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Is anyone having trouble with clogging of drip and spray emitters?

What does anyone use to clean scale and or algae from drip irrigation or spray systems? Does anyone use Reverse Osmosis or Deionization to remove salts or other contaminates from supply water?

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Permalink Reply by Fred H. Harned on March 17, 2009 at 2:38pm: Netafim Irrigation provides instructions for how to treat mineral deposits, algae buildup, and iron problems. These instructions are available as viewable or downloadable pdfs on our website, in the greenhouse literature section under 'maintenance': http://www.netafimusa.net/index-ghn-down.php; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Mike Thetford on March 17, 2009 at 3:41pm: Thank you Fred. So many choices. Comes down to performance and cost now.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by snewman7118 on March 18, 2009 at 11:18am: I have had good results with a product called Oxcide. You can review our results at http://tinyurl.com/d4v8cm

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Permalink Reply by Keith Saunders on March 18, 2009 at 1:51pm: In your study you noted that 5 gallons Oxcide would treat 1000 gallons of irrigation water. At $800-900 per barrell this is very expensive compared to Agriguard which will treat 200,000 gallons per five at the same price. If you would like to do some studies with AgriGuard please contact me at 360 561 1336.
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Permalink Reply by Keith Saunders on March 19, 2009 at 1:47pm: Keith Saunders said:
In your study you noted that 5 gallons Oxcide would treat 1000 gallons of irrigation water. At $800-900 per barrell this is very expensive compared to Agriguard which will treat 200,000 gallons per five at the same price. If you would like to do some studies with AgriGuard please contact me at 360 561 1336.
Keith Saunders

Amend that to 900,000 gallons of irrigation water to 5 gallons of Agriguard; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Antonio Pina Zaragoza on February 15, 2010 at 6:58am: Hola!
Mi experiencia en este tipo de incidencias por obturaciones biologicas en los sistemas de riego, han sido minimizadas por ultrasonidos en el control biologico de algas,biofilm y hongos del agua de riego.Tengo pruebas y mucha experencia en este tipo problematica en las obtrucciones de filtros y tuberias del agua.
Aquí te pongo mi página web www.biotank.es y mi correo electronico es apinazaragoza@gmail.com.; ▶ Reply to This