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In spite of searching and thinking about irrigation
for several years, this is the first I've heard about this stuff. It
sounds like a good idea, but I'm skeptical regarding hard water - that's
different from "clogging" by dirt particles. Anyone else have experience
with Irrigro, especially with hard water?
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 6:15
PM
Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Group
Encourages Relocalization of Food
I have found Irrigro tubing to work very well, especially in
longer term
installations and/or under mulch.
http://www.irrigro.com/
The advantages I
see are:
It can be cut to any length but should be shorter than
400'.
Water does not need expensive filters, the tape is a filter in
itself.
The drip tape does not clog. Large particles work their way
down to the end
and small ones don't inhibit the flow as long as you keep
the pressure in
the recommended range.
The flow is continuous along the
pipe.
We turn it on in the Spring and leave it on all season which is
another
thing not to have to worry about.
It can be gravity fed and flow
rate is easily adjusted. The tape will start
leaking at about 3 - 5 psi
which is about 7 -12 feet of head.
Because it is on continuously the water
has more time to spread laterally
through the soil and water is also
available all the time for crops and soil
processes rather than in pulses.
On the down side, it is more expensive, has to be covered to last, should
be
installed on only gently sloping ground, wont put on large amounts of
water
in a hurry [but will if your not in a hurry] and must have a
continuous
supply of water.
I understand the rational for the
BioIntensive folk not using sub soil drip
but I have often wondered what
their yields would be if they did.
Happy
watering.
David
> -----Original
Message-----
> From: livingontheland-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:livingontheland-
> bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On
Behalf Of TradingPostPaul
> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 1:34
PM
> To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
>
Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Group Encourages Relocalization of Food
>
>
> The drip tape thing has been problematic for me. Too slow.
Soaker hoses
> seem to put more water where it's needed faster. My main
hangup is the
> length of beds. Due to a compound slope I made 3x8 beds
to be able to
level
> each bed more easily. But soaker hoses are too
long for 8' beds. I
normally
> water a row of six beds one day, then
on to the next row of six and so
> forth to the end of the fenced
garden. In that mode I need to distribute
> water evenly to six 3x8 beds
at once using a timer, and then move the
> feeder hose to the next row
of six beds. And I need to cut my time spent
> watering in order to
quadruple production this year, but all the other
> methods I've heard
of involve some time. I need to spend the time seeding,
> mulching,
transplanting, and harvesting, not watering. No time weeding
> mulched
raised beds. And it may take three different markets to unload all
> our
produce, which means less time in the garden. Ah, the challenges of a
>
semiarid climate ;-)
>
> paul tradingpost@lobo.net
>
>
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>
> On 2/5/2008 at
11:40 AM bruce smith wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >
>
>Thanks for all the encouragement.. I just ordered some native edibles
for
> >my
> >forest garden project. Beach Plums,
Persimmons, and pawpaw's..
> >
> >I will be taking out some
Norway maples in my small woodlot and replacing
> >them with
Shag bark Hickories, and a Black Walnut.. Black walnut will be
>
>going at the very Back corner of my lot replacing a dead American
Elm..
> >Fully aware of the Black walnuts issues and researching
under canopy
small
> >trees, shrubs, vines, perennial edibles, and
mushrooms that will be
> alright
> >to plant under it.
Any suggestions?
> >
> >I will be planting sekel and a
couple other pears within the areas I take
> >out the Norway maples..
Under canopy small trees persimmons, shrub layer
> >beach plums, red
currents, service berries, mulched with wood chips..
With
> >Wine
cap mushrooms.. Vine may be Grapes and or Sandra Berries..
>
>
> >I have a Sloping hillside which is planted on top with Bush
cherries and
I
>
> >will be putting horse manure and wood
chips down soon. Putting up a
small
> >hoop house soon and
getting more rain barrels.. Setting up a gravity feed
> >water system
seeing I am on a South East running slope.. I will utilized
a
>
>sears pump to run water to a good size water tank with a tap at
the
> bottom.
> >each of the beds will get drip tape added this
year.. Equipped with
quick
> >disconnects..
>
>
> >The celery is up that I seeded and I will be buy onion seed
ASAP..
> >
> >The Garlic I planed last fall looks like it is
doing well.. The weather
> is
> >mild and then cold and
then mild again.. About 43 degrees F today in
> >SouthEastern CT..
zone 7?
> >
>
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