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  • From: "Shelly Elliott" <shelly AT idlethyme.com>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Buried T-Tape
  • Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 06:45:42 -0600

Marcy,
The T-Tape repair couplers from Dripworks are cheap and reusable. Also, good ole black tape fixes small holes and lasts a long time.
Shelly Elliott
Idle Thyme Farm
Carpenter, WY
www.IdleThymeFarms.com
----- Original Message ----- From: "marcy" <marcy AT aculink.net>
To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 10:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Buried T-Tape


Now I have another question for y'all... any good (and INEXPENSIVE) ideas
for fixing these holes in the T-tape???
I've got some that I'm using for a second season (10 mil) that I've been
battling repairs on. I found a piece of garden hose that I've cut into
pieces and using for couplings but it seems to be too smooth and tries to
blow apart. A neighbor suggested treating the Tape like heat shrink tubing
and heating it. I've tried cable ties but need something wider without using
a $1 hose clamp on each sideof the splice.
Or maybe I just need to find a cheaper source?
Thanks all!
Marcy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Bradshaw" <billbradshaw AT hughes.net>
To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 7:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Buried T-Tape


I have to agree with Willie. Our tape last longer if covered.Mice and
crows
are our worst about cutting the tape. Under ground this does not happen.
Our
tape is buried after the plants are up. The covering takes place when
plowing. Fertilizing for us is done through the drip tape using a dosatron
injector system. Bill
----- Original Message -----
From: "Willie McKemie" <mf AT austinfarm.org>
To: "Mr Lucky" <steve AT mrlucky.com>; "Market Farming"
<market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 12:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Buried T-Tape


> On Wed, Jul 05, 2006 at 09:56:12AM -0700, Mr Lucky wrote:
>> I haven't used t-tape for years but this year I bought a bunch. I
buried
>> it
>> under the soil along with the seeds but now I'm thinking it wasn't >> such
a
>> smart idea.
>> I've heard it tends to last just a season if you bury and I can live
with
>
> It seems just the opposite to me; that is, irrigation tubing lasts
> longer if buried. Though some insects bore through it and rodents dig
> into to it buried, the problems seem worse when it is on the surface.
> Here in central Texas, we can't rely on rainfall to bring crops up and
> it is difficult to get bed tops wet with buried tubing. For that
> reason, I have reverted to surface placement.
>
>> that, but I like to fertilize with a side dressing once the plants >> come
>> up
>> but without water hitting the fertilizer, is there any point? Should I
>> use a
>> foliar fertilizer? Any suggestions?
>
> Chemical nitrogen fertilizers are highly hydrotropic (is that the
> word?). Just a bit of drizzle or even high humidity is enough to get
> the fertilizer dissolved and into soil.
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