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[QUOTE="kingofnobbys, post: 1968286, member: 81934"] 31 May update. My natives are all in. My berries are all in. The irrigation systems are all done and now automated . The mulberry plant is spouting shoots ( 31 May !!! ). The pomegranate is sprouting shoots too. Kept the nasturtium rootball ( is in a 40cm selfwatering pot ) , sent the offcuts to the green waste bin. Spotting nasturtium seedling popping up though the eucy mulch in the top half of the 6m x 3m bed - must have dropped a few seeds which are now sprouting, will remove them when are little bigger to go into a big pot. Automation via 3 digital programmable timers , a RAINBIRD single electronic at front , ( had to return the original RAINBIRD as it was malfunctioning , would not come on via timer but counted down to 10mins OK when I pressed the WATER NOW button and I could hear and feel the valve open and shut ) and two HOLMAN Irrigation digital timers w/ built-in rain detection , > one for the north tap and the three 3m x 1.5m & the 6m x 1.5m beds , > one for the south tap and the Hockey Stick shaped bed, my berry plants in pots & my strawberries in the 2 modified roof gutters on the fence. The HOLMAN timers have been working flawlessly. North on 16:20 for 15 mins DAILY South on 16:45 for 15 mins DAILY Set the front (replacement) RAINBIRD for 15:00 and 10 mins DAILY. Gardener forgot to turn the tap back on when replacing the RAINBIRD so will have wait for tomorrow for all 3 timers to do their thing w/out human intervention. Front bed only get direct sun after about 1pm. Next time we return to Lev2 water restrictions, we can't water plants til 4pm ( daylight saving time ) and all these timers are on the right period of the day. Onto selecting herbs and some veg as tubestock to get things started for Spring , and time to sow some other herb and veg seeds ( into seed trays this time ) , and then transplant into the 3m beds when ready , so we'll have some homegrown for harvest later in spring / early summer . Gardener says out mains tap water quality is so good here in Lake Macquarie , there is no need to install the inline filters I'd bought and planned to have installed. We'll see for a few months if this is so , I can always return the filters as all paid for using PayPal from Bunnings , all I need do is present the invoice. So I have 5 of these in my box of tricks [img]https://i.postimg.cc/brDStZ4y/screenshot-242.png[/img] and 3 of these [img]https://i.postimg.cc/fb13mcQV/screenshot-243.png[/img] the unused Drip-EZE [img]https://i.postimg.cc/NGZctd79/screenshot-244.png[/img] and unused Weeper pipe as well [img]https://i.postimg.cc/PrG5yX7R/screenshot-245.png[/img] which I'll try out in the veg beds . [/QUOTE]
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