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  • From: Richard Sherrington <rgsherr AT gmail.com>
  • To: rob AT songberry.ca, Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] How do you use plastic and watering systemstogether?
  • Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 12:33:54 -0300

Hi Rob,

Thanks for the furrow suggestion. My watering line is more a long hose
than flat tape but the furrow should work very well.

Thanks again,
Richard

On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 11:35 PM, Rob Wallbridge <rob AT songberry.ca> wrote:
> Hi Richard,
>
> I'm having a hard time picturing how a line of drip tape would prevent the
> plastic from contacting the soil. How flat, level, and firm are your beds?
> How do you lay your plastic and drip tape?
>
> I use a small mechanical mulch layer with a drip tape attachment that buries
> the drip tape slightly below the soil surface as it lays the plastic.
>
> If you were doing it by hand, you may want to create a slight "furrow" to
> lay your drip tape in before laying the plastic, but I'll let someone with
> more experience doing it by hand make a suggestion.
>
>
>
> Rob Wallbridge
> Songberry Organic Farm
> 24 Sixth Line, Bristol, QC J0X 1G0
> email: rob AT songberry.ca
> web: www.songberry.ca
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Richard
> Sherrington
> Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 1:09 PM
> To: Market Farming
> Subject: [Market-farming] How do you use plastic and watering
> systemstogether?
>
> I have a question about using plastic on beds of melons or tomatoes or
> whatever and watering systems.   All the advice says to make sure the
> plastic is tight to the soil or it won't really help much to warm the
> soil.  And all the pictures I've seen show the plastic tight to the
> soil.  But how do you handle the watering system if you do that?  I'm
> using a drip system with emitters every foot.  It's under the plastic
> but it prevents the plastic from lying on the soil in many places.  If
> I put it on top a lot of water would just pool on the plastic.
> Wondering how other people handle watering when growing through
> plastic.
>
> Thanks,
> Richard
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