[Ag-eq] Watering

[Tracy Carcione]

Thanks Susan.
I never thought of raising the hoses off the ground so they wouldn't be in 
the way of the mower.  Course then I'd have to worry about tripping over 
them, but I'll have to give that some thought.
Grapes!  I want grapes!
Tracy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Susan Roe" <dogwoodfarm at verizon.net>
To: "Agricultural and Equestrean Division List" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 7:06 AM
Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Watering


> Hi Tracy,
>
> We use the drip system here for our grapes and parts of our garden.  There 
> is a main hose that runs from one end of the grape vines to the other. 
> The front end is open and the farthest end is capped close.  Along this 
> hose, about 6 or 8 inches off set from each vine is something like a 
> smaller pick line that runs from the hose to either a drip nosel or a 
> small sprinkle head.  He may even have two of these pick lines for either 
> side of the vine. These lines also have an anker wire that sticks in the 
> ground that keeps the heads from just laying on the ground.  I also 
> believe Matt has the hose elevated about a foot off the ground in order to 
> mow without cutting the hoses.  He then hooks a water hose to the open end 
> and turns on the water for about 20 minutes or so.  He then rotates the 
> water hose to the next line until everything is watered.  The hardware 
> chain store Lows has everything you would need and probably Home Depot 
> would as well.
>
> Susan
> dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <nfoster at extremezone.com>
> To: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>; "Agricultural and Equestrean 
> Division List" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 9:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Watering
>
>
>>
>> Tracy:
>>
>> I just use the hose and sprinkler.
>>
>> I don't know much about setting up drip systems; I hear they are suppose 
>> to be
>> very effective.
>>
>> Good luck.
>>
>> Nella
>> Quoting Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>:
>>
>>> Hi Nella.
>>> Do you use any kind of drip irrigation, or just the hose and sprinkler?
>>> I want to set up some kind of drip irrigation, but I haven't really 
>>> figured
>>> out how.  Once, I went to a lot of bother, stringing the soaker hose 
>>> where I
>>> wanted it to go to water my garden, and then my husband came out to mow 
>>> the
>>> grass and picked it all up again.  Very discouraging.
>>> Tracy
>>>
>>>
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