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Posted by chris m. on 9/1/2007, 6:19 pm, in reply to "drip irrigation info request" --Previous Message--
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your plan is well thought out. use layflat hose for the headers as it is easy to roll up at the end of the season and store indoors away from rodents, (store the drip tape the same way and reuse next year). your shallow well pump shall easily handle 500' of tape. I used sliding micro-valve in a .400 " line to feed each tape, that way I could water in "zones" or any rows I liked.
: I have about an acre of vegetables, tomatos,
: eggplant, peppers, squash, zuchinni and
: cucumbers, all grown under 3 foot wide
: fabric. I have no irrigation and need to set
: some up. I would like to use drip tape under
: the fabric. I have a dug well i can pump out
: of about 200 feet from the fields. Slope is
: not an issue as it is relatively flat. my
: rows are under 100 foot in length and i
: would like to zone the system so that there
: would be approximately 500 feet of drip tape
: per zone. i will likely start with a manual
: system. i am Rhode Island and have a very
: loamy soil with good water holding capicity.
: i have a shallow well pump an am wondering
: if it will be adequate to use. i am assuming
: that i need to maintain 10 to 15 psi out of
: it to the mainfold ? the dug well i have i
: am un certain of the volume i can pull over
: a lenght of time. So i am planning to start
: by figuring my zones at 500 feet of 8 mil
: 5/8 tape with .22 emitters at 12 inch
: spacing and run for 1 hour each zone to
: limit withdrawl to the 120 gallons (or so)
: per zone and run at different times to allow
: for recharge in the well. This will, if it
: works correctly, allow me to water each zone
: at least 2 to three times per week and still
: simulate a 1 inch rainfall. although a
: little crude it will at least let me be more
: consistent than depending on rainfall alone.
: any ideas or insight you may have would be
: helpful. I also need to know what materials
: i would need to go from the 1 inch plastic
: supply line to the drip tape zones and your
: pricing. If you need more info please let me
: know and i wil gladly discuss.
: tomatos are single row per 3 foot wide
: fabric rows.peppers, eggplant, and the
: curbits are double row per 3 foot wide
: fabric rows. for the double row do i need to
: run 1 or 2 lines of drip tape?
:
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