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Default In ground sprinklers - Earth Mister

I got the new system up and running, check out the pics. In a few weeks I will update pictures of how well the plants are or are not doing. I found these guys when while looking for a new solution for in ground irrigation. I had good luck with my soaker hose last summer, but soaker hose has its only problems with pressure being one of them, and the fact I could not do a very long run with it.

First I had to dig trenches in between the banana plants, as you can see digging through all the roots was real fun.




Here they are installed and spraying.








I should have taken some more pictures of the tree spikes, they have a different spray pattern under ground and go straight down so they are a little different I have put them around all my fruit tress and some berry's.






I have cleaned up the pump area and got my timmer up and running now so I might need another picture. I also need to replace this pump with a bigger pump and add a 2nd water take. What I am doing here is collection my rain water, then pumping out to all my plants. When I do not have enough rain water I just fill the tank with city water with also is a good think because it will allow the chlorine to dissipate out. I am also using it to mix my fertilizer and spray right to the roots.



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