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Does anyone have any experience with this. Specifically, i am considering elevating 55gal drum above or close by plant. i'm not sure how high i need to get the water, and what the best drip hose and/or emmitters are. I feel strongly this is my best direction to go, due to my 350 well.

11/17/2000 6:52:47 PM

southern MN

I would like more information on this subject also. I have a 330 gallon tote/tank I can use but need to know if I have to elevate it to develop enough pressure to make a soaker hose work

3/22/2001 11:32:32 AM

canal winchester ohio

there is a company called irrigro that can help you out with everything you need.there website is http://www.irrigro.com . phone 1-877-477-4476 hope this helps paul

3/22/2001 12:08:30 PM

Herndon, VA

I found this on the 'net..

Water gains 1 pound per square inch of pressure for every 2.31 feet of rise or lift. So if you need 20 psi: (2.31 feet x 20 psi = 46.2 feet)

Or, if your supply is 8 ft. high: ( 8 feet / 2.31 feet = 3.46 psi)

Standard municipal water pressures are in the 40 - 60 psi range.

I hope this helps.

3/22/2001 5:50:54 PM

Covington, WA

I have been using a system for several years now with a series of stacked tanks. 55 gal. top over two 30 gal. tanks.
I run a splitter off the tap and have two hoses going to 50' soakers that have half their lengths coiled in the pit I dig at the root zone of my plants and the other half trained out in a trench that I train my main vine along. This part of the hose is buried with the vine as it grows. My bottom tank has the tap at a height of about 4' and will drain completely in about 30 hours. I have never tested to see what kind of pressure this system produces. It is useful to keep a constant level of moisture to the plants primary root zone, but does not meet all the watering requirements. It's a great setup to have if you arent able to water daily and helps to moderate fluctuations in the watering schedule.

3/22/2001 7:20:27 PM

Midway City, California

Soaker Hoses are OK when you run straight water or liquid fertilizer through them. Anything else will clog them up.

3/22/2001 8:38:33 PM

Rush, NY

There are several types of soaker hoses. A few years ago I tried a type that water is supposed to leak out everywhere.My 55 gallon drums where on pallets stacked 4 feet high and I had 100 feet of soaker hose spiraled around one plant that was burried about 6 inches. After a few days only about 6 inches leached out per day and before long almost nothing. I had only added Miracle Gro and liquid Seaweed to the water.

3/23/2001 5:08:49 AM

walton n.y.

i've had problems with drip hoses plugging i can't remember the brand i bought but i contacted them about the problem and they told me to backwash the system and that nothing but water should be ran through the hoses as even tiny particals will plug the pores of the hose over time my answer to this was i take a large hat pin and make a few new holes this is almost a daily thing as i use a storage tank to warm cold well water and i add liquid fertilizers to that water my friend john used timers and tap water on his drip system and still had plugs

3/23/2001 9:29:59 AM

southern MN

Thanks for all the information

3/23/2001 9:35:41 AM

Connecticut, USA

The folks at DripWorks sell inexpensive inline filters, this may help if you only want to run water through.

3/24/2001 4:21:43 PM