low water pressure in drip hose

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akgriffin

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I live in mcalester and i have about 300 ft or more of flat drip hose i got from atwoods for my garden. I hooked it up and a little over half of the garden receives no water. i did this little hack and man does it really put out some pressure but it only does just the first couple of hoses. I then added more bottles and still no water for half of my garden. I am at a loss on what to do, did i just waste money to try to save money? if anyone has some info for help, i would be greatly appreciated.
 

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Do you have the 300 ft as a continuance run or do you have them split up cause if it is a continuance run all your pressure will be at the beginning and will lose pressure the further from the source you get, if it is the ones that you can change the nozzles out go with a small nozzle at the beginning and slowly enlarge them the farther you get or split the hose up with different feed points.
 

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Do you have the 300 ft as a continuance run or do you have them split up cause if it is a continuance run all your pressure will be at the beginning and will lose pressure the further from the source you get, if it is the ones that you can change the nozzles out go with a small nozzle at the beginning and slowly enlarge them the farther you get or split the hose up with different feed points.
this^^^^^^^^^^ and maybe drill out some of the later oraphice
 

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The plastic bottles are suppose to act as a pressure tank and boost the pressure down stream, I havent tried it so still skeptical as to whether it works.
 

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