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I am planning on using MP Rotators for my backyard. Attached is a picture of what it will look like. I currently have 9 sprinklers mapped out in a fairly basic NW, N, NE, W, Central, East, SW, S, SE format. Using MP1000 with a 14' spread I am close to having sprinkler to sprinker coverage.

There is a strip of lawn along the very top left which I may add an MP Strip sprinkler to, but haven't decided if I will be laying sod there yet as it does not get a lot if any sun right , plus the swale directs drainage of any water through there as well.

I am unsure as to what to do about the two garden/flowerbed areas. There is a small one at the top left of the drawing as well as a larger area at the very south end. In the very SW corner is a shed. The "garden" cosists of a tomato plant and a bunch of herbs/peppers, primarily with the narrow part along the rest of the south part being 5 tree's with the potential of some annuals planted around them to fill in until the trees (columnar aspens) fill out and grow a little more. The area is mulched.

The other small bed is at the northwest corner and consists of some fruit bushes (raspberry, blueberry, etc..).

Also any suggestions for improvement would be greatly appreciated. The pressure is 50PSI with 11 GPM. Is there any issue with putting 9 of the MP Rotator's on a single zone when the GPM for these will only be around 3.5?

Does anyone have any suggestions about how to water these garden areas? Would it be best to go with drip or should i put in a couple mp's for the south section?


Sorry about all the questions, but if anyone would be so kind as to answer what they can every bit of help would be appreciated. I have been reviewing irrigationtutorials.com as well as this site and pretty much every major sprinkler manufacturer. Its information overload sometimes and helps to get a third party perspective.

Thanks for the responses guys/gals. Its appreciated.



Going off the specs here - http://www.hunterindustries.com/products/mprotator/

I will be using MP1000 for all the rotator heads. I only need the 14' of spray in between heads, as the yard is approximately 31x32.

Here are the GPM requirements for the MP1000 that I will be using.

1x 360 degree - 0.75GPM
4x 180 degree - 0.37GPM each
4z 90 degree - 0.19 GPM each

Gives a total of 2.99 GPM. I stated around 3.5 GPM as I am considering putting a strip spray along the top left area as well (another 0.22 GPM added).



Thanks to both of you as for suggestions for the back bed as well. I was throwing around ideas of putting in a couple 90 degree 8' mp rotators and some strip rotators to cover it, but as with any kind of bed I was worried about "bushier" plants possibly blocking the spray on them. Will have to look further into drip I guess.