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Drip irrigation on an old lawn
Has anybody tried adapting drip irrigation techniques to established lawns
containing mature trees? There's considerable documentation on the Web for large-scale agricultural setups and _new_ lawn installations. All involve vigorous soil disruption, which _seems_ likely to do considerable harm to the trees' feeder roots. It's tempting to try putting down small (quarter inch) dripline and either burying it just below the surface or stapling it to the surface. Burial requires root-intrusion-resistant emitters, but surface mount with staples, if it stays put under mowing and careful foot traffic, seems do-able. If anyone has a tale to tell I'd be most interested to hear it. Thanks for reading, bob prohaska |
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Drip irrigation on an old lawn
On Sunday, April 19, 2015 at 10:22:13 PM UTC-4, User Bp wrote:
Has anybody tried adapting drip irrigation techniques to established lawns containing mature trees? There's considerable documentation on the Web for large-scale agricultural setups and _new_ lawn installations. All involve vigorous soil disruption, which _seems_ likely to do considerable harm to the trees' feeder roots. It's tempting to try putting down small (quarter inch) dripline and either burying it just below the surface or stapling it to the surface. Burial requires root-intrusion-resistant emitters, but surface mount with staples, if it stays put under mowing and careful foot traffic, seems do-able. If anyone has a tale to tell I'd be most interested to hear it. Thanks for reading, bob prohaska You don't say where you are, but here in the Nj/NYC area typical mature trees don't need irrigation at all, unless it's a rare, extended drought. But if you need to irrigate, I don't see why drip won't work. You'd just have to run it longer to get better penetration than for some small plants. Another factor would be if there is space on the ground for it. Mature trees have large areas where the roots extend and in many cases that area could be lawn or similar that presents a drip irrigation problem. But I guess if it's lawn, you're probably watering that too. |
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