Water To Grow

Funny Pipe - Not a Funny Name0

Funny Pipe - One of the great inventions for lawn sprinkler installation from Toro. Funny Pipe adds a lot of ease to installing sprinkler heads for three reasons:

• It’s flexible. You can bend it around corners, under fences, and up to the bottom of your sprinkler head.
• No Glue.
• No Clamps.

Once the Funny Pipe is fitted onto  one the the Funny Pipe fittings, it doesn’t come off. It’s made of a tough enough poly material that the barbs hold it on to the fittings, and suprisingly it’s not difficult to push on to the fitting as you would expect with something that holds that tight. There are 7 different types of Funny Pipe fittings (these fittings are special for Funny Pipe, others will not work). They have 3 sized of mail elbow adapters for different size threads for sprinkler heads, a Funny Pipe tee, coupling and then a straigt mail adapter.

Funny Pipe is a must have for any sprinkler job in my opinion. When I make my first trip (usually of many to come) to the store to buy parts when I start a job, a 50 ft roll of  Funny Pipe and some adapters are always on my list.

Posted: Adapters, Risers, Pipe

Hunter ET System for Effecient Watering0

The Hunter Evapotranspiration (ET) system will continuously gather data on site and calculate the ideal program for your local irrigation. This product is easily added on to any Hunter controller that has a smart-port.

The advantage of this system is that it tracks the climate in your immediate area, and then calculates the amount of water that is needed based on the amount that is removed by the climate. This helps by saving on your water bill by 30% on average, along with helping with the environment by not overwatering. It also will help produce a healthy rootzone for your plants and lawn.

If you want to get the most ideal irrigation for your lawn and plants without having to continuously change the watering frequency and times based on changing weather conditions, this product is definitely for you.

Posted: Controller Accessories

Beware of these Dangerous Sprinklers0

10,000 of these lawn sprinklers have been recalled recently because they have been known to spread the plastic parts of their body by breaking apart, instead of just water. The pieces have been said in two reports to fly up to 10 feet in the air when it happens.

The dangerous lawn sprinklers in question are those pictured above of a yellow duck, green frog and blue fish, all on wheels. You can find more information on this recall at this link with the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Posted: Product Recalls