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frost question
"0tterbot" wrote in message
"Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow wrote in message A mix depending on location - some fixed sprinklers, some moveable sprinklers and some I hand water with a hose. I understand that drip irrigation is now recommended as most water efficient heh. i am thinking there might be pragmatic problems with putting in a drip system for the veg. (not least, having to rearrange all the sticking-out bits every time some new formation of soemthing-or-other went in!?) Yep. You hit the nail on the head. otoh, i don't want water spraying between beds or anything, either. No. Total waste of water so that is why I use such a variety of techniques. For our 'official' veg beds which are 2 railway sleepers long by half a railway sleeper wide, we use the microsprinklers and they work well. We have the a quarter circle head in each corner and then I think 2 (or perhaps 3) 180 degree heads down each side. They are put on in the morning before the wind gets up and they do a good job. I have also made a number of individual micro sprinklers of either half or quarter circle on a click clack connector that I can use for various odd shaped spots round the garden. Himself was disparaging about how effective they would be when I made my first one but I notice that he now uses them too. Must make some more of them. I've also found a spkie sprinkler that just has a slit in it and that is brilliant for the edges of beds where a round sprinkler always leaves a few spots unwatered. I spent too much bloody time wandering round this big garden retreiving the right sprinkler for the job, but better than letting my investments die from lack of water. And as for the money I'm spending on mulch of various types........... otoh again, doing it all by hand with a hose takes an exasperatingly long time some days. Yep, and not to mention the pots that need watering cans carried to them - sigh. I even use mulch (rice hulls or lucerne chaff) on the top of pot plants now. |
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