Trickle irrigation for Florida?

[ro...@gte.net]

I was teaching at Purdue University at a time when trickle irrigation
was a hot research topic among agriculture profs interested in `making
the desert bloom'. It seems that, in hot, semi-arid climates, letting
the water trickle into the ground using low-pressure hoses with regularly-
spaced holes snaked over the watered area is much more water-efficient
than spraying the stuff.

I wonder why this isn't done in Florida. It's supposed to work for all
kinds of farming applications and lawns as well. The cost of setting
it up isn't significantly more than the cost of underground pipes that
connect to sprinklers. In fact, one version uses underground pipes
with regularly-spaced holes.