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Spokane, WA

I've been doing a little reasearch and can't find a watering system with enough watering cycles per day. If you watched Joel's viedo from 2002, Kirk Mombert has put something together that works like magic. Someting like that is what I'm looking for. Any ideas? Thanks,
Adam

11/28/2003 5:40:00 PM

Montoursville, PA

Adam.....Drip Works has both battery opp. and electric that can handle your situation. I was set to go fifteen minutes every hour between eleven AM and four PM. While I used it on a misting system you could just as well use it for watering from a garden hose or any conceived holding tank. It can handle gravety fed up to fifty pounds. Search Drip Works, of California. Talk to them. The catalog was not really clear last year when I was making the purchase. You can see it in the early part of my diary.

11/28/2003 6:17:03 PM

Spokane, WA

thanks

11/28/2003 10:35:13 PM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

The Melnor 3060 Aqua Timer is in frequent use by many growers. I was sceptical at first having been a commercial installer for a couple years. I have an aversion to "valve in clock" controllers in general and prefer "conventional 24VAC zone valve" irrigation equipment. But I had trouble finding commercial equipment that would support adequate misting cycles.

The 3060 offers misting cycles of off 10 minutes - on for 2, 5, 10, or 15 minutes. I know that John here at BP uses one. Another tenured grower referred me to the same unit so I tried one. After using this unit for 1 season I can say I'm surprisingly satisfied with it's programming options & overall operation.

I paid $48.00 at Home Depot. But here is a link to Amazon where you can see the timer & download the operators manual. They're selling it for $39.99, but check the shipping cost.

This unit does not support multiple zone operations. But at $40/unit, conventional zone management wouldn't be much cheaper. And the portability of these units makes them very hard to beat.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004SDVT/002-6931445-1814421?v=glance

I think Drip Works offers real zone equipment. But their website drove me nuts. I understand their support staff is very good if you decide to go this route. And this is good since systems like this take more user input to get & keep going.

If you want to keep it simple, do consider the Melnor.

Steve

11/29/2003 8:25:31 AM