Grass Hopper
Active Member
Has anybody encountered it and/or come up with a solution.
I first saw the problem nearly 20 years ago. New pipes I'd put in less than 12 months previous blocked solid at the outlets with a rope like red growth that extended well back into the field. The result was land drains completely blocked and the field as wet as when we started.
The solution we came up with was to bury the mouth of the pipe under the water and level of the dyke in the hope that cutting off the oxygen in the pipe would stop the growth of the fungus.
Has anybody any better method as I'm not a fan of pipe ends submerged in case of silt building up etc.
Currently in a farm requiring massive drainage work to relieve springs but the dreaded red iron is present.
Already the floors of the dykes are showing signs of growth just 6 weeks after being cleaned and with a few thousand meters of pipe needed it would be nice to find a solution before I start burying the mans money.
TIA
I first saw the problem nearly 20 years ago. New pipes I'd put in less than 12 months previous blocked solid at the outlets with a rope like red growth that extended well back into the field. The result was land drains completely blocked and the field as wet as when we started.
The solution we came up with was to bury the mouth of the pipe under the water and level of the dyke in the hope that cutting off the oxygen in the pipe would stop the growth of the fungus.
Has anybody any better method as I'm not a fan of pipe ends submerged in case of silt building up etc.
Currently in a farm requiring massive drainage work to relieve springs but the dreaded red iron is present.
Already the floors of the dykes are showing signs of growth just 6 weeks after being cleaned and with a few thousand meters of pipe needed it would be nice to find a solution before I start burying the mans money.
TIA