Oren wrote:
On Tue, 25 Jun 2013 06:55:00 +0000 (UTC), "Danny D."
wrote:
This drip irrigation setup for a tomato garden is all chewed up:
http://www5.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/13403753.jpg
So I figured I'd replace it with something better. But what?
One end is merely bent over and nailed to these boards:
http://www2.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/13403755.jpg
They make a figure "8" plastic piece to use on the end. Poly does in
one hole, bent and passed back through the top loop. This is great
for draining a line to prevent freezing.
http://www.sprinklertalk.com/Sprinkler_School/images/img_crimp_hose.jpg
And, the other end has this cryptic glued? connection:
http://www1.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/13403754.jpg
That is an insert for the 3/4 PVC. The poly is pushed in. It can be
pulled out, but can be a little difficult. Twist and pull. Twist and
pull. (remember those straw Chinese finger locks as a kid - you put
fingers in each end and would not pull out :-)
A compression fitting. There is a bevel sleeve (?) inside that grabs
the poly - compression insert
http://www.gardendrip.org/images/access_images/12MalePVC700PolyTubingInsert.jpg
Compression elbow, compression coupling, compression Tee
http://www.dripking.com/views/images/uploads/_9fdc64c5.jpg
http://www.dripirrigation.com/system/partphotos/492/tdsphoto/LF002L.jpg?1291332194
http://www.irrigationdirect.com/media/oldImages/Drip-Compression-Tee-620-Tubing-T620-Installed-for-Rain-Drip.jpg
I've never worked on drip irrigation before, so I picked up
all sorts of 3/4" connections at the box stores:
http://www1.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/13403764.jpg
At Home Depot, the guy told me that it's normal for the drip lines
to simply push in, but this end seems to be really really stuck.
You have to pull and twist to get the poly out of the insert. A little
hard to do, but the poly will come.
Another elbow nearby has a NPT-to-Hose fitting on the end:
http://www1.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/13403769.jpg
Would you suggest I simply cut the elbow off and start fresh
by putting a garden-hose connection on a T fitting?
Note: The plants are tomatoes, which are just now sprouting,
so it has to be a gentle irrigation. I think a soaker hose may
be too heavy - but I'm not sure what my options are.
I use that same 1/2 & 1/4 tubing drip irrigation for my garden and flower
beds. Maybe I'm just too simple at it, but if something gets tore up, I
just cut that part of the tubing out, and insert a new piece of tubing using
the right connectors.
I have a lot of my garden in big planters and even some hanging planters,
and all of them have 1/4 inch dripper lines going to each planter that has
an adjustable sprinkler head. It's all connected to a timer and everything
gets watered automatically.
--
Natural Girl //(**)\\