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Brooklyn Corner, Nova Scotia

On one of my patches I would like to use soaker hoses and have the water gravity fed from a 50-75 gallon barrel @ 6 feet above the ground. The platform is already there, a pool deck that is immediately beside the east end of the patch. Would there be sufficient pressure for 100 feet of soaker hose.
Thanks.

4/10/2008 5:58:52 PM

San Jose garysand@pacbell.net

im no expert, but i think most of the water will soak in the first few feet of hose

4/10/2008 8:24:01 PM

Amherst, WI

go to dripworks.com and look at their T-tape.

4/11/2008 6:14:19 AM

Utah

I think it would work if you had four 25 ft hoses in parallel coming off a single manifold. I had something similar to that in 2000 and it worked fine. You do get less flow the farther out along the hose you go.

4/11/2008 3:44:41 PM

Pennsylvania

use a large diameter hose like a 5/8". The extra volume will give you more pressure.

5/8/2008 8:41:39 PM