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To: EinNYC

Soaker hose is fragile - develops rips and tears too easily. You’ll be digging it up and replacing parts all the time. As someone earlier suggested I would go with plastic piping and fittings - drill small holes in the pipe and cap the end.


14 posted on 07/20/2016 7:55:04 PM PDT by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
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To: Some Fat Guy in L.A.; EinNYC
Soaker hose is fragile - develops rips and tears too easily. You’ll be digging it up and replacing parts all the time. As someone earlier suggested I would go with plastic piping and fittings - drill small holes in the pipe and cap the end.

Agreed, soaker hose seems to last a year or two, tops. The flexible drip watering systems are more durable - there's even a perforated version of the 1/2" plastic water distribution line, that puts out more water than the traditional soaker hose (which just seems to "sweat"). A series of little "bubbler" sprinkler heads poked into the regular non-perforated 1/2" line work just as well, and let you concentrate the water where it's needed.

26 posted on 07/20/2016 8:40:36 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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