For anyone that uses impact sprinklers

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WillsC

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Posted 1382731467	Reply with quote #1

I use a few impact sprinklers here to water with but mostly use the micro spray heads. One area I use a few impacts is for frost/freeze protection on my blueberries and in the grow out areas for the young plants. I have about 200 blueberry plants broken up between 3 beds. Here in Florida the BB start to bloom in early February so we need freeze/frost protection for about a month as we are generally frost free March 1. I use 6 impact sprinklers for freeze protection, 2 per bed...the brass and metal sort and I hate them with a passion. They freeze up they get stuck they water irregularly the hard water here gums them up ect ect. A friend who is a commercial blueberry grower told me about a new impact sprinkler from Rainbird the LF 1200. I ordered a couple to try them and they are AWESOME......not only are they smooth they rotate smoothly even if you drop the water pressure down to almost nothing. The curtain of water they apply as they spin is absolutely even. It is like night and day compared to the metal types. These heads come with a myriad of nozzle and deflector choices and they all snap in no tools needed and due to the design they can't plug. I went with pink deflectors and tan nozzles. On top of everything else they are quite cheap, much cheaper than the brass impact sprinklers. I liked them so much I made a follow up order yesterday to replace all the impact sprinklers.......gotta love new technology.

HarveyC

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Posted 1382767095	Reply with quote #2

Thanks, that sounds great. I don't use them myself but my dad does. The late Orton Englehart invented the impact sprinkler, btw. He was a CRFG member and developed/selected varieties of avocado and cherimoya and maybe some others that I forget right now. Some of us have been searching without success for his Creamhart avocado. __________________ Harvey - Correia Farms Isleton, CA (Sacramento County) USDA zone 9b, Sunset zone 14 http://www.figaholics.com https://www.facebook.com/Figaholics

WillsC

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Posted 1382796565	Reply with quote #3

Harvey, Takes a lot to impress me but these sprinklers were well thought out and operate flawlessly. The design makes plugging impossible and the water falling from them as they turn is just like a curtain.

loquat1

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Posted 1382798557	Reply with quote #4

Hello WillsC. Grammar Police here. Please note, that should be '.....anyone *who* uses.....' That is for things, who is for people. One more strike, and you're out mate. __________________ Costas

javajunkie

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Posted 1382806504	Reply with quote #5

That's what most in my area are using for their aerobic septic system dispersal. __________________ Tami SE Texas

Darkman

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Posted 1382918252	Reply with quote #6

Thanks for posting Tami I missed this the first time around. Wills I will look into those as I use impacts for Frost protection on my BB's also. __________________ Charles in Pensacola AKA Darkman Zone 8b/9a Winter of 09/10 low 19 Winter of 10/11 low 19 Winter of 11/12 low 29 Winter of 12/13 low 31 Winter of 13/14 low 19

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