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Lexington, Ky

I'm looking for advice or pictures or diary of what some growers do to water a large patch. I have a picture of my "problem" patch in my diary, last entry. You can see the plant spacing well. I need help figuring out some options for watering.

Quite frankly, I didn't expect to have this many plants make it and I certainly under estimated the time investment.

Help please!

6/22/2005 11:14:21 AM

Montoursville, PA

I know it is wastefull but could you do like some Western truck farmers. Dig a series of drainage ditches and simply flood them? Run that PVC using it for a volume storage and drill small holes for weepage? Run the pipe and inseert hose bibs to use soaker hoses? Looks like getting water to the ditch or additional piping would not be a problem.
Buy a cheap airplane and make water drops. :)

6/22/2005 11:40:02 AM

Ohio

Jamie, I knew you had a big area but dayyyyummmm! I didn't think it was that big, heck you could claim that patch on your taxes this year,lol.(Tell the IRS Your selling pumpkins,haha)

Your doing a heck of a job for a first time grower,10 times better then I did. Your going to get that biggun for your little one,you watch and see!!!

I bet a old basement pump,or maybe a used pool pump would work good,we just bought a new pool and I keep eyeing up that pump that came with it.
Wonder my wife would mind if i unhooked it and just borrowed it for a while?....................

Brooks

6/22/2005 1:12:38 PM

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You could hook that 5.5 HP pump up to some large area impact sprinklers like the ones we sell to golf courses when their fairway systems go down. These things can blow 15-30 gpm over a 70-120' diameter circle like there's no tomorrow if that pump & tank are up to the task.

6/22/2005 4:46:06 PM

Lexington, Ky

Tremor, that's what I'm talking about!

6/22/2005 5:00:45 PM

Benton Ky

I would get one of these kits, http://www.irrigation-mart.com/kits.html

6/22/2005 6:57:32 PM

If you buy a couple or one large gallon tank, attach a small honda pump or electric pump to it run some garden hose from a spliter, and attach sprinklers. Not to expensive, and makes for good water storage.

6/22/2005 10:20:24 PM

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There is no real need for a blueprint then. Simply place the head where each one is hitting it's neighbor in a triangular pattern. See:

http://www.geagolf.com/GEA%20Irrigation%20Design.htm

Triangle paterns are the least likely to leave a "light" & "heavy" precipitation rate on the ground.

Resist thwe temptation to space heads so their paterns just overlap each other. This sort of design will NEVER work properly. If a head cvan't strike the one next to it, make sure it get's at least 70% of the way to it. The only alternative is to add another head that has either been trimmed down in radius or has a smaller radius engineered into it.

6/23/2005 5:01:59 AM