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Re: [Market-farming] Travellers vs. stationary guns
- From: Paul Bucciaglia <pbucciaglia AT yahoo.com>
- To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Travellers vs. stationary guns
- Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 10:44:41 -0800 (PST)
A vote here for travellers--I really like the labor savings over hand set systems like pipe/risers (which we still use for smaller plantings) or stationary guns, and have had good wetting results. I need to run my traveler overnight, and my pipes/risers in teh early mrning/late evenign or I do have wind losses and pattern disruption. We drip during the afternoon.
Irrigation demands labor at a time when you have so little to spare, and it causes enormous losses in crop yield and quantity if you don't do it right. So I no longer look at it as a "how many hours in labor will this save X $12/hr. labor cost vs. what is the capital cost" analysis, like I do with many other equipment decisions. A well thought out irrigation system can pay for itself in a season or two, if it is a "rate limiting factor" or bottleneck in your farm system.
Paul Bucciaglia
Paul Bucciaglia
Fort Hill Farm
Organic Vegetables, Herbs, and Flowers
18 Fort Hill Rd.
New Milford CT 06776
(860) 350-3158
www.forthillfarm.com
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Re: [Market-farming] Travellers vs. stationary guns,
Paul Bucciaglia, 12/17/2006
- Re: [Market-farming] Travellers vs. stationary guns, Tradingpost, 12/17/2006
- Re: [Market-farming] Travellers vs. stationary guns, Home Grown Kansas!, 12/18/2006
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Re: [Market-farming] Travellers vs. stationary guns,
Paul Bucciaglia, 12/18/2006
- Re: [Market-farming] Travellers vs. stationary guns, David Inglis, 12/18/2006
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Re: [Market-farming] Travellers vs. stationary guns,
Bill Bradshaw, 12/18/2006
- Re: [Market-farming] Travellers vs. stationary guns, Willie McKemie, 12/19/2006
- Re: [Market-farming] Travellers vs. stationary guns, Home Grown Kansas!, 12/19/2006
- Re: [Market-farming] Travellers vs. stationary guns, Bill Shoemaker, 12/19/2006
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