I just need a couple short hoses to water three trees. I was going to put on a three way connector with shut off valves so I could water one at a time or if possible all three going. I am tired of these long hoses all over the place. Would this work? Thanks for your time, Marilyn I just need a couple short hoses to water three trees. I was going to put on a three way connector with shut off valves so I could water one at a time or if possible all three going. I am tired... » Read More I just need a couple short hoses to water three trees. I was going to put on a three way connector with shut off valves so I could water one at a time or if possible all three going. I am tired of these long hoses all over the place. Would this work? Thanks for your time, Marilyn « Show Less
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Yes . Also, you could use one hose . Buy an adapter that you can attach a drip irrigation system (1/8 " tubing) to and put an emitter at each tree . This works for smaller trees. A drip system will put out. 2/3 gl per hour.
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I think so! I use mine out front with a long hose to water grass a short hose to water the flowers on a dual connector. Also i use a timer on the long hose! Good luck!
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Might work if they don't leak. You might be better off with 25 ft leaker hoses.
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You'll find reducers/connectors from garden hose to 3/8 at many hardware stores. Use that reducer/connector to solve your issue...easy
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Hello, I would like to have a few more specific details in order to answer this 100% such as, are you going to be using all 3 at once,pipe size both coming & going, also how far are you ejecting the waste, etc etc. But, hey, my friend, if you are going by Flotec's recommendations & specifications then based on my track record on my unit you will EASILY handle all three. Don't worry about it EASILY handle it!!!! Good luck Sir & I am sure you will experience a great deal of satisfaction with this product ... Trademasters No Problems, Just Solutions
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I double checked the spray width this morning...it rangews with the single brass nozzle, from a single stream all the way to a mist.. practical watering might be a three foot wide adjustment... It's be nice for someone to manufacture a unit like this with that used a can of compressed air for the pressure... Hand pumping has to be done over every few minutes of use.
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I have had Gardena hoses and connectors for four years without having a single one fail. I suspect that the problem was too high a pressure for Phoneman. Hint: close the faucet slightly with a narrower hose.
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Hi, My husband thinks that you may not get enough pressure or volume of water. However, he also thinks with 1/2 inch pipe, it would work. It's worth a shot. Happy planting.
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I made the attempt but it doesn't work very well at all not enough water flow for the pressure washer. I ended up connecting the regular hose and it worked fine with it. I do use the pocket hose for watering plants outdoors and washing the vehicle. I like that it will not kink and it's easy to maneuver around with it being so lightweight.
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Water barely comes out at the end of one hose - no way will you get water by hooking up three - save your money
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My garden is at least that distance from my faucet. I just use a regular hose to the garden, then the soaker hose in the garden. Works great! But I don't recommend putting ANOTHER soaker hose at the end of the first one. Then the pressure would be too low and it won't distribute evenly.
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That didn't work in my case. I went with a 2 way shut off valve (find them in the garden center of your local box hardware store)
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Yes. I'm watering four separate areas with mine. The kit comes with a length of brown drip hose and a length of black non-drip hose; I go non-drip from faucet to first bed, drip through first bed, non-drip across a short section to second bed, drip through second bed, non-drip underground inside a length of PVC pipe (so I can roll heavy carts across) to third bed, drip through third bed, then underground in PVC again to fourth drip bed. Keep total length in mind. Also, the 18-inch spacing in the drip section is a little long - if a bed is more than 2 feet wide you'll want a staggered double pass of drip. And the kit doesn't have near enough straight-through connectors for any of this. The fat brown connectors in the kit work great (hold the tip of the hose in an inch of just-boiled water for a few minutes and they slide right in), the supposedly half-inch skinny black connectors that Home Depot sells leak, and the expensive "universal" connectors are a joke. No one seems to sell the fat brown connectors except at RainBird's website, and by the time you pay shipping you've spent as much as the kit. I finally found some fat GREY 30-cent half-inch connectors at Lowe's, from another manufacturer, that work great.
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I am quite sure that all of the Gardena sprinklers come with a quick connector attached. I would suggest buying the set of connectors that are made especially for the gardena sprinklers. I didn't and now wish I had.
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You are correct that the first sprayer gets more water than the other two -- there may be a way to "tune" them with the nozzels but I've never tried it because I don't need to -- I don't place them the full hose length apart but bring the two that have lesser spray closer together so I end up with basically an even spray -- they are not high tech but do the job --
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Not a good idea, if there was an attachment. There is a rubber attachment for a garden hose (several sizes) that uses water pressure. It has worked for me. Try a good hardware store.
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You have to run a main trunk line around the perimeter of the area you want to water and then branch off with the smaller hose. So what you would have is a large rubber garden hose essentially, then at each plant you need to branch off with whatever gallon per hour (gph) stab in supplier you use and that is where the 1/4 inch line goes to each plant. Do not tee off of the 1/4 inch line because it will only feed 1 plant after the gph feeder is stabbed in. Consider a timer on your hose bib. Then the stab in gph units don't drown your plants. I fed 13 plants this way. 100 foot run. You need their rubber garden hose (I think it's 3/4 inch), the gph stab in units that work with the 1/4 inch line, 1/4 inch line, the stick in the ground hose holders, and a garden hose timer.
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You buy a "Y" connector and attach the single end of it to a hose that has one end attached to your water source (faucet). You are left with 2 nozzle ends on the "Y" open. Attach 2 hoses ...one to each open nozzle on the "Y" and then attach 2 sprinklers on the ends of those 2 hoses. Voila! ( You could also just screw the "Y" into your faucet head & skip the first hose. It all depends on how far you have to go get your sprinklers in the right spots to water what you want to water.) A
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Hmmm. I only use one sprinkler, but I do use a hose splitter to be able to run a sprinkler and get water for other purposes. That seems to work well, so maybe a splitter and two hoses? I notice that they do have a dual sprinkler timer and perhaps that might be what is necessary? I really like their timer and ordered a second after the first one gave out after a few years. The second one doesn't work. They do have a good guarantee and are sending me a new one. They seem helpful, so perhaps sending them an email with your question could be worthwhile.