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[IBC] Drip Works System?
I'm looking for an automatic watering system to use on the trees if I am
away for a few days. Has anyone used the Drip Works system? Brent at Evergreen Gardenworks mentioned them in one of his articles. Are there any other automatic systems available? Would a regular sprinkler hooked up to a timer work just as well? Thanks, John - NJ __________________________________________________ _______________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Evergreen Gardenworks++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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[IBC] Drip Works System?
John:
I have a medium sized Dripworks system setup on my deck to water Bonsai as well as hanging baskets and even a small garden below it. I've been very happy with the setup and after some tweaking over the first season I have it all working the way I like it now. I did not use one of their kits. I pieced it together myself for my application. I decided against a standard hose sprinkler for several reasons. I didn't want to spray my furniture, I didn't like how the sprinkler blasted some of my smaller bonsai and under-watered some of the larger ones and it simply was not large enough to water everything. Bil NE-PA == -----Original Message----- == From: John NJ ] == Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 9:37 AM == To: == Subject: [IBC] Drip Works System? == == I'm looking for an automatic watering system to use on the trees if I am == away for a few days. Has anyone used the Drip Works system? Brent at == Evergreen Gardenworks mentioned them in one of his articles. == == Are there any other automatic systems available? Would a regular == sprinkler == hooked up to a timer work just as well? == == Thanks, John - NJ == == == == == == __________________________________________________ _______________ == MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. == http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus == == ************************************************** ********************** == ******** == ++++Sponsored, in part, by Evergreen Gardenworks++++ == ************************************************** ********************** == ******** == -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- == == +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail == +++++ ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Evergreen Gardenworks++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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[IBC] Drip Works System?
I'm looking for an automatic watering system to use on the
trees if I am away for a few days. Has anyone used the Drip Works system? Brent at Evergreen Gardenworks mentioned them in one of his articles. Are there any other automatic systems available? Would a regular sprinkler hooked up to a timer work just as well? Thanks, John - NJ DripWorks is not an *automatic* system. The company makes watering and irrigation systems that include drip emitters and spray emitters attached to a network of tubing which in turn is attached to a water source, where -- if you want to make it automatic -- you purchase and install a timer, either battery-operated, or tied to an electrical system. I use Dripworks systems for my Oriental Garden, my bonsai, and for the perennial/blueberry/annual gardens out in the yard. The Oriental garden and bonsai are on a Gilmour electronic timer -- battery operated. The other gardens are manual. I use Dripworks' Spectrum, full circle adjustable sprayers, and I find it quite satisfactory, through I might use other kinds of sprayers or emitters if/when I adjust/revise/expand my system. Of course, the automatic system is as good as your batteries are fresh. The booklet with mine says the batteries should run it for a year, but I replace them every 6 months. There are other kinds of sprinkler systems and timers -- Lowes and Home Depot sell something similar, that should do as well. Dripworks has a website -- www.dripworksusa.com -- and a paper catalog (recommended) that you can get at 1-800-522-3747. I have NO connection with the company, other than a reasonably happy customer (and I did not purchase through the company, but locally). You need to take the timer off line in winter to protect from freezes, and if your winters are very severe, you may have to disassemble the entire system, but I have no experience in that situation. I use my sprayers all year -- without the automation in winter. I sometimes run them all night when a "severe" (for us) freeze is expected. Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Our life is frittered away by detail . . . . Simplify! Simplify. -- Henry David Thoreau - Walden ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Evergreen Gardenworks++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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