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Drip Irrigation for Veggetables

gendo
16 years ago

I've been lurking on the forum for awhile, but registered today.

I'm planning to put a drip system in my vegetable garden. For those of you who use drip, what size of emitter do I need, for example, a tomato plant -- that is how many gph (gallons per hour) do you recommend in soil that is neither sandy or clay (I live in Elk Ridge)? Do I actually bury the emitter with the plant or does the emitter sit on the surface of the soil? Also, will I need a pressure reducer, since the system is set up for sprinklers at present? Lots of questions...

In past years, I buried two milk jugs with each plant and cut little holes. It worked wonderfully, but the trouble is that when the plants get large, it's really hard to find the jugs. Also, I'm hoping to set this up to water automatically (pure bliss).

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