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Re: [Market-farming] Driptape repairs and also Asparagus beetles
- From: Road's End Farm <organic87 AT frontiernet.net>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Driptape repairs and also Asparagus beetles
- Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 23:44:03 -0400
On Apr 17, 2010, at 10:48 PM, Richard Stewart wrote:
Drip tape, at least the drip tape I'm using, also only works at low PSI -- it's designed for 10 PSI and connections are likely to start coming apart if the pressure gets over about 20 (I can't say exactly as I rarely now bother with gauges in the system, but I did have gauges at a number of locations the first couple of years and the drop in my gravity fed system hasn't changed). I once out of curiosity hooked a short length of drip tape more or less directly to a hose bibb and the tape itself promptly split apart at the seam -- pressure would have been 40 to 55 depending on where the pump was in the cycle. I find that electrical tape holds pretty well in the 10 to 20 range -- the repaired bits will leak, but only at about the rate of an emitter or not much above. -- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 5 mostly Fresh-market organic produce, small scale |
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Re: [Market-farming] Driptape repairs and also Asparagus beetles,
Pam Twin Oaks, 04/11/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Driptape repairs and also Asparagus beetles,
breck, 04/16/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Driptape repairs and also Asparagus beetles,
Barking Cat Farm, 04/16/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Driptape repairs, Road's End Farm, 04/16/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Driptape repairs and also Asparagus beetles,
Rob Wallbridge, 04/16/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Driptape repairs and also Asparagus beetles,
Marty Kraft, 04/17/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Driptape repairs and also Asparagus beetles,
Barking Cat Farm, 04/17/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Driptape repairs and also Asparagus beetles, Marty Kraft, 04/18/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Driptape repairs and also Asparagus beetles,
Richard Stewart, 04/17/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Driptape repairs and also Asparagus beetles, Road's End Farm, 04/17/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Driptape repairs and also Asparagus beetles,
Barking Cat Farm, 04/17/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Driptape repairs and also Asparagus beetles,
Marty Kraft, 04/17/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Driptape repairs and also Asparagus beetles,
Barking Cat Farm, 04/16/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Driptape repairs and also Asparagus beetles,
breck, 04/16/2010
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