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  • From: flowers AT rt66.com (Wilderness Flowers)
  • To: "market farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Help with irrigation and mulch
  • Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2000 22:31:50 -0700 (MST)



>
>My problem is that I don't know how much water a drip irrigation system
>demands and in what times - gal/min.



drip tape runs between .5-1.5 gmp per 100 feet

we do 3-4 acres flowers/organic veggies with a 5 hp 2 " pump using a 2 inch
supply line (layflat) and drip we have to divide it into 3-4 sectrons to
water... the pump capacity is ~`1800 gph
martin



see http://www.Irrigation-Mart.com martin
>
Martin Connaughton
Wilderness Flowers
223 North Guadalupe St. pmb # 159
Santa Fe, NM 87501
zone 3-4-5 depending on mother nature .. zone 5 this year and no snow






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