Kind of a vegetable garden question. After 6 years of use, one of my curly type of hoses sprung a leak. Being a re-cycler, there must be uses for all or parts of it.
I need your clever ideas
Use pieces of it to tie up big plants like shrubs. Let something climb on it. Refit the ends and make a shorter hose. A repair kit might be available, but if you have too many leaks it would make better sense to replace it. Or use it like a soaker hose, punch more holes in it and run the water at low volume.
If there's only one leak, fix it with a plastic patch (like waterbed repair kit) and reinforce with a metal hose clamp (one of those metal bands about 1/2-inch that tightens using a screwdriver).
Make a trellis with it :)
I would cut it at the leak and make two smaller hoses.
I like the idea of using it for a climber! I had one spring a leak last summer, never got around to throwing it away... and because of its size (skinny) the standard repair kits etc. just don't work well.
Thanks!
Take the hose to a welding supply store they have brass hose barb fittings and squeeze on clamps. Prolly have a size close enough for you.
Jill I got my TTY seed send me your addy if you still want to try it
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