cpknerr on Nostr: Irrigation is very important when you have plants in containers in a #nursery. Even ...
Irrigation is very important when you have plants in containers in a #nursery. Even on a cool day, winds can really cause the pots and the plants to lose moisture. It's amazing how they can go from a soaking rain one day, where you're worried about too much moisture, and then in a few days without watering they are wilting.
I use Senniger mini-wobblers for irrigation, the beige nozzles I'm using put out 0.84 gallons per minute at the 25 PSI I run them at.
There is a 25 PSI pressure reducer in-line to reduce our house water pressure which tends to be around 40 PSI off our well.
I have the irrigation come on each morning for 90 minutes. I have a timer running off of our spigot at the house that controls the watering.
If I were to water just the plants I have now by hand it would take me at least 20 minutes, so the automation is a time saver as well.
I've found that with a hose and hand watering you just can't get the same deep watering as you can with a light overhead watering over the course of an hour. With hand watering, the water seems to just run through the pots whereas a light rain-like watering over the course of 90 minutes daily will really help the plants stay hydrated.
I have the wobblers up 5' in the air on 3/4" PVC water line risers. The PVC lasts about 3 years out in the sun before needing replacement.
You can really see how they wobble back and forth and spin when they are in action!
#plantstr #garden #propagation #permaculture
I use Senniger mini-wobblers for irrigation, the beige nozzles I'm using put out 0.84 gallons per minute at the 25 PSI I run them at.
There is a 25 PSI pressure reducer in-line to reduce our house water pressure which tends to be around 40 PSI off our well.
I have the irrigation come on each morning for 90 minutes. I have a timer running off of our spigot at the house that controls the watering.
If I were to water just the plants I have now by hand it would take me at least 20 minutes, so the automation is a time saver as well.
I've found that with a hose and hand watering you just can't get the same deep watering as you can with a light overhead watering over the course of an hour. With hand watering, the water seems to just run through the pots whereas a light rain-like watering over the course of 90 minutes daily will really help the plants stay hydrated.
I have the wobblers up 5' in the air on 3/4" PVC water line risers. The PVC lasts about 3 years out in the sun before needing replacement.
You can really see how they wobble back and forth and spin when they are in action!
#plantstr #garden #propagation #permaculture