Now that I've actually got plants in the greenhouse, this week I thought I'd give you a little tour. Click here if the video link doesn't show up in the subscription email.
I rigged up a programmable irrigation station that controls four irrigation lines within and around the greenhouse. Lately the soil around the greenhouse has been saturated, so I thought I was running the water too long. However, things didn't dry out even when I cut the irrigation times way back, suggesting that there was a leak somewhere. I started by investigating the programmable station hook ups to make sure it wasn't activating the lines when it shouldn't, and then I moved on to the solenoid valves. I was really hoping it was the valves because I really didn't want to have to dig up and examine the 3/4-inch PVC line that I ran over from the house.
I crawled down and gave the valves a good examination, and it looked as though some of the bleeder screws on top of the valves were loose. I also found that the one controlling the line to the rootstock table had broken off completely. I tightened everything down, and put one of the drip emitters in an empty bucket to detect any more unauthorized irrigation. Hopefully the bucket will still be empty when I check it in the morning, and my side yard will start to dry out. I had to take some drastic measures to control all that extra water, but that's a story for another blog post.
I crawled down and gave the valves a good examination, and it looked as though some of the bleeder screws on top of the valves were loose. I also found that the one controlling the line to the rootstock table had broken off completely. I tightened everything down, and put one of the drip emitters in an empty bucket to detect any more unauthorized irrigation. Hopefully the bucket will still be empty when I check it in the morning, and my side yard will start to dry out. I had to take some drastic measures to control all that extra water, but that's a story for another blog post.
