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Old March 5, 2015   #16
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For some reason, the conversion that I remember best is 1/5 gal = 755 mL. Can't imagine where I picked that up!
Here is an interesting tidbit I just picked up, I always wondered why they sold them(5ths) in the first place.
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...,d.eXY&cad=rja
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I looked into the drip hose. need to do some measurements 1st then decide what size hose I want and spacing of the Nipples? I need Gallons per minute, and size of area. Is this correct? Beale.
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I looked into the drip hose. need to do some measurements 1st then decide what size hose I want and spacing of the Nipples? I need Gallons per minute, and size of area. Is this correct? Beale.
You can work in metric or English. Doesn't really matter.
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I looked into the drip hose. need to do some measurements 1st then decide what size hose I want and spacing of the Nipples? I need Gallons per minute, and size of area. Is this correct? Beale.
I think you just need to worry about getting something and seeing how long it takes for the plants to get enough water.
All of them will be in liters or gallon per hour.
So if you had one that said 1/2 gallon per hour per emitter at 30 psi and you had 20 emitters you would have 10 gallons per hour.
You would have 0.666 gallons a minute.
Divide gallons per hour by 60.
At my faucet at around 50 psi with a 3/4 copper pipe run around 70 feet from the meter and trough my house lord knows where I got about 10 gallons a minute.

No worries.
For me for what i did at my house I ran a 1-1/2 line from my meter to rid myself of friction loss for something else.
This is something you dont need to worry about either at this time I would suspect.
The only reason you would need to know the GPM is if you had a ton of plants and wanted to make sure you had enough water to irrigate and that sort of thing.
You on the other hand are looking at only 2 raised beds or a little more.
This should be of no concern you will have plenty of water.

My 1/2 line puts out 1 gallon per hour per emitter.
This would be 3.785 liters to get you started.
No need to over think it.
May I suggest you put a 200 mesh filter in line before the drip line.
These are cheap and help prevent clogging.
The one at Home depot is a 155 and is just fine and you can order new filters of about any mesh that will fit this things.
Cost is about $10.00.
The ones I ordered had a flush valve on them these dont they have a cap.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/DIG-3-4-i...D57A/100133293
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Thanks Worth! I am really thinking very hard of going this way. I really thank you for all your help! Beale.
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Hey Worth Do you leave the water running? Or just long enough to wet the bed? Beale.
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Hey Worth Do you leave the water running? Or just long enough to wet the bed? Beale.
I have mine on an irrigation controller I can program through my computer.

Right now I have it set up to run from 8:00 to 9:00 in the morning and then again from 3:00 to 4:00 in the afternoon every other day for my onions.

I have two beds and the other one is disabled at this time.
Here is what it looks like on my computer screen as we speak.
Water Sch1.jpg

So to get back to your question I would highly recommend some sort of timer to water your beds.
If you leave them on all of the time you will end up with a swamp.
The timer will allow you to just set back and let it do the work and you dont have to worry about forgetting to turn the water off.
Before I have been guilty of this and the next day thought, "Oh my god I left the water on to the bamboo."
You can get cheap reliable battery operated timers at both Big Box stores or on line.
Just look at the things and see if the times they have will allow for your needs.
I'm sure most will.
You can get 1 and 2 station ones to fit your needs and they screw onto the hose bib.
How they work is the have a toggle relay in them.
In other words they get a pulse and toggle on when it is time to shut off they get another pulse and they toggle off.
This way the only time the battery is used is during the toggle pulse and to run the timer.
The battery should last for a year and they are water proof.


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Thanks Worth! The Timer is a great Idea! Once agin not one I would have thought of! Beale.
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I need to buy a timer, too.

Here is a site I was just now looking at:
http://www.berryhilldrip.com/
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I have these they have been very reliable though I dont use them anymore.
https://www.orbitonline.com/products...h-brass-swivel

I bought them at lowes.

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Do you need special valves for drippers? I read something about normal solenoid valves not working right if the flow is below some threshold.
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Do you need special valves for drippers? I read something about normal solenoid valves not working right if the flow is below some threshold.
Some times they will not close due to low flow.
So I did my research of all of the valves made by everyone and came of with these they will operate from .025 GPM to 30 GPM.
I ordered the ones with flow control also and every valve I have is like this.
http://www.sprinklerwarehouse.com/Ir...e-p/2500tf.htm

My master valve is this one.

http://www.sprinklerwarehouse.com/Ir...p/ir-700-1.htm

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Those last 1 Look pretty High tech! For now I will have to go with the one at Lows. My $$ is limited, Beale.
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Those last 1 Look pretty High tech! For now I will have to go with the one at Lows. My $$ is limited, Beale.
Extremely expensive too.
It took me about 3 years to buy and save to put my system in then I had to do it by myself.
About 12,000 feet of pipe altogether underground.
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