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Intentional holes in garden hose
Watering the tomatos and other stuff in my little yard is inefficient.
I've tried the soaker hoses which are fairly efficient, but they leak all over - I mean, that's what they're supposed to do. My new plan is to get a cheap hose, lay it around where the crops are, anchor it so that it doesn't move around, and drill holes where it will leak directly onto the ground where I want it to leak. I intend to start with small holes, working up to larger holes as it gets near the end, figuring that pressure will be dropping as it goes along. The end, of course, will be plugged. It seems logical. Has anyone done this kind of thing? A big yard probably isn't worth doing, but in my little yard I'm expecting that it will work. |
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Intentional holes in garden hose
On Jun 10, 6:39*am, dgk wrote:
Watering the tomatos and other stuff in my little yard is inefficient. I've tried the soaker hoses which are fairly efficient, but they leak all over - I mean, that's what they're supposed to do. My new plan is to get a cheap hose, lay it around where the crops are, anchor it so that it doesn't move around, and drill holes where it will leak directly onto the ground where I want it to leak. I intend to start with small holes, working up to larger holes as it gets near the end, figuring that pressure will be dropping as it goes along. The end, of course, will be plugged. It seems logical. Has anyone done this kind of thing? A big yard probably isn't worth doing, but in my little yard I'm expecting that it will work. would it not be easier to lay out your soaker hose, then cover it over with either soil or mulch so that the water does not spray into the air? at least the holes are all the same size. As for water pressure drops, simply leave the water on longer to compensate for less volume at the far end of the hose. |
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Intentional holes in garden hose
dgk wrote:
Watering the tomatos and other stuff in my little yard is inefficient. I've tried the soaker hoses which are fairly efficient, but they leak all over - I mean, that's what they're supposed to do. My new plan is to get a cheap hose, lay it around where the crops are, anchor it so that it doesn't move around, and drill holes where it will leak directly onto the ground where I want it to leak. I intend to start with small holes, working up to larger holes as it gets near the end, figuring that pressure will be dropping as it goes along. The end, of course, will be plugged. It seems logical. Has anyone done this kind of thing? A big yard probably isn't worth doing, but in my little yard I'm expecting that it will work. Look up "drip irrigation" systems. http://www.dripirrigation.com/ |
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Intentional holes in garden hose
dgk wrote the following:
Watering the tomatos and other stuff in my little yard is inefficient. I've tried the soaker hoses which are fairly efficient, but they leak all over - I mean, that's what they're supposed to do. My new plan is to get a cheap hose, lay it around where the crops are, anchor it so that it doesn't move around, and drill holes where it will leak directly onto the ground where I want it to leak. I intend to start with small holes, working up to larger holes as it gets near the end, figuring that pressure will be dropping as it goes along. The end, of course, will be plugged. It seems logical. Has anyone done this kind of thing? A big yard probably isn't worth doing, but in my little yard I'm expecting that it will work. There are plastic tubes out there that required that you cut the tube and install a tee for each particular plant. There is no leakage between plants. -- Bill In Hamptonburgh, NY In the original Orange County. Est. 1683 To email, remove the double zeroes after @ |
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Intentional holes in garden hose
canuckistani wrote:
On Jun 10, 6:39 am, dgk wrote: Watering the tomatos and other stuff in my little yard is inefficient. I've tried the soaker hoses which are fairly efficient, but they leak all over - I mean, that's what they're supposed to do. My new plan is to get a cheap hose, lay it around where the crops are, anchor it so that it doesn't move around, and drill holes where it will leak directly onto the ground where I want it to leak. I intend to start with small holes, working up to larger holes as it gets near the end, figuring that pressure will be dropping as it goes along. The end, of course, will be plugged. It seems logical. Has anyone done this kind of thing? A big yard probably isn't worth doing, but in my little yard I'm expecting that it will work. would it not be easier to lay out your soaker hose, then cover it over with either soil or mulch so that the water does not spray into the air? at least the holes are all the same size. As for water pressure drops, simply leave the water on longer to compensate for less volume at the far end of the hose. Actually, soakers frequently come with restrictors to lower the pressure. The less water flow, the more even the distribution will be as pressure drop along the length of the hose lessens. |
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Intentional holes in garden hose
On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 08:05:36 -0700 (PDT), canuckistani
wrote: On Jun 10, 6:39*am, dgk wrote: Watering the tomatos and other stuff in my little yard is inefficient. I've tried the soaker hoses which are fairly efficient, but they leak all over - I mean, that's what they're supposed to do. My new plan is to get a cheap hose, lay it around where the crops are, anchor it so that it doesn't move around, and drill holes where it will leak directly onto the ground where I want it to leak. I intend to start with small holes, working up to larger holes as it gets near the end, figuring that pressure will be dropping as it goes along. The end, of course, will be plugged. It seems logical. Has anyone done this kind of thing? A big yard probably isn't worth doing, but in my little yard I'm expecting that it will work. would it not be easier to lay out your soaker hose, then cover it over with either soil or mulch so that the water does not spray into the air? at least the holes are all the same size. As for water pressure drops, simply leave the water on longer to compensate for less volume at the far end of the hose. Yes, but the soaker hose does water everything along its length - not always evenly I've noticed, there are some weak spots. I really don't want to be watering weeds so I thought that something more targeted might work out better. |
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Watering the tomatos and other stuff in my little yard is inefficient.
I've tried the soaker hoses which are fairly efficient, but they leak all over - I mean, that's what they're supposed to do. My new plan is to get a cheap hose, lay it around where the crops are, anchor it so that it doesn't move around, and drill holes where it will leak directly onto the ground where I want it to leak. I intend to start with small holes, working up to larger holes as it gets near the end, figuring that pressure will be dropping as it goes along. The end, of course, will be plugged. It seems logical. Has anyone done this kind of thing? A big yard probably isn't worth doing, but in my little yard I'm expecting that it will work. [/i][/color] There are plastic tubes out there that required that you cut the tube and install a tee for each particular plant. There is no leakage between plants. Bill Tried the t junctions and the drilled hose, both alright but get blocked. Tried leading gutter water to reservoir tank(with overflow), wicks to get water over edge into old plastic guttering along walls, smaller wicks (old cloth) along this to drip water as needed. Wicks can raise up to 3 inches! This 90% good. But final solution: roof of my greenhouse is screwed-on corugated clear plastic, just drilled small holes in bottom of u's as needed for rain-drips. If for winter dry roof wanted, simply uinscrew and reverse platic sheets. is 99% dry. (am away for up to 1 month in summers) JimDixon |
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