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laying underground pipes for watering
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. |
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laying underground pipes for watering
"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??? |
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laying underground pipes for watering
"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?? |
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laying underground pipes for watering
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. |
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laying underground pipes for watering
"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. |
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laying underground pipes for watering
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 ... "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. |
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