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Old October 15, 2011   #51
Heritage
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Jack, for row flowers most of the growers here pull the drip tape to one side (like 2' away) and then lay it back after cultivation - it only takes about a minute per row. But, the cultivation here is by hand (hoe) so not sure that method would work for you. Usually, the second cultivation (when the plants are about 6" tall) buries the tape next to the plants in the process. Sometimes, depending on the crop, this burying is incorporated into the first cultivation.

I've never plugged plants into plastic mulch but for the larger plants (like tomatoes) this might be the answer to many of the drip tape idiosyncrasies.

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Steve
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