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Okay so before I call the sprinkler guy and ask him to come out and find my problem- maybe someone here has a suggestion I haven't yet tried.
My sprinkler system has been turned off for the last few weeks as the weather was getting cooler, and we've had enough rain to water the lawn. I had been turning on my drip system to water the trees/shrubs around the house before that. Tonight I went to turn them on and only got a slight drip from the microsprinkler that was nearest to me. My whole front yard consists of them, and some along the side- only the one was even SLIGHTLY dripping. In the backyard the main line snakes along the ground. I walked all over looking for some big spot of water (I thought maybe there was a broken line?) and found nothing.
Just curious here- how easy is it for a drip line to get clogged?? Can a root from a tree cause a problem? I noticed that where the one (slightly working) microsprinkler connects up-the line goes underneath a large arborvitae which makes it nearly impossible for me to see if there's a problem in that area.
Hopefully this post makes some sort of sense. This is so frustrating! Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
My sprinkler system has been turned off for the last few weeks as the weather was getting cooler, and we've had enough rain to water the lawn. I had been turning on my drip system to water the trees/shrubs around the house before that. Tonight I went to turn them on and only got a slight drip from the microsprinkler that was nearest to me. My whole front yard consists of them, and some along the side- only the one was even SLIGHTLY dripping. In the backyard the main line snakes along the ground. I walked all over looking for some big spot of water (I thought maybe there was a broken line?) and found nothing.
Just curious here- how easy is it for a drip line to get clogged?? Can a root from a tree cause a problem? I noticed that where the one (slightly working) microsprinkler connects up-the line goes underneath a large arborvitae which makes it nearly impossible for me to see if there's a problem in that area.
Hopefully this post makes some sort of sense. This is so frustrating! Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.