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Anderson "Andy Jr." Injectors...
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Greenhouse design - Solaroof anyone?
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Over-wintering potted plants
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I really wish that someone had an injector that didn't cost the earth, didn't require power (or would run on 12 volts) and would work at any water flow rate from 1 to 100 liters per minute. (1 quart to 25 gallons per minute)
The thermodynamics of bubbles as insulation is complicated. If a bubble is larger than 1/4" you get convection happening. If smaller than that, the warm side of the bubble evaporates water faster than the cold side. The bubble solution drains downwa…
Most of my trees are in 2 to 5 gallon pots. 6 kinds of willows, 4 kinds of spruce, 10 kinds of pine, 5 kinds of poplars, birch, 3 kinds of fir, shrub dogwood, siberian dogwood, common lilac.
I grow midsize trees: Trees big enough to miss with the m…
What I do is against all the rules. But it generally works. My potyard is pretty exposed to the northwest -- the direction we get bitterly cold breezes from for much of the winter.
I've tried three systems.
1. The pots are packed close together --…
If you are growing in an above ground container you should consider going to a pine bark based mix. Above ground pots where never designed to use regular soil in them. In Ground Grow Bags are another issue. Regular field soil is ideal for in-ground…
I would like to send you some samples of a competing container product. If you would evaluate them and see what you think of them. Send me your contact info and I will send you a free sample. ( smercer@iglou.com)
Hi Steve
I'm using Hi Calliper bags. #10's. Nominally 16" x 16" The volume works out closer to a #15. Maybe I'm not supposed to fill them up all the way. HC has two styles of bags: One that is supposed to be burried up to it's neck, and one that si…
What size Grow bag and who is the the mfgr.? What type of trees?
Lee Valley has a punch as part of their water system that does a perfect hole for barbed fittings.
Fat knob on the end that fits in the palm of the hand. Put two fingers around pipe, Squeeze - click.
For inserting the barbed fittings, I found a pa…
you'll find netafim is metric. the 1/2 " supply lines measure .520" is actually 16mm, the 3/4" actually measures 0.82".
i totally agree about the standardization! a personal pet peeve of mine!!!
and actually i meant thinner. the heavy wall you are…
I think you meant thinner where you said thicker. The netafim dripperline I have has walls about half the thickness. If you kink it, it remembers the kink forever. I can use it with half inch fittings, but just barely.
You may be right. At present…
The way the irrigation companies manufacture their poly tubing is different than other piping companies. the wall is thicker and more elastic. it is more expensive to manufacture and to purchase for this reason. the poly will actually form around an…
Thanks for the tips.
My mainline tubing is standard 1/2 inch (0.625 ID 0.82 OD) poly pipe. I can get it at 17 cents a foot in thousand foot rolls.. Drip irrigation is not big in northern Alberta. (Wheat, barley, canola) Heck. *IRRIGATION* is not bi…
i have set up thousands and thousands of drippers using Netafim parts. unfortunately it was very late in my set up that i discovered the double ended, insert barb was not necessary. if you are using actual drip irrigation supply pipe provided from a…
That was going to be my suggestion also get the tool! I'm really surprised your suppliers didn't suggest it?!
Sherwood,
I can relate.. I had to do about 500 of those this year.. Two items:
If it's summertime, just leave the tubing in the sun.. it'll soften it up.. otherwise soak it in hot water..
Get in insert tool.. even with the heat, it's still much e…
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