Texas Gardening: soaker hoses, 2 by rouxcrew

rouxcrew wrote:
The best results I have had are the flat ones I have gotten at Wal Mart and Harbor Freight. WM are 75' and HF are 50'. They are cloth over a white plastic (?) and have lasted quite well. I have three sets of 200' runs that snake through my gardens. One set has been in place two years, the other since January. I don't move them once they are in place, and I check for crimps by turning on the water and walking the line to inspect.
The ones that are just round rubber don't have the integrity. I have several that have leaks sitting on my porch awaiting a hose repair kit.
They don't agree with weed eaters, or mowers, but I find them invaluable in our dry summers.
Two pics of the edge of one of my cottage garden areas. Taken about a month apart.