[tomato] Fw:

Bob Addison (Tomato@GlobalGarden.com)
Tue, 1 Aug 2000 00:42:17 -0500 

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addison@terrapin-net.com

A follow-up my query about timing on a drip system;
(Should have said 10 min out of every hr. from 11;am
TO 4:10 pm [six waterings] total of 60 min.)=20

Just went out and re-checked the flow-rate into one of=20
my tomato pots.

Caught 6 OZ of water in 10 Minutes.
=3D36 OZ /hr. or 65 cu. in./hr
1" in a 15" pot is equal to 176 cu. in. (71% of a gallon)
This makes 65 cu.in. 37% of a weeks quota.=20
(231 cu. in.=3D 1 gallon)
Water starts running out of the bottom about the fourth
ten minute feeding.

Of course if it rains I turn it off for a day and if it is a
hard rain I'll leave off longer.

Have about 1" of Cyprus bark mulch on top of the soil and
use mycorrhizal fungi.

Upon Betsy's recommendation I'm changing my watering times
to 15 min @ 7:AM, 15 min @ 8:AM, 15 min @,9:AM and 15=20
min @ 10:AM
Bob

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From Bob Addison
addison@terrapin-net.com
 
A follow-up my query about timing on a drip = system;
(Should have said 10 min out of every hr. from = 11;am
TO 4:10 pm [six waterings] total of 60 min.) =
 
Just went out and re-checked the flow-rate into one of=20
my tomato pots.
 
Caught 6 OZ of water in 10 Minutes.
=3D36 OZ /hr. or 65 cu. in./hr
1" in a 15" pot is equal to 176 cu. in. (71% of a=20 gallon)
This makes 65 cu.in. 37% of a weeks=20 quota.
(231 cu. in.=3D 1 gallon)
Water starts running out of the bottom about the=20 fourth
ten minute feeding.
 
Of course if it rains I turn it off for a day and if it=20 is a
hard rain I'll leave off longer.
 
Have about 1" of Cyprus bark mulch on top of the=20 soil and
use mycorrhizal fungi.
 
Upon Betsy's recommendation I'm changing my watering=20 times
to 15 min @ 7:AM, 15 min @ 8:AM, 15 min @,9:AM and 15=20
min @ 10:AM
Bob
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