hello,

has anyone else done this? installed a system of underground pipes for your
garden watering needs?

i'm thinking of doing something similar using old pvc pipes, porous "skin"
pipes connected to a water tank.

"Wily Wilde" wrote in message

has anyone else done this? installed a system of underground pipes
for your
garden watering needs?

We have underground pipes all over the place to meet our garden
watering needs.

i'm thinking of doing something similar using old pvc pipes, porous
"skin"
pipes connected to a water tank.

I'm not sure what you really mean. The porous or leaky hoses wouldn't
be fitted directly onto a water tank surely???

"Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow wrote in message i'm thinking of doing
something similar using old pvc pipes, porous
"skin"
pipes connected to a water tank.

I'm not sure what you really mean. The porous or leaky hoses wouldn't
be fitted directly onto a water tank surely???


No, the porous "skin" pipes that sweat water will be laid in the flower
beds - and to water them- they simply sweat. Its not a good idea??

Wily Wilde wrote:

No, the porous "skin" pipes that sweat water will be laid in the flower
beds - and to water them- they simply sweat. Its not a good idea??

If you are running them from a tank, they will probably not pass enough
water to be of any use.. Work okay on town pressure. YMMV.

"Wily Wilde" wrote in message
"Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow wrote in message i'm thinking
of doing
something similar using old pvc pipes, porous
"skin"
pipes connected to a water tank.

I'm not sure what you really mean. The porous or leaky hoses
wouldn't
be fitted directly onto a water tank surely???


No, the porous "skin" pipes that sweat water will be laid in the
flower
beds - and to water them- they simply sweat. Its not a good idea??

My experience of these is that they don't work well - one end is
always quite wet (the end nearest the water source) and the other end
is too dry.

My experience too. Standard town supply water can not get water to the
other end of a 20m "leaky: hose, unless it runs down hill - any upward slope
past about 10m and the water won't get over it. I've converted my whole
garden (including veggies to the dripper line from Bunning's - works a
treat. With battery operated solenoid as Rod mentions and after a bit of
experimentation watering becomes a breeze. For somewhere to start, I found
at this time of year because they have shallow roots and fairly high water
demand the veggies do best with 2 lots of 15min per day - 4am and 4 pm.
Longer watering wastes water as it goes too deep. When I had sprinklers, I
needed at least 30min in the morning and another 10 - 15min at night. $80 l
or more per bed with sprinklers, as opposed to about 30l with drippers.
Pea straw or sugar cane mulch also helps. Citrus trees get 1 hour per week.

Happy gardening,
Geoff





"Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow wrote in message
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"Wily Wilde" wrote in message
"Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow wrote in message i'm thinking
of doing
something similar using old pvc pipes, porous
"skin"
pipes connected to a water tank.

I'm not sure what you really mean. The porous or leaky hoses
wouldn't
be fitted directly onto a water tank surely???


No, the porous "skin" pipes that sweat water will be laid in the
flower
beds - and to water them- they simply sweat. Its not a good idea??

My experience of these is that they don't work well - one end is
always quite wet (the end nearest the water source) and the other end
is too dry.