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Watering Tube For Trees, Shrubs
"My homemade plastic waterer is designed with small weep holes, allowing water to seep slowly into the ground around my trees and shrubs," says J.M. Reddmann, Cherry Valley, Arkansas.
The U-shaped waterer is made from 3/4-in. dia. schedule 40 pvc pipe and is open at one end, allowing Reddmann to easily slide it
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Watering Tube For Trees, Shrubs IRRIGATION Miscellaneous 32-3-30 "My homemade plastic waterer is designed with small weep holes, allowing water to seep slowly into the ground around my trees and shrubs," says J.M. Reddmann, Cherry Valley, Arkansas.
The U-shaped waterer is made from 3/4-in. dia. schedule 40 pvc pipe and is open at one end, allowing Reddmann to easily slide it around trees and shrubs. It uses a garden hose to provide a continuous supply of water. The hose is hooked up to a threaded adapter that's connected to a pvc "T" fitting. Pipes lead from both sides of the fitting to 90 degree elbows that support 24-in. lengths of pipe with end caps on them.
Reddmann drilled 1/8-in. dia. holes 3 in. apart into all the pipes. A plastic ball valve, located between the swivel and hose thread adapter, is used to control the water pressure. "The water comes out in streams anywhere from 2 to 12 in. long, depending on where I set the valve. The water is delivered slowly so it doesn't run off like a garden hose does.
"The photo shows my waterer with the end partially closed, but I had trouble getting in under bushes so now I leave the end entirely open."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, J. M. Reddmann, 387 County Road 219, Cherry Valley, Arkansas 72324 (ph 870 588-3746).
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