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  • From: Willie McKemie <mf AT austinfarm.org>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Drip Tape was Fall sales slump
  • Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 11:19:35 -0500

On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 10:45:35AM -0500, Robert Schuler wrote:
> I went back to using overhead sprinklers but have used buried drip in the
> past. I cut a furrow with a single disc hiller 3-4" deep, lay tape with the
> holes facing down and cover with the same disc hiller. It works extremely
> well and hand hoeing is easy since we never dig deeper than a inch. Tape
> pulls out easy on my sandy loam though I always used 10 mill, I don't know
> how well thinner tape will pull up on heavier soils. If you have drip-tape
> recycling in your area it might be rejected from being too dirty... Bob.

I think the drip tape manufacturers tell us to put the emitters up. I
think the reasoning is that particles will travel down bottom of the
tube and eventually get flushed out rather than hung up in the
emitters.

Did you get my off-list query on Sandea? I asked about use on tomatoes
and whether you had a supplemental label on it.

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