The oval hose should be fine sitting out over the winter. Being a low desity poly it is very flexible, so even if sections freeze up it probably will not break. There should not be any problem with leaving the fittings attached either.

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: I used oval hose for first time this season
: with fixtures with on/off valves attached to
: t-tape. Worked great. Can I leave oval hose
: in field over winter? Do I need to remove
: fixtures or do I leave them on? I've
: already taken off the t-tape and will try to
: re-use it next season. Does this work?
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