Posted by Indiana Ken on July 04, 2011 at 17:26:26 from (67.177.114.180):
In Reply to: garden irrigation posted by Mark on July 04, 2011 at 10:35:54:
Mark,
My garden is 40' by 100', about a tenth of an acre so using the porous soaker hose method may be too much manual effort for your application. However, the advantage to the soaker hose is I can water only the plants in the row and the soil between the row stays dry - less weeds to deal with. I use a 100' hose with a 3/32" diameter restrictor disc installed between the soaker hose and the feed hose from the house water pump. With the restrictor in place the soaker hose does not spray but simply drips and the well pump only cycles every 20 minutes or so. If I lay the soaker hose along side the sweet corn I can water a strip of soil 8" wide and it is wet 4" to 6" deep. I also have some soaker hose cut to shorter lengths and use a 1/16" diameter restrictor for those. Saves a lot of water and starves the weeds.
All my hoses have weighted ends that I made from old hose fittings I filled with old lead solder. This seals the fitting and makes it heavy to hold the hose in place without curling around.
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