I have, with some success, been using a porous hose to water some
of my flower beds, as they are rather dry because of clay soil, a
neighbour's ivy hedge and trees in both gardens.

The side border is about 1 m x 8 m, leading to an area of about
20 sq m across the bottom of the garden.

I currently feed from the house, via a pressure reducer and
timer, to both ends of what is essentially a loop, down the side
border, leading to meanders to cover the most distant area.
Naturally, the pressure, and hence flow, drops off at the end of
the run.

As some of the hose is now a little _too_ leaky and fragile if
jointed, I am looking to replace it this spring, before
everything bursts into growth.

Something tells me that there ought to be a simple way to work
out how to get best coverage (some sort of resistor
calculation?). I guess a separate feed hose with reduced flow
resistance, supplying sub-sections, might be the way, but I fear
the maths might point to many short stubs, which means more
joints and leak opportunities.

Chris
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Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK
@ChrisJDixon1

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