Can we discuss drip irrigation some more please?
bart bart
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Can someone recommend a complete drip irrigation system for me?
Comments (3)I recommend DripWorks. If you e-mail or fax them a diagram of your garden or deck, they'll recommend a system and sell you everything you need. I suspect you'll need something like this: a filter and pressure regulator; 1/2" "mainline" tubing to circle the rail or floor of your deck; 1/4" tubing leading from the mainline to each of your planters; one or two emitters for each pot; fittings for the mainline corners; a male hose end and cap; a female hose start and plug; tools and connectors; and some extras. They're very easy to set up once you get the hang of it. I would suggest a timer, too, and a "Y" hose adapter with shutoff valves so that you can attach another hose to the same faucet....See MoreDrip Irrigation in our Garden???
Comments (15)Melissa, It is very easy and very cheap to take a PVC water line out to the areas of the yard where you need a faucet. That way you can hook the hose up in different parts of the yard. The task seems daunting if you have never done it before, but if you ask someone in a plumbing store they can show you how easy it is. I have 3 different faucets that I put in a couple of years ago and they really make life easier. I plan on putting in a couple more pretty soon but haven't had the time yet. You would have to rent a ditch witch to dig the trench to lay the PVC in but they are not expensive to rent. I live on 2 acres and have plants in about 7 different areas, pretty much spanning the property on all 4 sides and in between. I have drip irrigation on all of those plants. It's really 7 different drip systems. That way I just drag the hose to the section I want watered and hook it up and turn it on. Some of the sections are established now and only get watered once or twice a year. But it's nice to be able to hook the hose to the drip system and then go into the house where the air conditioning is! It doesn't cost that much if you buy the right parts to begin with. If money is really tight then just do the drip for the areas you will be watering the most often this summer. Then next summer you may have a different area that gets the most water and you can buy a new system for that area or add on to the old one. Rosefolly, If the parts were coming apart then you bought the wrong brand. I've bought almost every brand and some of them are very good and some are VERY BAD. Can I recomend a product on here or is it against the rules? I guess I'll recomend anyway. Mr. Landscaper brand is the best for 1/2" tubing and the connectors that hook the 1/2" tubing together. Mr. Landscaper is also best for the 1/4" tubing. DIG brand is the best for the Pressure Compensating drippers. They also sell the connectors for the 1/4" tubing. Around here Lowe's sells Mr. Landscaper and Home Depot sells DIG. The DIG products are much cheaper if bought on line. I can promise you that Mr. Landscaper tubing will not allow the drippers or connectors to pop off! Email me if you have any questions about that. Carrie...See MoreCan Anybody suggest a contractor for Drip Irrigation
Comments (17)It's a shame you don't live closer to me because I think I really could help you out on this one. Your about 40 miles and a 45 min drive from my house. I'm a plumber/pipefitter out of local 322 in S-NJ. I've never done a system like this before but I'm sure I could figure it out. Over the years of doing my trade I've learned that when you use cheaper quality you don't get the results your looking for and it's harder and takes more time to do the job. A contractor will charge you pretty good for this type of job IMO and he'll only guarentee his work for 1 year. Like I tell you later in this post, I still think you can DIY, you just need better connectors and valves. Anyone who can grow that many rose bushes, flowers and vegetables is a handy person in my book. :) I can see your problem with this system, way to much cheap plastic. Not to mention that the only thing holding the valve(s) into the hose is just a barbed end. You might need a pressure regulator to control the flow of water. Did you try running this at lower pressure (i.e not turning the water on full throttle)? That might help. It just seems to me that they (and most other company's) give you one part that's is of OK quality (hoses) but the most important part (valves and connectors in this case) they give you the cheapest thing they can make. Did you also try to call the company? You might be able to talk directly to them about your problems. How about goof plugs for any mistakes you made, did they supple any of those? Next time you DIY do it one at a time so you can see if it doesn't work right you can use a goof plug to cover the hole and start a new one. I do like the idea of the product though but if I were to do it myself, and I still think you can DIY, I would use brass valves and connectors with small stainless steel hose clamps or go to a place and order the better connectors and valves (heavy duty plastic fittings). If you go to any plumbing supply shop, or Lowes and Home depot, you might be able to find parts you are looking for. As we speak I'm trying to find things on the web to help you out. be patient because I'm going away this weekend. Here are some I found by searching for drip irrigation fittings and valves: http://www.dripdepot.com/cgi-bin/drip/before_you_begin.html http://www.christmas-tree-farm.com/dripgarden.html http://www.christmas-tree-farm.com/drippic012.html http://www.christmas-tree-farm.com/drippic005.html http://www.dripirrigation.com/drip_irrigation_info.php?products_id=68 http://www.ext.colostate.edu/PUBS/garden/04702.pdf...See MoreUse more then 10!!!times less water with solar drip irrigation
Comments (3)Sue , -itch- Puppies are more then useless in a vegetable garden. They destroy plants, dig holes and s(h)it where they like, leaving some reasoning behind of which you seem to have enough of. I feel sorry for you that you couldn't understand the most simple instruction...you must be absorbed by the smell of all that puppy or bull reasoning you write. There is until now only one video and that video has NOT been pulled from YouTube nor from YouStupide. It's there as usual. The photos are far good enough. We even avoided photos by Cartier-Bresson, Mapplethorpe and Avedon. By the way , Cartier-Bresson was a gardener and grew photographs. The truth is: Your spanish knowledge is very poor. Inspite that your translation of the spanish sites is reduced to contemporary poetry, you have misunderstood the content. A right translation would have been: Save a lot of water with no investment, recicle bottles, help the poor, better vegetables, less work, more money etc. The tomatos have no virus, and rats and rabbits are not spying the solar drip irrigation because they can't destroy it. Like you can't destroy an idea by trying to mislead others with wrong information. Rats, rabbits and puppies away from gardens and away from computers!...See Morebart bart
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