dz, I have used the fold and clip or rubber band method for years and found it fine. More research is needed, but if you want to spend the money, its your choice. You might try putting cups under the end of the tubes and see if you get any water and how much. You might have a split tube or popped emitter. JMHO Aloha

Jeff, Do you get 9.99 gpm from each hose with both running at the same time or did you measure each separately (important)? How was the flow measured? You have 12 furrows each 32 lf which equals 394 lf of tape. The tape generates a flow rate of 0.6 gph(0.01 gpm) per foot @20 psi. That means every row puts out .32 gpm per row x 12 rows = 3.84 gpm. You could run your whole plot on one zone or in essence you would only need a battery operated timer instead of a wired controller. The only thing next is to figure out how long you leave your system on to get water to your plant's root systems. You appear to have sandy soil so this may be a problem for 12" hole spacing. This is where trial and error comes in. Before planting any plants experiment with duration time for irrigation and explore how well the water travel through the soil. The more sandy the less sideways travel(Drip efficiency goes down) so the water has to be left on longer and need to come out faster to get farther(mature roots for tomatoes are two feet radius from the plant stem). Buy the tape then set up your system and see what happens. You are only out 35 bucks if you find out you need closer spacing and higher flow. With your soil, maybe flood irrigation is about the best you can do and drip may be more expensive and not be able to give your plants the water it needs when their more mature. Online stuff is cheaper but hard to return if it is defective. At least buy American Made Products if you have a choice. Do you need advice on system fittings and set up at this point? By this time next year, you will be helping other here getting started in drip or tell them forget it. JMHO, Aloha

Two ideas, one put some hooks in the garage or on a wall out of view and wind the tape between the hooks. A large shallow ceramic pot could contain the tape and look nice to boot. These ideas are just my $0.02 worth so pay up. Aloha

for those of you that use drip tape, not drip hose, but tape. In general, how long for you water per day in dry weather?