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

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.

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.

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!

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