The one gallon per hour rate is per emmiter. I have them set up right now to receive a 1 gallon every other day. I realize that is probably too frequent, but I set it up that way because I was worried about my plants while I was away for a week. I'm going to lower it to once or twice a week for an hour and a half which is supposed to be 1 1/2 gallons of water. The holes in my pepper leaves range from tiny to about as big around as the sharpened tip of a crayon, maybe a little bigger on some plants. I had a problem with snails in the Spring, so there may be a multitude of insects eating at my plants. I have a light gray weed block material and some grass clippings for mulch. The grass clipping don't always stay put because of the wind. I lost an apple tree from high wind last night. It was 3 years old, pretty small still and had its first good crop of apples. My little boy cried. It totally bent over at the base of the tree and broke. That's the kind of wind we deal with on occasion.
Thanks Suze!
Tyffanie
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