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  • From: <eureka AT hctc.net>
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  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Garden water infrastructure
  • Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:12:43 -0500

We laid pvc and drip irrigation in one half of our raised bed garden this spring. Overall it was successful but for a few issues. One is the inline pressure reducer from the main line keeps cracking. The first time my husband thought maybe he didn't let the glue set long enough, but it's happened again. What's going on with this? My thought is to just let it leak and plant mint.

Another problem was where we used drip stake emitters the roots of the plants (mostly curcubits and squash) were so greedy they grew down into the emitter, eventually clogging and cutting off the supply, and in some cases killing themselves before we caught on. I'd have to go around weekly and cut those roots away. Those plants that didn't commit suicide later drowned in our torrential summer rains. Next year I will only use soaker tubing for those types.

I've never heard of home fire hydrants. What kind of water pressure is needed?

--Sage
Way out in Texas


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