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<br />Appendix F: Additional Resources <br /> <br />~) <br /> <br />.1: -;', ~, -: ' I. I, I <br /> <br /> <br />,. _~: PRIPTIP S <br />FOR DRiP IRRIGA nON INSTALLAtION <br />BY LAURENC;E BUDD, eLl', C~'JA.. AKA "DR. DRiP" <br />. i\L~ISON IRlUGATION, FT."C,OLLJNS;~ 970-490~.1080, <br />WW\V.XERlSCl-\PE.NET:., ' <br /> <br />FIRST, THE GOLDEN RULES OF DRlr:=.,' ;...:,: ".,. <br /> <br /> <br />, ... I . I , I, . t.. ~' <br /> <br />:-~n y dlip system must .ha\te a filter and pressure reducer <br /> <br />'One 'q.rip line can have ID~1Y different types ~nd sizes of e~litters fot''d.iffer~'p.f plant types. <br /> <br />. " . ' , " , . .": : "."." I'" " I <br /> <br />The most common problem is too l!;'uch ~ater! Don't rely on visufll- sti~ic Y9ur .hand in, the <br />soil! ' . , <br /> <br />, . <br /> <br />A drip lli~e can be chan~ed easilYj erp.itters added" ~~~h,~ged: or ,reuloved. <br /> <br />All drip is IIleaS1JJ:ed in G~llOi1s Per I10ur (GPE:).' 'La\\Tl1 spri~1iders ate me.asured in Gallons <br />Per 11inute (G PIVl)- be careful! ' <br /> <br />__J There is a finite amount of \vater in a c1rip line: a 112 inch line has 150 Gallons, Per I-lour <br />(G,PI-I); a 3~, inch line has 450 GP~-L You can\'cheat thelaw's of Bhysics. We recommend <br />using 3/4 inch tubing. <br /> <br />,Plan your zones before installation'to ,avqid placil1g too lllany emitters per zone. <br /> <br />Vfhen using n1ini sprayers) use on~~ \vith large mQplets) never (tmis1yn sprayers. . \"r ater the <br />ground) not the air. <br />Distance- Try to keep C).ny aIie drip, line to 200-300 feet m~1C. Add '1l191"e ZO~les ~s needed. <br /> <br />, I <br /> <br />INSTALLATION "TIPS:," <br />Installline's above vveed fabri~j" stapled down) below mulchj or buried. <br /> <br />Snake t~1~ }ipe througl~ a b~ct ~lot in a str~ight line. ~o hot l~ink:the line. If you do kink it) <br />work it-b1it~ or cut al1d add a coupler or elbow <br /> <br />Plan ~or future expansiol1j spur lines are easily added later.. <br /> <br />Drip syste111S controlle~l by automatic valvesial'id tinlers' do best} pla1).ts' db betteiHv..rith a <br />.' tegular watering schedule <br /> <br />b.on~t "\.vorry about li11e freeze-'- drip.Jines above." ground aD not fteezebrea1c... f:-Ioweverl the <br />tinl.er, reducer and [llter CAN freezebreak. Take theIn inside for the '''\Tinter. <br /> <br />32 <br />