Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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May 8, 2016 | #16 |
Tomatovillian™
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Just because I'm curious. Why are you building a gentry crane?
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May 9, 2016 | #17 | |
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http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=40911 Worth |
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May 9, 2016 | #18 |
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Done with dinner and now waiting for breakfast. To finish my thought.
You would need a 3/4 reducing tee https://www.dripdepot.com/item/perma...e-quarter-inch and the proceed with 1/2 inch line and fittings as in the left five beds. I failed to mention you will also need a filter and a hose thread adapter https://www.dripdepot.com/item/perma...e-quarter-inch for the 3/4 mainline in the center set of plots. You could most likely branch off the center set towards the right three plots with 1/2 inch line instead of 3/4. You need to fill a five gallon bucket and time how long it takes to see if you have enough flow. Also knowing the psi would be helpful. How much time do you spend at the garden? Watering with 1/2 gph emitters might take too much time. If you have a tomato plant every 24 inches then you would have two emitters per plant and at 1/2 gph per emitter the plant would get a gallon in an hour. What if you want to give each plant 2 gallons? Then you would have to water for two hours. You could use 1 gph emitters so you could water faster but then the system would have to be able to handle more water. That is one reason we why we need to know the results of the bucket test and the psi. Also I am biased towards 1/2 inch line. You could probably use 1/4 inch for the rows. I have no interest in the stuff. Last edited by zeuspaul; May 9, 2016 at 12:21 PM. Reason: spelling |
May 9, 2016 | #19 |
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Hopefully this pic will show up. I have a main pvc line with drip tapes attached via a shut off valve. Prior to the pvc line, i have a pressure regulator. I use a large tank for watering with a 3/4 hp pump. Its an easy set up
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May 9, 2016 | #20 |
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Here is the water supply
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May 10, 2016 | #21 |
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I sortas get it, but not.
This isn't something I will be doing this year unless it was soooo cheap to do that it would be a miracle, LOL, but hopefully for next year. Let's start reall simple, step by step, for the dummy ( me) - I have a hose bib- what is the very next thing/step after the hose bib? Then what comes after that step? IF I can do this, I will have 3 bibs available- 2 near the 5 strip section and at least 1 at the far end of the 7 strip section that could go across to the 3 strip. |
May 10, 2016 | #22 |
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A little brass back flow preventer.
3/4 I50 mesh filter that goes to a hose bib. http://www.sprinklerwarehouse.com/3-...r-p/fyfh75.htm Pressure regulator. http://www.sprinklerwarehouse.com/DI...r-p/18-008.htm |
May 10, 2016 | #23 |
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Now the rest cane get complicated and is a real pain in the but.
Not all tubing is of the same size and wont fit each other. After you have the items I have listed you will have a 3/4 female pip thread to deal with. There is also and option from what I put up. That is to get a filter with female pipe treads on both ends. You will then have to get a short 3/4 pipe nipple to go to a 3/4 male pipe to hse bib adapter. I feel this is better because if the plastic ring on the filter I put up breaks you have to get a new filter. Also with the second option you have more filter size options. Worth |
May 10, 2016 | #24 |
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This is without the brass back flow preventer. I quickly tied this down just to see if I had put down the lines correctly, opened valves that needed to be, etc. Of course, I will be mounting the setup where it looks nice and adding the brass back flow preventer.
Second picture fixed with a couple U bolts and the brass back flow preventer. Last edited by AlittleSalt; May 11, 2016 at 03:14 PM. |
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