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What are my options for fixing this chewed up drip irrigation setup?
On Sun, 30 Jun 2013 05:28:39 +0000 (UTC), "Danny D."
wrote: On Sat, 29 Jun 2013 16:01:21 -0700, Oren wrote: (Mohave Desert 117 degree F today!!!!!!!) Yikes. It was only about 95 or so here in the Silicon Valley, and *that* is blazing hot (for us)! Current events: http://www.reviewjournal.com/weather |
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What are my options for fixing this chewed up drip irrigationsetup?
On 6/28/2013 9:12 PM, Danny D. wrote:
On Fri, 28 Jun 2013 14:26:05 -0700, chaniarts wrote: if the pressure is too low, the loss due to using 1/2" poly for such a long length may be too high to get much pressure at the end. I would think my pressure is too high and it might be popping out the 1/4" feeder lines ... there are barbed fittings that go into the 1/2 tube, where you then attach the 1/4 line to that fitting. so no, i've never seen high pressure affect these connections. |
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What are my options for fixing this chewed up drip irrigationsetup?
On Sat, 29 Jun 2013 08:45:46 -0700, Oren wrote:
Do they get the soft "plumes" in the spring or are they always the same, as in your photo? Here is a picture I snapped today of the grass that might be foxtail: http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3715/9...512dbde4_c.jpg There *are* "plumes" and the grass grows in clumps. They're kind of blue, when well watered - but not when not. (My sprinklers are not fully working yet ... but I'm working on them as we speak.) PS: Picturepush seems to now require registration, so, I'm trying flickr instead. |
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What are my options for fixing this chewed up drip irrigationsetup?
On Mon, 01 Jul 2013 10:36:18 -0700, chaniarts wrote:
no, i've never seen high pressure affect these connections. Thanks for that advice. I have two areas of this poly tubing (both in sad shape). 1. A short strip of Oleander about 300 feet long. 2. Small garden plots, about 10 feet long by 4 feet wide. What my plan is, is: For the Oleander, I'll just connect the 300 feet of 5/8" tubing to the existing 30 feet of 5/8" tubing which is already connected to a working sprinkler station. Then, I will see about connecting the 300 feet of 1/2" tubing, which doesn't appear (yet) to be tied to anything that I can find. For the garden plots, which both now have MHT male hose threads, when the wife isn't looking, I'll rig up a "ladder" of something. That something will be either soaker hose or drilled pvc pipe, or poly tubing (but I prefer the first two because they're stronger). When/if I get that project done, I will update the team! |
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What are my options for fixing this chewed up drip irrigation setup?
On Mon, 1 Jul 2013 19:36:28 +0000 (UTC), "Danny D."
wrote: On Sat, 29 Jun 2013 08:45:46 -0700, Oren wrote: Do they get the soft "plumes" in the spring or are they always the same, as in your photo? Here is a picture I snapped today of the grass that might be foxtail: http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3715/9...512dbde4_c.jpg There *are* "plumes" and the grass grows in clumps. They're kind of blue, when well watered - but not when not. (My sprinklers are not fully working yet ... but I'm working on them as we speak.) PS: Picturepush seems to now require registration, so, I'm trying flickr instead. Definitely an ornamental grass. Which variety is a WAG. This is "Blue Fescue"... http://www.greengatefarms.com/_ccLib/image/plants/DETA-242.jpg Another aka Blue Foxtail Fescue http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000vQwCsGQLRFM/s/750/750/Festuca-glauca-Blaufuchs-G017342.jpg |
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