Fertilizing and Watering
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Subject: 500 gallon tanks and gravity feeding
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DHertz |
Waterville, Ohio
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Is there anyone using 500 gallon tanks this year and gravity feeding the plants? Trying to wrap my head around what all I will need. Have the tank and am irrigating via soaker hose. Do I need a pump or will there be enough pressure to feed all of the lines? Do you have to worry about fertilizers going bad or not staying stable after a certain amount of time? Thanks in advance for any advice or input you can give. -Dave
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6/17/2013 11:21:05 AM
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Splicer |
anytown U.S,A,
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Well for every foot of rise you get .43 psi. head pressure. So for example at 10 ft. you have 4.3 psi. I hope this helps.
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6/17/2013 2:53:04 PM
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Gritch |
valparaiso, in
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I would look into using Dripline. Works much better than soaker hose.
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6/17/2013 9:48:59 PM
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jeepinjeepin |
Winston-Salem, NC
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I just found these looking about the intertubes. I have no experience with them or the company, but here they are. They say they work well with gravity systems. http://www.dripworks.com/product/Q_DTA
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7/5/2013 7:44:49 PM
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Dandytown |
Nottingham, UK
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I have around 60m of soaker hose (over 200 sq ft) which is fed by a 1000L IBC tank. Tank is 3-4 breeze blocks above the ground and the 60 m of hoze run side to side down a small gradient.
From full the tank puts out 200L for the first 12 h then 100L for the next 12h. I top mine up daily from 700L - 800L to deliver 100L a day for the said area.
Of course different drip tape/soaker hoses will be different
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7/16/2013 9:03:04 AM
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