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Old 03-25-2016, 06:57 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Default Re: What looks like a 25' soaker hose

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Originally Posted by Kat2 View Post
but has no holes? I was thrilled when I found it at a yard sale for $1. It was on a reel; it looked like it'd never been used. Yeah! I could now water my garden efficiently. This naive Yankee transplant carefully laid it out around my plants and hooked up a hose then turned on the water. Nothing. I realize I could carefully poke a bazillion holes in it but should I? Uncapped, water comes out in 3 streams after traveling 25'. Factory mess up or does this have a specific purpose?
That used to be cutting edge compact flat style of hose before expandables were popular.....Vintage?

I do remember on a hot summers day jumping through one of those flat green hoses with a bazillion holes in it though......and the water always tasted nasty.
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