JoeReal

You're right about the Hydroscape. Many landscapers get their supplies in bulk from them. I am not at that level of usage though. It used to be reasonably cheap at HD and OSH, but the prices of barrel of oil shot up and most of the irrigation system materials come from those barrels of oil also, and so the prices shot up as well. Any tip where we can get cheaper items would be appreciated and shared.

I am switching from point emitters to microspray for my citruses and bananas. I found out that they responded very well now that my soil has improved a lot from piling up those composted steer manure. A wider area of watering from the spray and how the soil absorbs them would be tremendously better than having several single point drip emitters. I will have to do recalculations on line capacity on these new emitters since they have higher flow rates (but adjustable), and so will shorten running time. The benefit is more soil volume interception by the roots and better growing plants.