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jerrynmikey Atchison, KS(Zone 5b) Aug 08, 2005

Has anyone put in their own watering/sprinkler systems. I have a lot of garden/flower areas and would like to see if it is easy enough for me to put in. The soaker hoses don't work that well for me because my water pressure is low enough that I can hook 2 of them together and they will work but not anymore than that. Any suggestions? Mikey

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TuttiFrutti Spokane Valley, WA(Zone 5b) Aug 08, 2005

We used soaker hoses in some narrow flower gardens last year, with mixed success.

Although we haven't yet converted the flower gardens to T-Tape, we installed a DripWorks system for our 20x32' veggie garden and it ROCKS! It's a very affordable system recommended by several of the veteran veggie gardeners here, and the folks at DripWorks will even help you figure out the best way to set it up, if you ask and give them a map of your gardens. Converting to the drip system stopped all problems with overhead watering and its affect on flower/veggie production. :)

You can find a link to their site through the Garden Watchdog. SO1 is my better half who provided our initial feedback there. :) http://davesgarden.com/gwd/c/660/

Good luck!
Donna

Edited for missed words/typos. ;)

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sylvi74 Oak Grove, MN(Zone 4a) Aug 09, 2005

I have a similar system, purchased through the Drip Store. I agree, it is wonderful. I am still in the process of setting mine up and I like it better every day.

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Mobi Denver, CO(Zone 6a) Aug 09, 2005

Since your water pressure is so low, you should go with pressure compensating emitters or emitters that do will with low pressure. You can find out a lot of info at dripworks where I get all my stuff. Note that the shipping on tubing is high so many people get their tubing at a local store. I haven't tried the T tape yet. I prefer a mixture of sprayers and inline emitters. Sprayers because I like to throw annual seeds into my perennial beds and tubing with emitters built in because it saves A LOT of time and is only slightly more expensive.
http://www.dripworksusa.com/store/store.html

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lycolush Worcester, MA Aug 10, 2005

I just finished a combo soaker/dripper system...all in all it took me two seasons to complete! It isn't anything special but I had to do alot of running around to find the parts I needed and it took alot of time to put all those little pieces together. Whatever you do make sure parts are readily available. Like me you may want to tweak your design as installation progresses (ie. you will end up using more parts than you think). The soakers were great at first but now arn't seeping as well. Drippers are better I think in most situations. Orbit also had tubing with laser drilled perforations. I havn't tried it, but it would probably be good in place of 1/4 " soaker. Hope that helped a little.

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