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  • From: <clearviewfarm AT bluefrog.com>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] onions
  • Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:34:26 -0700

Toro drip tape seems to be working for us.

Kurt Forman
Clearview Farm
Palmyra, NY 14522

--- wshoemak AT illinois.edu wrote:

From: Bill Shoemaker <wshoemak AT illinois.edu>
To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] onions
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:37:13 -0500 (CDT)

I've had good results with T-Tape, Roberts Ro-Drip, Netafim and Hardy's
product. I don't know about others. Netafim doesn't always fit the same
fittings but it works well otherwise.

Bill

---- Original message ----
>Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:30:58 -0400
>From: Allan Balliett <aballiett AT frontiernet.net>
>Subject: Re: [Market-farming] onions
>To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
>
>What make drip do you use?
>
>I bought a similarly priced knock off of t-tape this season from our
>professional produce farming supplier. Can't remember the name. Boy,
>was it crap. We had seams open on us over and over again and it
>plugged very early. Never had this with t-tape or the Israeli stuff.
>
>Thanks Allan in WV
>
>>I run one line on top of the ground between twin rows. I use a
>>dripline with close emitters for onions, 6" usually. I suspect
>>different soil types, locations may do things differently, but
>>that's what works well here.
>>
>>Bill
>>
>>
>>---- Original message ----
>>>Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:24:56 -0400
>>>From: Allan Balliett <aballiett AT frontiernet.net>
>>>Subject: Re: [Market-farming] onions
>>>To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
>>>
>>>Bill - Do you bury your drip or put it on the surface? Do you just
>>>use a couple of runs per bed or a run per row? -Allan in WV
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