On 1 Jun 2003 22:25:13 -0700, (Fleemo) wrote:

When I installed my drip-line hoses (Rain Drip Drip-A-Long 1/2" hoses
with emitters every 18") I buried them about an inch in the soil. I'm
having some trouble with them now, and on Rain Drip's website they say
to keep the emitters out of the dirt. What do folks in this newsgroup
do? Do you bury the hoses in the dirt, only cover them with mulch, or
what?


You can bury soaker hoses but not drips. The soil or mulch interferes
with emitters so that little water gets out and then only in that one
spot - little good for a plant a foot away.

I bury soaker hoses everywhere. The perrenials (raspberries,
blueberries) have permanent installations of soaker hoses. Fpr the
vegetable garden I lay hoses as I plant and cover with leaf mulch.
That works great for me.

John