly.
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--
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Bruce Moon
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Rio Linda, CA
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