JUDGE1162
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So I plan to plant a tree line and now have decided to install some irrigation.
I am cheap and I am not looking for an inground system, we are talking garden hose and sprinkler heads.
I am pretty sure I want to do impulse sprinklers in series, but I am open to other options too if you think there is some thing else I should look at
I am going to plant Norway spruce trees 2 rows staggered about 10 feet apart looking for a wind break/privacy screen.
So I will end up with 300 feet (750 feet total to do, but will do it over 3 years) of tree line to water, two rows of trees spaced ten feet apart.
My thought is impulse sprinkler set to semi-circle (say 3/4 or 2/3 of a circle) with a 50 foot diameter with sprinklers set 45 feet apart for a total of seven heads each with 50 feet of hose between them.
All sounds good but here is the big question:
How much water does a standard 50 foot diameter sprinkler use? And how much pressure does it need?
How much pressure and water would I need to be able to run 7 sprinkler heads?
Is there a better way of doing this?
I looked at soaker hose but everything I see says a max of 100 feet of soaker hose at which point all the water is gone.
I think a sprinkler hose would work great but again not sure if it would work for 300 feet, again not sure how much water does a standard sprinkler hose use (looking for 10 to 15 foot spay)? And how much pressure does it need?
Even if the sprinkler hose starts in the begining with 20 foot spray and the end only has 10 foot spray that would work, but I can't seem to find any data on them amout of water or water pressure needed to run a sprinkler hose.
Any help, ideas, are very welcome.
I am cheap and I am not looking for an inground system, we are talking garden hose and sprinkler heads.
I am pretty sure I want to do impulse sprinklers in series, but I am open to other options too if you think there is some thing else I should look at
I am going to plant Norway spruce trees 2 rows staggered about 10 feet apart looking for a wind break/privacy screen.
So I will end up with 300 feet (750 feet total to do, but will do it over 3 years) of tree line to water, two rows of trees spaced ten feet apart.
My thought is impulse sprinkler set to semi-circle (say 3/4 or 2/3 of a circle) with a 50 foot diameter with sprinklers set 45 feet apart for a total of seven heads each with 50 feet of hose between them.
All sounds good but here is the big question:
How much water does a standard 50 foot diameter sprinkler use? And how much pressure does it need?
How much pressure and water would I need to be able to run 7 sprinkler heads?
Is there a better way of doing this?
I looked at soaker hose but everything I see says a max of 100 feet of soaker hose at which point all the water is gone.
I think a sprinkler hose would work great but again not sure if it would work for 300 feet, again not sure how much water does a standard sprinkler hose use (looking for 10 to 15 foot spay)? And how much pressure does it need?
Even if the sprinkler hose starts in the begining with 20 foot spray and the end only has 10 foot spray that would work, but I can't seem to find any data on them amout of water or water pressure needed to run a sprinkler hose.
Any help, ideas, are very welcome.