• Post Reply Bookmark Topic Watch Topic
  • New Topic
permaculture forums growies critters building homesteading energy monies kitchen purity ungarbage community wilderness fiber arts art permaculture artisans regional education skip experiences global resources cider press projects digital market permies.com pie forums private forums all forums
this forum made possible by our volunteer staff, including ...
master stewards:
  • Carla Burke
  • John F Dean
  • Timothy Norton
  • Nancy Reading
  • r ranson
  • Jay Angler
  • Pearl Sutton
stewards:
  • paul wheaton
  • Tereza Okava
  • AndrĂ©s Bernal
master gardeners:
  • Christopher Weeks
gardeners:
  • Jeremy VanGelder
  • M Ljin
  • Matt McSpadden

Greenhouse overhead irrigation

 
pollinator
Posts: 397
121
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Hi,

I am looking for an overhead irrigation (sprinklers) for greenhouses, something hanging from the roof.

Richard Perkins (from Ridgedale) had something like this in his shop, but hasn't anymore.
Anyone knows the name of his system? Or European sources of these kinds of materials?

 
pollinator
Posts: 5696
Location: Bendigo , Australia
515
plumbing earthworks bee building homestead greening the desert
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
I have seen misting systems, rather than droplet systems.
They are automatic and involved a device that looks like a fly swat covered in a fine mesh.
Water flows when the mesh dries out and as the mists settles on the mesh again, it sinks and tips the switch for water flow off.
The mesh then starts to dry out again and so on.
 
pollinator
Posts: 288
Location: WNC 7b
77
4
hugelkultur goat forest garden trees chicken homestead
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Hans, are you wanting to provide a mist watering system for small plants? Or growing production in the greenhouse?

We grew a cutiings on a mist table.

Generally plants prefer to be watered at thier base near roots. You may be growing things that prefer the mist

Please tell us more. :)
Thank you
 
I agree. Here's the link: http://stoves2.com
reply
    Bookmark Topic Watch Topic
  • New Topic