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| I have about 400 tomato and pepper seedlings started in flats. I have some very old rubber watering bulbs that you squeeze, but the rubber is getting a little stiff and the screens are shot. I’m looking for a good way to water all these guys with a soft, fine shower once they germinate. Bottom watering is not an option. I think an ideal way would be to just run a hose over from my laundry room and attach a head that would produce a very fine spray. Does anyone have experience with something like this?: http://www.bestnest.com/bestnest/RTProduct.asp?SKU=DRA-10-12350 |
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- Posted by bmoser z6PA (b2m2@moserproduce.com) on Wed, Mar 27, 13 at 22:43
| A few years back i purchased a Dramm watering pot at an auction. It is plastic with a brass sprinkling head. I prefer it to all the other watering cans because the effect is much more gentle on the plants. An alternative is just to use a spray tank but it takes much longer to water by repeated misting. I'm sure Dramm has a site that you can chck out their products. |
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- Posted by missingtheobvious Blue Ridge 7a (My Page) on Thu, Mar 28, 13 at 3:02
| This is perhaps on too small a scale for your purpose, but it's a gentle flow of water that even the smallest seedlings don't object to (I water from the bottom, but use this at the corners of the tray where for various reasons not as much water is soaked up from the bottom). http://www.thompson-morgan.com/garden-supplies/watering-and-irrigation/bottle-top-rose/kww2081TM I've seen them in various catalogs; just Search "bottle top rose." I bought mine a few years ago, before Coke and Pepsi changed the height of their bottle tops. The ones I have don't fit the new Coke and Pepsi bottles (no problem for me, as I have old bottles with the correct top). I haven't tried any other bottles to see if other bottlers are still using the old size. And then again, for all I know, the maker of these bottle top roses might have changed the shape to fit the new Coke and Pepsi bottles.... But in any case, if they're still being sold, someone must still be making bottles that they fit. |
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| Several greenhouse suppliers offer hose-end misting nozzles, fine spray, sprinkle spray, etc. Or you can just go to Walmart and buy a 5 in 1 hose nozzle (like the 8:1 in the pic) for $5-6 Dave |
Here is a link that might be useful: Garden Hose nozzles
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- Posted by bmoser z6PA (b2m2@moserproduce.com) on Sat, Apr 6, 13 at 9:54
| I have numerous hose end nozzles on hand but it is difficult to get the gentle watering effect you need from them; at higher water line pressure you'll knock tender plants over; cut water pressure down and they usually just dribble a stream of water. The Dramm sprinkle can I mentioned has a 17" neck (spout). If you can find any sprinkling can with a very long neck you'll mellow the water output yet maintain a uniform shower. An alternative is to turn trays an water more from the side of the plants than top. Once your plants become more sturdy stemmed by hardening-off you can practically hit them with anything. Another consideration is to followup a watering event with hand lifting of bent plants. This usually works best if you wait an hour after watering. |
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