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Sat, May 31, 14 at 23:50
| I am setting up my drip irrigation system because I am tired of spending my time hauling 250 ft of gardenhose around and hauling five gallon buckets full of water to my farthest trees. I admit I should have considered this all before planting, but who has time for dealing with such small issues...yeah. (an old saying from a friend "Never sweat the petty stuff, always pet the", well, nevermind.) 2-2gph drip emitters per tree, on 1/2 line is what I am planning. Any advice for a first time irrigator? |
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| If trees are in a row get the drip line with built in emitters. They last much better than the kind you plug in where needed. Scattered trees and this suggestion probably won't work. |
Here is a link that might be useful: drip line built in emitters
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- Posted by 2010ChampsBCS 7B St Clair Co (My Page) on Sun, Jun 1, 14 at 0:32
| Hurry up and get it done. You will not regret it. I'm still trying to figure out the type emitters to use. Bill |
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| @fruitnut - thanks for the link, trees are in rows but spacing isn't the same, I have a mix of standards and semidwarfs (bud 118), except for the 25 I put on tall spindle(m26). looks like dripworks has spacing available up to every 36 in. I am going to keep that in mind for future expansion though. It would be particularly nice for disassembly in the fall. @Bill- Parts should be here in ten days or so. I have been considering it for a few years and never realized how inexpensive it really was to do. I am a little concerned about the durability of line that costs $44 for 500 ft, it is probably pretty thin walled stuff. Any problems with sun damage or brittleness? |
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| They do have a 1/2" soaker hose. That is what I use on all my fruit trees. It requires a sediment filter. If you bury it, leave the tail exposed, that way you can verify the presence of water. |
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| I've got about 1200 feet of line to run. I did look into the soaker hose, but I think I would be watering a lot of empty space instead of delivering it to the points I want. I live in northeast Wisconsin, I don't think I will take a chance of burying any line. It would really suck to have to dig it up after it freezes and gets damaged. |
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