30 July 2008

irrigation:phase 1

Several weeks ago I drove to western Kentucky to pick up parts for an irrigation system here at the settlement. Phase one of this project is for the mums pictured above. When I arrived they were doing all of their watering by hand, this was not only time consuming but it also made it difficult to be accurate with how much fertilizer plants were receiving as well. The mum platform is set up on what used to be a hog barn and is able to hold 2070 mums that can be watered with the turn of a nozzle. We also have an in-line fertilizer system that will accurately give each plant the same amount of fertilizer. Phase two will be setting up irrigation in two greenhouses for hanging baskets.

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