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Learn the Benefits of Using Drip Irrigation in Your Garden

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One of the biggest challenges of landscaping is ensuring that proper levels of irrigation are provided to every inch of the landscape.

Learn the Benefits of Using Drip Irrigation in Your Garden

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Because of this, the team at Rosehill Gardens takes great care when our clients contact us requesting irrigation system design.

Depending on the landscape, proper irrigation might require a combination of irrigation systems. Among these, drip irrigation is ideal for flower beds, gardens, and other areas where you want to target individual plants without watering the mulch, rocks, and other landscaping materials surrounding it that don’t require water.

Drip irrigation systems deliver water directly to the root system. This cuts down waste, reduces evaporation, and virtually eliminates any runoff that might occur. This makes drip irrigation system design eco-friendly and incredibly cost-efficient.

Another option to consider is to use soaker hoses. Openings cut into the hose at the appropriate places allow water to drip water exactly where you want it. Lengths vary, but these types of systems can be used for short runs or runs up to about 200 feet over flat surfaces. This gives landscapers considerable flexibility regarding installation and positioning.

Soaker hoses are more temporary in nature, and they are less efficient than drip irrigation systems. However, since they require less planning to install, they are easier to set up.

Once in place, they can be adjusted and moved around as the conditions within your landscape change and evolve. Thus, if you are still in the process of finalizing your landscape design, they are an ideal option to consider.

Our experts are available to assist you in planning out the best irrigation system to ensure your residential or commercial landscaping receives just the right amount of water this winter. Contact Rosehill Gardens at 816-941-4777 for more information today.

Make Soaker Hoses Part of Your Irrigation System

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In the world of irrigation system design, soaker hoses are among the easiest and most efficient systems you can install. The slow dripping of the hose means there is no runoff, which is something you will appreciate when the water bill arrives.

Installing a soaker hose doesn’t take long at all. You simply lay the hose out in the pattern you need, then stake it into the ground along your prescribed path. You can cover it with mulch to keep it out of sight and to help reduce the loss from evaporation.

When you are ready to water, connect the hose to your faucet and let the water flow gently into your flower bed or garden. At the end of the growing season, all you have to do is unstake the hose, roll it up, and store it in the garage until spring. As long as you maintain your hose, it will last for many, many growing seasons.

As a note of caution, keep an eye on the soil and plants around soaker hoses. Occasionally animals or kids can run over a hose, or even something in the water itself can clog an area of a hose. Those dry areas can make plants struggle in a hurry, but as long as you monitor the soil on occasion, there’s no better way to get water to plants than directly to the roots.

For help with your irrigation systems, give the experts at Rosehill Gardens a call at 816-941-4777. We’ll be happy to tell you all about soaker hoses and how they can make watering your garden considerably easier.

Rosehill Gardens | 311 E 135th St | Kansas City, MO 64145 | (816) 941-4777