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As it warms up outside, soil dries up. Keep your soil moist for more productive plants using a drip irrigation system. Ours is fully automated, meaning I will have one less chore to do each day.
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Good how-to on installing a drip irrigation system. We're lucky to usually get plenty of rain, so we haven't had to install an irrigation system. Even pots only have to be watered once or twice per week.
Great video – are you on well water or something else where you don't have to worry about filtering out chlorine?
Drip Irrigation can be helpful in areas with limited rainfall or where rainfall is spotty. It also works great for containers.
This is how we installed drip irrigation for our container garden arbor:
Installing Drip Irrigation System for Container Gardening
Great job on explaining the installation of your drip irrigation. Would love to have seen the completed trellis with the water installed.
This is something we are thinking about doing as well. Your video is clear and precise and I really appreciate you sharing the installation how to…
Thanks for this video! We're new to vegetable gardening and had no idea how much time and effort watering took. This gives me a little more confidence that we can install a drip irrigation system ourselves. Thanks again!
This was a very well done episode. I think you will find that one emitter will be more than enough. keep us posted! Will you be dripping any compost tea through the lines?
Great video. Lots of good information.
Those are great little cheep timers. I have about 4 of them now all of them still work great and i only change the batteries every 2-3 years.
Why do you use Teflon tape for hose connections? Never seen that done before. Usually the gasket is enough to prevent leaks?
I also noted you might want to support that pipe coming up from the ground. Perhaps bury a 2×4 and then secure the pipe to the board. It just looks like it could break without a support.
And if you have to do another drip system I would recommend trying a PVC pip drip system. I believe those are very cheap. I will be building one this fall for my garden as i have had little luck with soaker hoses and i found (as you might have) buying and setting up a drip system like that is a bit of work. I bought material for my system for under $100 which is basically enough to water 200' of rows and should last for a good long time. were soaker hoses only last 2-3 years and cost about $15-20 per 75'
just another tip. I was watch a few videos from my subscribers.
I watched yours and had to turn the volume way up to listen. then watched another video and got blasted with the volume lol. not sure what makes that happen. just figured i would share.
Thanks!
That's a very nice looking professional set-up you've put together. Have you heard of Larry Hall's self-watering rain gutter grow system? If not, look him up on you tube or Facebook. He and his large group of followers has some great ideas. I'm experimenting with a lot different ideas like yours and Larry's. Keep the videos coming. We love to watch them.
Good info.
Great video Jared. Drip systems used right are great and they also help save a lot of water compared to hand watering and sprinklers.
I never done a drip system before, you made it look much easier than the box directions. Thank you
Also for those folks that don't have a close water source Earth box/buckets also work very well and you don't have to water every day but can go every 3 to 4 days in between filling's. I have had great success using them.
Keep the info and updates growing our way :-{}
Great video, That looks great and I think you will be fine for the emitter to the pots. How long are you running them each day and how many gallons per pot?
Great video, very clear. Careful with how many emitter you have per 1/4" line. You may find the last emitter will have less pressure and less water coming out. I do most of my lines in 1/2" lines and branch out with thinner 1/4" tubing like a blood circulatory system.
Nice job! Thank you for inspiring me to jump in 😉
Nice simple automated watering setup, however things get a bit more complicated when you have to water plants that require different amounts of water (e.g. lettuce vs tomatoes). I've tried to add more emitters & change emitter rates, but it almost always seems that my lettuce gets flood while my tomatoes don't get enough….
I've been considering devising a new system with a 1/2" mainline that provides 1/4" lines to a loop/ring dripper that is about 2.5 to 3" from the stems of my plants. That way it will provide proper watering around the whole plant root zone when seedlings are young & when they are mature with a larger root system. I'm going to try to tie it in with my rain storage system (pH=6.7) & home water system (pH=7.2–which plants dislike) so that I can use the best water 1st (rain water) & then use the home water as an alternative, when my rain water supply is gone.
Will you be transplanting those trees once they grow up a bit? And if so, will you then have to hook up another irrigation system or will they be strong enough to live on just rainwater?
I just subscribed to your channel after a comment I saw that you left on Praxxus55712's channel.
Very interesting about your drip irrigation for container plants. I'm wondering about the kiwi growing in a container that you mentioned. This may be a stupid question, but I'm asking it anyway 🙂 Do you plan on keeping that kiwi in a container for good, or transplanting it at some time? If not, how large is its container? Thank you.
You dont need water from a pipe to do this though. You can install a faucet in any container and do this in the same way.
Great video, Jared! Thank you. I'm disabled and can't get out to water every day so this seems the perfect solution! I DO have a question. My water supply is at the opposite end of my house (approx 60') but I already have a regular garden hose run to where I need it. Can I just attach this system to then end of the hose? I noticed you added a "short" piece of garden hose, but I'm talking about a 50' hose! Will it still work ok? I will have to T off the ½" supply line and it will go about 30' in one direction and about 25' in the other direction. Will this work for me? Suggestions? Thanks for your help!
hey Jared,
Nice setup. Looks like you are using 5 gal containers. How much water does your emitter put out per hour? how long do you run it and how often? i have 7 gallon containers 11 inches diameter. I am worried that water won't travel end to end as you had expressed in your iideio. What do you think.
i have a small system for my bonsai but every so often i find the t junctions pop off. maybe i should have a larger feed tube and then have smaller dripper tubes attached that screw in?
One of the best videos I have ever watched on this subject! Clear Crisp Precise..You rock!! Please continue making great videos like this!!
Well presented and useful video – thanks.
Good video! Simple even for a dummy like me!!! Thankyou
It is a new drip irrigation technology that the floating drip irrigation device has two characteristics: (1) Auto-remove impurities of water，so to solve the long-term blocking problem of the drip irrigation (2) Adjustable flow rate drip, so more suitable for drip irrigation, as detailed in YouTube : https://youtu.be/P495Nk62QMQ
Looks good ..I"ll be putting one in my small greenhouse you really helped me thanks ..
Good video, thank you.
What's the name of the blue tool
Still a very helpful video, especially for me being a woman…
I followed these directions was pleased that everything worked, and I did it by myself🤗
Thank you for sharing.😁👍
Thanks for sharing…🌺