September
2006
Fertile Earth SmartFeeder0
The Fertile Earth SmartFeeder is an excellent accessory to your automatic sprinkler system. It is a device that can be placed inline with your pressurized sprinkler system and will inject the right amount of fertilizer throught the water.
It’s recommended that this be placed in a system after a check valve approved by the building codes in your area to prevent any contamination into the main water system.
You can place the SmartFeeder automatic fertilizer in an underground in a valve box before your valve manifold so that it will feed all the zones. The liquid fertilizer is in a bottle that goes in the valve box as well, so whenever you need to refill the fertilizer bottle, you can just unhook the bottle and small hose that feeds the fertilizer, refill it and replace it in the valve box.
The fertilizer that is recommended for the SmartFeeder is called Liquid Life and is also made by Fertile Earth, and is safe for use around kids and pets. This is an important feature of the system, as when using this method of fertilization you don’t always have control over kids or pets being in the yard when the sprinklers are running or have recently ran a cycle.
Fertile Earth also makes a liquid pest control formula that works with the SmartFeeder system as well, which allows you to use the same device to help control insects in your yard.
There are a number of inline fertilization systems on the market for your home irrigation, but this is one of the more simple and easy to install versions I have seen.
SmartFeeder [Fertile Earth]