I just went out and ran lines for my garden. I have about twelve rows, and
I put a bubbler on the end of each row. I hoed furrows, ran water, and then
rehoed the high spots so it runs all along the 15' or so row. Fiddiddled
here and there until I got the waterflow pretty good for a timed watering.

Back a bit. I went to the store yesterday, and pressure reducers were $10
per. I decided to go with bubblers, as I have a ton of them and PVC stuff
rather than the soaker hoses, and running all the adapters it takes to
change from PVC to black pipe. I know that once they're set up, they're so
slick.

But, after running the lines and trying the flooding the ditches and lots of
hoeing, I'm wondering if I should just bite the bullet and go get all the
adapters to run black flex pipe down each row, and be sure.

Right now, with the bubblers, and two large oscillating sprinklers, it gets
watered pretty well. Now I need to go plant stuff, and just see how it
goes, and make adjustments next year.

Do you prefer furrow watering, or black flex pipe?

Steve

SteveB wrote:
I just went out and ran lines for my garden. I have about twelve
rows, and I put a bubbler on the end of each row. I hoed furrows,
ran water, and then rehoed the high spots so it runs all along the
15' or so row. Fiddiddled here and there until I got the waterflow
pretty good for a timed watering.
Back a bit. I went to the store yesterday, and pressure reducers
were $10 per. I decided to go with bubblers, as I have a ton of them
and PVC stuff rather than the soaker hoses, and running all the
adapters it takes to change from PVC to black pipe. I know that once
they're set up, they're so slick.

But, after running the lines and trying the flooding the ditches and
lots of hoeing, I'm wondering if I should just bite the bullet and go
get all the adapters to run black flex pipe down each row, and be
sure.
Right now, with the bubblers, and two large oscillating sprinklers,
it gets watered pretty well. Now I need to go plant stuff, and just
see how it goes, and make adjustments next year.

Do you prefer furrow watering, or black flex pipe?

Steve

Flood irrigation is rather wasteful, too much ends up other than where you
want it. I prefer drippers, low sprayers or hand-held hoses.

David