Garden woes and irrigation pipes

[XB70]

Sick of paying for (rubbish) 'gardening' - the latest one appears to have put a lawnmover on setting zero and has effectively trashed the grass and turned it into a patchy dustbowl.


I heard that you can get fertiliser in bulk for not much at all from the Dubai government - does anyone know about this?

Also, any idea where I can get at a good price the black irrigation piping that they use around the place. Also need to get the little nozzles etc. ACE sells it but not too much dearer for me to fly back to London and get it!

Thanks in advance

[dxbtiger]

People with lawns around me (I've got astro) seem to use a specific type of sand.

Is there a Ranches FB community page, I'd start by asking there.

As for the pipe, I'd imagine drsgonmart, there is also a big plant souk thing behind it as well, hook a right at the roundabout on the hates Road after drsgonmart and its on the left

[IanUAE]

Somebody once told me there are a large number of shops selling all things to do with gardening near Al Warqa. I have no clue as to wear the shops actually are but they sort of appear out of nowhere.

[e21jason]

The trouble is most of the irrigation here is badly installed and rarely designed

The spry type irrigation more is evaporated than goes to the plant

You want proper drip irrigation which is below ground type, maintaines the roots along with sensors that detect leakes and moisture

Jason

[XB70]

e21jason said:

The trouble is most of the irrigation here is badly installed and rarely designed

The spry type irrigation more is evaporated than goes to the plant

You want proper drip irrigation which is below ground type, maintaines the roots along with sensors that detect leakes and moisture

Jason

Thanks - since we are renting, I wanted to keep the cost down but I hear what you say

I saw some new fancy hose that exudes water through the outer lining - If I can find that cheap enough, I will just dig a hole and bury it around the plants

[XB70]

This is

http://www.worldofgardena.co.uk/products/gardena-s...

I think it was a LOT more expensive here

[IanUAE]

Buy a hose pipe, stab it to death, bury hose pipe, connect hose pipe to tap, turn tap on and job is done.

[XB70]

IanUAE said:

Buy a hose pipe, stab it to death, bury hose pipe, connect hose pipe to tap, turn tap on and job is done.

Ha ha - nice recommendation and may give it a shot.

Time to hit the garage sales and see if I can pick up a cheap hose. One place last week had a garden hose reel faded like nothing else and bleached by the sun and they wanted 100AED for it since "sir, it has the box". Wow...just wow.

Anyone fancy helping me use a skewer on 50 meters of hose????

[e21jason]

IanUAE said:

Buy a hose pipe, stab it to death, bury hose pipe, connect hose pipe to tap, turn tap on and job is done.

Ian are you not getting mixed up with the DEWA installation spec.

[IanUAE]

e21jason said:

IanUAE said:

Buy a hose pipe, stab it to death, bury hose pipe, connect hose pipe to tap, turn tap on and job is done.

Ian are you not getting mixed up with the GCC installation spec.

EFA

[XB70]

XB70 said:

Ha ha - nice recommendation and may give it a shot.

Time to hit the garage sales and see if I can pick up a cheap hose. One place last week had a garden hose reel faded like nothing else and bleached by the sun and they wanted 100AED for it since "sir, it has the box". Wow...just wow.

Anyone fancy helping me use a skewer on 50 meters of hose????

Thought would do an update on this.

Three hoses from LuLu. Round and round every *((&^*^& tree and plant on the border. Commenced drilling into it. Stabbed, slashed by plants; knees shredded by the sand/dirt migrating onto the plastic bag full of plastic bags I used to kneel on and baked by the sun. Finished first hose, used up two batteries on the cordless drill and turned on - water pressure seems to have dropped massively since it only came out the first half and then a trickle. I had factored this in but I am not sure why the water pressure has dropped in the last 2 months.

Anyways, screamed and shouted, hurled said section of hose over the wall to the front patio (where is still lies) and went off to Speedex to see if they sold the irrigation hose you see everywhere around the Ranches (not a good idea to load into the car in the middle of the night!)

Lo and behold, they sell that soaker hose. 15m for 66AED which is 1/4 the price of Ace. Bought three and seems to do the job - just need to bury it not.

So, if anyone is looking for it (the water beads out through the surface) then go to Speedex.