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"Dizne" surftravelATyahoo.com wrote in message
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Hi,

I want to start another veggie patch after moving into a new rental house,
but the BIG mystery to me about growing vegies is getting the watering
right!!!

In my last patch I installed a combination of sprayers and drippers on
black
poly pipe running through the vegies. The drippers seemed to do the best
job - wasted less water; didn't water the weeds; didn't cause mildew on
the
zuchinis; etc.

However, my concern is that every time I want to re-plant after
harvesting,
I would have to re-plant at the same spacing as the drippers I have used
previously! This is obviously difficult if I want to rotate my crops or
grow
something of a totally different size!

Considering this, should I just stick to sprayers and spray water over the
whole patch???


THe simplest way would be to use the smaller "spaghetti" tube running from
the main poly pipe lining, with the drippers attached to that. This is about
the thickness of a pencil, cheap, and flexible, and you cut it to lenghts
you want.
In fact if I did have a watering system in my garden, that is the way I'd do
it, as it's the only way I know due to a couple of watering systems at work
using this method, and a wholesale nursery near here does it, one dripper or
sprayer to each pot.
You can also get adjustable sprayers too.
Only downfall to it is you can get blowouts where they are plugged into the
main line, but usually this is due to high pressures, or holes made to big
for the plugs in the main line.
Good luck
What watering methods do YOU use in your patch???

Cheers,
Mick