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micro irrigation
Balvenieman wrote:
jeff wrote: I'm thinking about micro irrigation (drip irrigation) for my micro garden. If you want to stay low-tech and low-cost, try one or two of those soaking hoses made from recycled tires and see whether they're suitable. A flow-restricting washer ensures that water just oozes from the hose along its length, with no spray or puddling. I've found that two 25-footers, with an average flow rate of .75 US gal/min (each), work well in each of my 3'x8' raised beds. I charge mine through a simple hose-end valve manifold; the hose has a (inexpensive) 25psi inline regulator to provide a fairly constant flow rate: I'm on a private residential water well so system pressure is variable. I think with my separated plant locations I'll go with the drippers. I do have a friend with continuous beds (and in sorry need of watering). I see the soakers cheaply and I think this would be a good plan for her. If there is a hassle, it is moving the supply hose from bed to bed but I am able to rotate watering easily and to monitor volume simply by timing. |
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