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RE: Goodbye Peas, Hello Jerusalem Artichokes!
We have struggled with an exceptionally dry summer for peas and the like here.
We have been using grey water to our water supplies but it a big job keeping everywhere sufficiently watered.
Luckily I haven't encountered the pea weevil yet.
Hi @pennsif, that is exceptional! Are you carrying your water or did you pipe it? I helped set up some greywater systems but it's a lot of hoses if you want it automatic and covering a large area.
Carrying the water at present. This year has been exceptionally dry.
If this sort of dry summer comes again I will definitely look at some sort of piped system. Our main growing areas are 10 ft plus lower than the house so we would have a bit of gravity on our side.
That will keep you strong :) In the system I helped setup each hose had its own valve so their flow could be individually adjusted to make up for differences in pressure or watering needs.
That sounds like a smart way to do it.