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Friday, May 04, 2007
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Jordan Rivington (JRO)
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Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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I got the irrigation system (temporary) setup for the seedlings in plot 2 today. I ordered a bunch of stuff from drip works for the new system this year. I will be using T-Tape (like a soaker) alongside all of the vines. Should be a good setup. Last year, I ran 1/4" drops of a 1/2" mainline and it took forever cutting the proper length drop to each node, plus putting in the emitter, plus the transfer barb. Now, I just run the tape with a transfer barb next to each vine of the main 1/2" and put a little soil on each node. I will also run a length of t-tape next to the main vine.
I had to do what you see in this picture for each node last year (800 of them). No more. I have the timer set for twice a day, for 5 minutes each. There are 10 1GPH emitters. This means a total of 1.67 gallons a day for these seedlings.
In the end, the patch will get 1000 gallons a week, so roughly 140 gallons a day.
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