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DHertz

Waterville, Ohio

Is there anyone using 500 gallon tanks this year and gravity feeding the plants? Trying to wrap my head around what all I will need. Have the tank and am irrigating via soaker hose. Do I need a pump or will there be enough pressure to feed all of the lines? Do you have to worry about fertilizers going bad or not staying stable after a certain amount of time? Thanks in advance for any advice or input you can give.
-Dave

6/17/2013 11:21:05 AM

Splicer

anytown U.S,A,

Well for every foot of rise you get .43 psi. head pressure. So for example at 10 ft. you have 4.3 psi. I hope this helps.

6/17/2013 2:53:04 PM

Gritch

valparaiso, in

I would look into using Dripline. Works much better than soaker hose.

6/17/2013 9:48:59 PM

jeepinjeepin

Winston-Salem, NC

I just found these looking about the intertubes. I have no experience with them or the company, but here they are. They say they work well with gravity systems. http://www.dripworks.com/product/Q_DTA

7/5/2013 7:44:49 PM

Dandytown

Nottingham, UK

I have around 60m of soaker hose (over 200 sq ft) which is fed by a 1000L IBC tank. Tank is 3-4 breeze blocks above the ground and the 60 m of hoze run side to side down a small gradient.

From full the tank puts out 200L for the first 12 h then 100L for the next 12h. I top mine up daily from 700L - 800L to deliver 100L a day for the said area.

Of course different drip tape/soaker hoses will be different

7/16/2013 9:03:04 AM

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