Soaker hose recommendations
Hi GW
Last year I bought some soaker hoses from Wikos, and needless to say they haven't lasted too well and now I need to replace (buy cheap buy twice). I was thinking of buying hozelock this time, but wondered if anyone could recommend them if they've had them for a couple of years or more.
TIA
Last year I bought some soaker hoses from Wikos, and needless to say they haven't lasted too well and now I need to replace (buy cheap buy twice). I was thinking of buying hozelock this time, but wondered if anyone could recommend them if they've had them for a couple of years or more.
TIA
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This has a slightly larger bore than normal but I managed to connect it to a standard hose with a bit of persuasion.
They also sell the same hose with a normal bore.
Ideally needs to be laid on a warm day otherwise it keeps re-curling up at every opportunity
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Drip systems are used more to provide water to individual plants or pots. Soaker hoses for borders, beds and extended runs of watering. I use drip for pots, tubs and hanging baskets. Soaker for new borders and veg areas such as runner beans which require plenty of water.
Outside in the dahlia bed I had a much more flexible, normal "porous all over" soaker hose and it worked really well so I have bought another of those to use in the polytunnel for this year's tomatoes and will use the longer, "smooth with holes" one outside in a new, larger dahlia and cut flowers bed and bury it under chipped bark and compost to keep off the sun and reduce evaporation.
I've gone off Hozelock products as I paid a lot of money for a wall-mounted, retractable hosepipe and it failed after just a few years. Now I buy other connectors and any hosepipe on special offer as long as it's long enough and claims to be non kinking. GC own brands seem OK here.
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