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- From: "Bill Shoemaker" <wshoemak AT inil.com>
- To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Drip tape
- Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 09:56:09 -0500
All brands should work on a slope of 3-4% and should hold uniform pressure for 400'. The emitter design ensures the pressure will eqilibrate and delivery will be the same up and down the row. Moving it is a little tricky. Usually you must buy so much that it's better to just lay it out where you need it and not try to move it. A supplier you might want to check out is Drip Works. You can find them with a search engine.
Bill Shoemaker, Sr Research Specialist, Food Crops
University of Illinois - St Charles Horticulture Research Center
www.nres.uiuc.edu/faculty/directory/shoemaker_wh.html
Ive not used any irrigation tape in the past, but am looking into it.
I am wondering if there are some brands which will work on slopes of 3 -4 %.
I do about everything in 50 foot long rows so I could use more headers,
would these help the out of level situation?
Most years we get rain about as needed, but about 1 year in five it would
help to do some watering. Can drip tape be laid beside rows of established
crops, like beets or carrots, and, could it them be moved to other rows, or
would it just get torn up in the process?
MAsteveINE
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