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Making a soaker hose.
I need a short length of soaker hose. Can I take a regular hose and
drill holes into it to make one? If so, how far apart and what diameter hole do I need. Richard |
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Making a soaker hose.
richardg wrote:
I need a short length of soaker hose. What's a "short length"??? Can I take a regular hose and drill holes into it to make one? Soaker hoses are not very expensive... seems stupid to ruin a perfectly good hose instead... and drilling a bunch of holes won't make it a soaker hose. |
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Making a soaker hose.
I need an 10 foot length so that it waters the back of my raised bed.
On May 19, 10:24*am, brooklyn1 wrote: richardg wrote: I need a short length of soaker hose. What's a "short length"??? Can I take a regular hose and drill holes into it to make one? Soaker hoses are not very expensive... seems stupid to ruin a perfectly good hose instead... and drilling a bunch of holes won't make it a soaker hose. |
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Making a soaker hose.
richardg wrote:
brooklyn1 wrote: richardg wrote: I need a short length of soaker hose. What's a "short length"??? Can I take a regular hose and drill holes into it to make one? Soaker hoses are not very expensive... seems stupid to ruin a perfectly good hose instead... and drilling a bunch of holes won't make it a soaker hose. I need an 10 foot length so that it waters the back of my raised bed. How do you water the rest of the raised bed... makes more sense to water it all the same way. Anyway, soaker hoses can be clamped closed at any point. Please do not top post. |
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Making a soaker hose.
On May 19, 9:01 pm, wrote:
it might work better to drill out a 10' piece of PVC. bury under the mulch. the secret is a filter on the hose and ramping the pressure down so there isnt a series of water jets. Andy comments: I use this PVC pipe technique to water my raised beds. Also to water small trees I am encouraging to grow along a fence line. When I want to plug up a hole, I just hand twist a drywall screw into it. Very inexpensive and a 5 gal per minute flow rate will easily drive forty feet of PVC with holes every 6 inches. I have also laid PVC around the perimeter of my house to water shrubs and flower beds. Saves a LOT of time, dirt cheap, and practically foolproof. I use about 1/16" holes and drill them where the shrubs or flowers are located. They can be plugged up as above and other holes drilled as the landscaping changes..... Seems to last forever and no chance of catastrophic leaks as when a soaker hose blows out... Andy in Eureka, Texas |
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Making a soaker hose.
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, AndyS wrote: On May 19, 9:01 pm, wrote: it might work better to drill out a 10' piece of PVC. bury under the mulch. the secret is a filter on the hose and ramping the pressure down so there isnt a series of water jets. Andy comments: I use this PVC pipe technique to water my raised beds. Also to water small trees I am encouraging to grow along a fence line. When I want to plug up a hole, I just hand twist a drywall screw into it. Very inexpensive and a 5 gal per minute flow rate will easily drive forty feet of PVC with holes every 6 inches. I have also laid PVC around the perimeter of my house to water shrubs and flower beds. Saves a LOT of time, dirt cheap, and practically foolproof. I use about 1/16" holes and drill them where the shrubs or flowers are located. They can be plugged up as above and other holes drilled as the landscaping changes..... Seems to last forever and no chance of catastrophic leaks as when a soaker hose blows out... Andy in Eureka, Texas Andy "Naked in Eureka" mean anything to you ? Some aging hippie music many stars. -- Bill S. Jersey USA zone 5 shade garden What use one more wake up call? |
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