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Beginner Gardening: Ideas for Homemade Automatic Watering of Potted Plants?, 1 by PotEmUp

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PotEmUp wrote:
Now that you have connected the 1/4 hose (#6) to the .7" flexible pipe (#1) with the double barbed connector (#5) using the awl (#9) you can connect a great variety of water delivery devices. Emitters - i.e. drippers that deliver from 1/2 gallon per hour (#2) to 4 gallon per hour (#4) - These are color coded, but of course every manufacturer uses a different color code. You can have an adjustable emitter (#8), or a mister (#7), or a mini sprinkler (#10), OR, OR, OR.
The Roberts Spot Spitters are on the site above. They are a very simple end connector to the 1/4" tubing that has a slot in it, so that the water sprays out in 1/4 circle, 1/2 circle etc.
I found the cheapest source locally is an irrigation supply company that sells to landscape companies. The local ACE Hardware has a full selection, as well as Lowe'S & Home Depot.

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