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Name: Daniel Clark Kankakee illinois  duckkisser May 28, 2018 5:33 PM CST |
I am looking for a good way to water my raised beds from my rain barrels. I have two 4x8 beds, one 2x16 bed and two 2x5 beds and all of them are about 20 inches off the ground. I want to install a pump from rain barrels to carry water about 60 feet away and distribute it evenly in the beds. Can you give me any advice on a pump and what I should use to distribute my water in the most offordable method   |
Name: Daisy I Reno, Nv (Zone 6b) Not all who wander are lost    DaisyI May 28, 2018 6:50 PM CST |
| My daughter uses a bilge pump attached to a garden hose. You can't use the water all the way to the bottom but that might be good because you also don't want to gum up the works with dirt and debris that falls into the barrow. Does your rainbarrow have a spigot? Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming...."WOW What a Ride!!" -Mark Frost President: Orchid Society of Northern Nevada Webmaster: osnnv.org |
Name: Rj Just S of the twin cities of M (Zone 4b)    crawgarden May 28, 2018 7:05 PM CST |
| I think Wayne pumps may have some that would possibly work. https://www.waynepumps.com Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. |
Name: Daniel Clark Kankakee illinois duckkisser May 30, 2018 4:01 PM CST |
DaisyI said:My daughter uses a bilge pump attached to a garden hose. You can't use the water all the way to the bottom but that might be good because you also don't want to gum up the works with dirt and debris that falls into the barrow. Does your rainbarrow have a spigot? Yes it does I have 3 55 gallon barrels all pvc piped together with a spigot on the end barrel |
Name: Carol Santa Ana, ca Sunset zone 22, USDA zone 10 A.        ctcarol May 30, 2018 7:33 PM CST |
| Make sure you purchase a dirty water pump. You would be amazed at how much crud comes off your roof. |
Austin TX (Zone 8b) LarryC May 31, 2018 3:12 AM CST |
| I agree with ctcarol about dirty pumps. I suggest at least 1/3 or 1/2 HP. Wrap pump with hose as a filter and water away. At first thought I know of no way other than hand watering to distribute because of unfiltered material getting through. Try water wand and you will see. Larry |
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