Originally Posted by
DrTimPerkins
Preferably, spouts and droplines should be sanitized with a mild bleach solution after every season, then rinsed and dried for storage. According to the research done at Cornell (Steve Childs), CV spouts can help, but the economics are not as favorable as with vacuum systems due to the lower yields on gravity. CV can be economic in gravity systems, but the calculation is a lot closer to par.
With drops going into buckets, is it still preferable to replace taps and drops opposed to trying to sanitize? I'm only doing a couple 100 buckets but still want optimal flow.
1960 - 1970s 70 taps on galvanized buckets with Dad and Grandpa.
1970s - 1985 Acted crazy!
1986 - 2005 20-30 buckets.
2006- 2017 70 buckets and bags
2017-2019 100 bags and buckets
2020 Finally retired!!! 75 buckets, 50-75 on tubing. RO Bucket, New 12 X 16 Shack and a 42X42 flat pan.
2021-Adding another 125 taps along with a second RO bucket.
2022- Shooting for 350 taps, with 100 on lines.
Lots of Family and Friends and dogs named Skyy and Nessy!