soaker hose

Weeping garden tube

A soaker hose is a garden hose with tiny pores along its length that allow water to seep out slowly and steadily.

Unlike sprinklers, soaker hoses deliver water directly to the soil at root level, reducing evaporation and keeping foliage dry: I ran a soaker hose through the vegetable beds.

They're typically made from recycled rubber and laid on the ground or buried under mulch.

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garden bed · raised bed · porous · rubber · water · low pressure · slow release · spray · lawn · perforated · seeping · mulch · flowerbeds · watering · deep watering · slow · roots · root zone

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soaker hosesprinkler

Water-dispersing lawn fixture

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