Posted by paul on March 23, 2010 at 09:18:42 from (66.44.132.155):
In Reply to: Drain tile in garden posted by John S-B on March 23, 2010 at 07:35:10:
In farm land, you'd just need one tile down the middle, will drain to 50 feet on each side.
But you'd want it a lot deeper, at least 24 inches of dirt on top, like to be 3 feet deep. Tiller, potatoes, carrots, posts for bean poles, tomato stakes - get pretty close to 16 inches!
Pump in the low spot? Would be better to drain it off to a lower area, let it free flow. Run the tile off to a low spot if you can.
But I'm thinking 'farmer', what you're doing might be proper for 'gardener'. :)
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