This is the song my garden was singing yesterday morning. The soaker hoses were hooked up and the water was turned on. There are two soaker hoses. Each one was left on for an hour. The short fat one (50’) did a great job. The long skinny one (100’) was a waste of time and water. It will only be good for a long row of individual plants.
At the end of last year we had 6 soakers, a sprinkler hose and a sprinkler. We also had several hundred feet of regular hose. The soakers were so inefficient that we wound up using a nozzle and watering by hand. We did have gallon jugs with holes sunk into the ground by the tomato plants. There will definitely need to be a new regime for watering this year.
The water was turned on with the long hose this morning again for an hour. It was turned on with the short hose for an hour afterwards. The short hose did a great job. The long hose did not. There is another short hose that will be hooked up this afternoon. Hopefully it will work well. The sprinkler will need to be hooked up for the stuff where the other short hose doesn’t reach.
David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://davidsegrest.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/
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