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Thursday, December 10, 2009
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shazzy
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Joliet, IL
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i did a patch layout on wordpad that i couldn't get to transfer on to this site. my printer is out of ink, so here is the best i can do. this is a pic of my computer screen. there are evenly spaced horizontal lines going across the picture that are from my camara interefering with the computer screen. those should be disregarded. yes i am polish.
the red line is the main line (50' of 3/4" poly tubing) the blue lines are 1/2" lines teeing off the main line with 1/2" male ends with caps at the end. 1/4" spaghetti tubing is tapped into the 1/2" lines or 3/4" line, which ever is closest to minimize length of tubing adding up to less pressure. the spaghetti tubing is attached to 5' stakes with black tornado misters from dripworks zip tied on top. this is the misting system i have been using for 4 years. the dots are approxiamtely where each stake goes. i add them as needed when the plants get larger and grow. this means buyin new mainline and 1/2" poly tubing each year, but it is cheap and easier than goof plugging each hole from a previous years swiss cheese by the end of the year. the spaghetti tubing is reused and rolled up and labeled with the lengths marked on masking tape at the end of the year so it is easy to find the right length pieces the next year.
the only difference is i will be removing the tornado mister heads and the 5' stakes and replacing with rotary sideshooting microsprinkler heads on 13" stakes with 2' of 1/4" tubing and a transfer barb fitting ready to connect to the tubing already in place. this will allow for better under the canopy coverage and less water on the leaves when watering. when leaves are mature enough in that zone to go without misting, the drop down and switch will take place. i could just drop the misting heads below, but i like the rotary throw idea better and not shooting water up heavily on the bottom of the leaves where powdery mill forms first.
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