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Irrigation from a water butt for GH - JJB - 28-05-2020
In my current GH each border has some very old seeping hose/tube buried about 6 inches deep beneath the soil fed from a 150L water butt say 12" above ground level. I acquired the old hose from a neighbour and it is made of a white permeable synthetic fabric with a black plastic strip reinforcement along its length. I've not found anything like it on sale today and would like to find an alternative. I have tried several different sorts of the black recycled rubber seeping hose, recommended for use with butts, with no success whatsoever, I assume because of the lack of water pressure.
Has anyone got any bright ideas or experience of an irrigation system fed from a water butt for my new GH, preferably a seepy hose buried rather than drip taps on the soil surface (which I may end up with).