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Oxygen User Discarded Hoses
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Posted by calpat zone9ab No.Ca. (My Page) on Fri, Feb 1, 08 at 17:39
| I use Oxygen 24/7, the hoses are about 1/4" diameter and need to be replaced periodically for sanitary reasons. I have one hose that is 50ft. long, two others at about 6-8 ft. long. I hate throwing them in the trash, any suggestions for recycling? |
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RE: Oxygen User Discarded Hoses
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| maybe as hoses attached to a rain barrel... |
RE: Oxygen User Discarded Hoses
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| People who make wine or beer might want to use them for siphoning - if it's possible to sanitize them appropriately. |
RE: Oxygen User Discarded Hoses
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| Maybe you could offer them on freecycle.org. You never know what others could use them for. I like that rain barrel hose idea.... :)
Dee |
RE: Oxygen User Discarded Hoses
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| I use oxygen too, but only at night. Still, I have a bag full of those 1/4" hoses, some still in their original package. I don't have a rain barrel yet, but have thought there must be some way I can water all the plants on my lanai at one time. One of the first items needed to build this system would be one or more reducers (plastic or nylon)to connect the 1/4" hose to my regular lawn hose. Anyone have any ideas? cora |
RE: Oxygen User Discarded Hoses
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| I've seen watering systems at nurseries, where they have a little tube going into each of a large number of pots. YOu might want to research those systems to see what other parts yo might need. I believe there is a spike at the end of each tube to go into the plant pots, and connectors at certain intervals, plus whatever moves the water along. Might be a wicking system, or might be a pump of some sort. |
RE: Oxygen User Discarded Hoses
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- Posted by tak2w 8a Eastern NC (My Page) on
Fri, Jul 25, 08 at 11:14
| Most drip irrigation systems use 1/4" hose, so it should work. Go to Lowes, or similar store...they have all sorts of fittings, reducers, filters, pressure regulators, drip emitters, etc. for a 1/4" system. |
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