From: Snag_one@msn.com   
      
   On 4/23/2022 5:00 PM, Bob F wrote:   
   > On 4/23/2022 10:28 AM, Snag wrote:   
   >> On 4/22/2022 10:04 PM, Snag wrote:   
   >>>    There's no time like right now to make sure the garden does well   
   >>> this year ... So I've installed a submersible pump in our well (was   
   >>> here when we bought 20 years ago) and I'm in the process of designing   
   >>> a drip irrigation system .   
   >>>    The plan is to use a large "caged tank" , a plastic tank in a   
   >>> steel cage (used to transport peroxide in this case) of around 275   
   >>> gallons capacity . The pump will fill the tank , which will supply   
   >>> water to a system of piping with drip emitters . If I use that whole   
   >>> tank every day , it will cost me about 2-3 bucks a month for   
   >>> electricity . That much city water would cost me around a hundred   
   >>> bucks or more , with the added benefit that my well water has no   
   >>> chemicals added .   
   >>>    If ever there was a time when it was important to have a   
   >>> productive garden , I think it's now . Too many signs point to a   
   >>> coming shortage of food , and I don't like going hungry .   
   >>   
   >>    Bits and pieces are heading my way . I've ordered everything but   
   >> the hardware to hook my pump outlet pipe to a faucet for a garden hose   
   >> . That will be purchased locally . I've decided to try throttled flow   
   >> from the pump instead of using a tank as a reservoir to feed the   
   >> system . I can throttle main flow at the faucet interface , plus each   
   >> run of pipe will have a valve from the main supply line and adjustable   
   >> emitters .   
   >>   
   >   
   > Wouldn't that result in excess hours of pump run rime?   
      
      I don't think so . If I run the pump at 7.5 GPM for an hour it   
   doesn't matter if that 450 gallons goes directly to the plants or if it   
   makes a trip through a holding tank . My first task in either case will   
   be to regulate flow so I'm not over-pumping the well . We'll go from   
   there to decide a watering schedule . Might be alternating rows every   
   day , easily do-able with the valving I have on order . I need to   
   finalize a layout for this year so I know where I need water . And how   
   much .   
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   Snag   
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   where your fear begins .   
      
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