All about “Rainforest“Soaker Hoses

Soaker Hose

Soaker hoses are made from recycled car rubber. Water seeps or weeps out of millions of pores along the entire length and circumference of the hose, drip by drip. It waters the soil slowly preventing run-off. There is little or no evaporation into the air. The water seeps down into the soil in kind of an onion shape covering the area out 8 to 12 inches from the hose depending on the type of soil you have

Are they your best irrigation tool?

Soaker hoses have tiny weep holes and are made of recycled rubber. The hoses lie directly on the ground, tucked beneath a layer of mulch or below ground so water can slowly seep into the roots of the plants, bushes, shrubbery and vegetable gardens.