[Hamons]

Hello Fellas,


Lots of new people on the board that I haven't seen before since I am not as regular as I once was Babies do that -- zap that hour of free time you USED to have int he evenings.

Anyways, working on a project at home. I often end up with orphan plants left over from various design projects that I need to keep watered. What I want to do is set up an above-ground sprinkler system that I could use to keep everything watered so i'm not stuck out there with a hose for 30 - 40 minutes every day.

My initial ide was simply using spray heads on pvc risers that would be secured to the fence where the nursery stock is. right now is pretty typical -- I have about 45 one gallon containers -- a dozen or so 5 gallon can and one or two b&b trees. they are ina space along fence that would extend about 50 - 75' I would have to supply water for spray heads from a hose since no water is currently run to this part of the property and am not going to trench pipe just for this.

I was thinking using a regular irrigation controller and valves. This should work rigt?


But hten I go to thinking -- would a drip system be better -- I have no expereince witht his -- but it seems that it would work well.

[dan deutekom]

I would use a drip system since you are only going to use a hose for supply. You won't waste as much water and you don't need a high flow rate to supply the drippers. Check out the website of Netafim. They will have everything you will need and it is not expensive.

[Greensmith]

Another vote for drip. Once you get that setup you will save so much water. The two nurseries that I deal with converted over and their yards went from swampy messes to well maintainted paths.

[Green4Me]

ask your irrigation supply house to find you a bag of Roberts spot spitters, then run a drip lateral on top of the ground between two rows of pots, with a drip tube to each pot. the Spot spitter goes on the end, sticking in the pot, one end of this nifty little invention is to spray waterr. pull it out, turn it over and re-insert into the tube and it plugs the drip tube when you remove the pot.
A very slick system, on a valve and timer of course.

Good luck.

[sleepy]

foot in mouth avoided!

[sleepy]

green 4 me, whos your supplier? they have a website?

[Green4Me]

United Pipe in Eugene, 541-688-6511 talk to Russ or Roger. No website to do business with.

[sleepy]

is that a" Fergeson"
related store?