watering system
any tips, tricks or cheats on how to make one?
I'm going away fro a fortnight and I have a 10 X 7 greenhouse to water, tomatoes and chilli plants, some in bags and some directly in the soil. I have access to lots of tubing etc and time, but very little in the way of spare cash (need it for my hols!) TIA -- Phil L RSRL Tipster Of The Year 2008 |
watering system
On Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:43:22 GMT, "Phil L"
wrote: any tips, tricks or cheats on how to make one? I'm going away fro a fortnight and I have a 10 X 7 greenhouse to water, tomatoes and chilli plants, some in bags and some directly in the soil. I have access to lots of tubing etc and time, but very little in the way of spare cash (need it for my hols!) TIA Neighbour. Friend. -- http://www.freedeliveryuk.co.uk http://www.holidayunder100.co.uk |
watering system
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any tips, tricks or cheats on how to make one? I'm going away fro a fortnight and I have a 10 X 7 greenhouse to water, tomatoes and chilli plants, some in bags and some directly in the soil. I have access to lots of tubing etc and time, but very little in the way of spare cash (need it for my hols!) I thought that I was being clever, I found a spare length of hosepipe and made holes in it, all I have to do, I thought, was put it in the greenhouse wind it round the base of the toms. etc you still with me :-) then attach it to the longer bit that was connected to the tap, turn the tap on and hey presto, watering done. What dawned on me too late was that the water tap was lower than the greenhouse and I could not get enough pressure for the water to flow out of all my neatly made holes,my next good idea is ........ well I don't know yet its too hot to think :-) kate |
watering system
"Kate Morgan" wrote in message o.uk... : any tips, tricks or cheats on how to make one? I'm going away fro a fortnight and I have a 10 X 7 greenhouse to water, tomatoes and chilli plants, some in bags and some directly in the soil. I have access to lots of tubing etc and time, but very little in the way of spare cash (need it for my hols!) I thought that I was being clever, I found a spare length of hosepipe and made holes in it, all I have to do, I thought, was put it in the greenhouse wind it round the base of the toms. etc you still with me :-) then attach it to the longer bit that was connected to the tap, turn the tap on and hey presto, watering done. What dawned on me too late was that the water tap was lower than the greenhouse and I could not get enough pressure for the water to flow out of all my neatly made holes,my next good idea is ........ well I don't know yet its too hot to think :-) The water tap isn't connected to mains pressure then? The problem with this set up is that you can get syphoning back, ie if you were trying to top up a water butt from this tap, you can end up syphoning water from the butt into your domestic system, which is known in technical terms as a bad thing. At the very least you should have an anti syphon device (one-way valve) in the feed to this tap. Steve |
watering system
any tips, tricks or cheats on how to make one? I'm going away fro a fortnight and I have a 10 X 7 greenhouse to water, tomatoes and chilli plants, some in bags and some directly in the soil. I have access to lots of tubing etc and time, but very little in the way of spare cash (need it for my hols!) I thought that I was being clever, I found a spare length of hosepipe and made holes in it, all I have to do, I thought, was put it in the greenhouse wind it round the base of the toms. etc you still with me :-) then attach it to the longer bit that was connected to the tap, turn the tap on and hey presto, watering done. What dawned on me too late was that the water tap was lower than the greenhouse and I could not get enough pressure for the water to flow out of all my neatly made holes,my next good idea is ........ well I don't know yet its too hot to think :-) The water tap isn't connected to mains pressure then? The problem with this set up is that you can get syphoning back, ie if you were trying to top up a water butt from this tap, you can end up syphoning water from the butt into your domestic system, which is known in technical terms as a bad thing. At the very least you should have an anti syphon device (one-way valve) in the feed to this tap. Steve yes the water tap is connected to the mains but when I turned the tap on full it blew the hose connection off, they are all a bit old maybe I need new hose and bits that go with it or maybe I still just use the hose and try not to be clever but it would have been nice if it had worked :-) kate |
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