lspencer534
05-21-2017, 11:41am
I re-did the front flower beds next to the house (professionally designed and very nice, if I do say so myself), installed landscape lighting, and soaker hoses to keep everything alive and growing.
On one flower bed, I used about 230' of 3/8" soaker hose and about 270' on the other. Both hoses are connected to separate faucets, and I have very good water pressure. Problem is, water only goes about 150' through the hoses; the remainder is just not getting enough water.
The soaker hoses have a plastic disc to reduce water flow to protect the hose, but I have the faucets on full blast, and still not enough water. I researched the problem and found only that 3/8" soaker hose uses 81 gallons per hour per 100'. So roughly I'm using 200 gallons per hour per hose, which doesn't seem like I'm overloading my water suply.
Research also says use a maximum length of 100', but comments say people go up to 800'.
Am I going to need a manifold or what?
On one flower bed, I used about 230' of 3/8" soaker hose and about 270' on the other. Both hoses are connected to separate faucets, and I have very good water pressure. Problem is, water only goes about 150' through the hoses; the remainder is just not getting enough water.
The soaker hoses have a plastic disc to reduce water flow to protect the hose, but I have the faucets on full blast, and still not enough water. I researched the problem and found only that 3/8" soaker hose uses 81 gallons per hour per 100'. So roughly I'm using 200 gallons per hour per hose, which doesn't seem like I'm overloading my water suply.
Research also says use a maximum length of 100', but comments say people go up to 800'.
Am I going to need a manifold or what?