Container garden using drip irrigation – The rocky clay of Texas soil may require you to create a container garden. Just pick the right crops for your climate, get the right size container and use drip irrigation set to a timer. Good luck.
@XaViEr3520 Fungus and bacteria grow around your roots, not on the surface where sunlight and oxygen are and there's nothing to feed on. IF you leave your underground soil moist, you will have brown, smelly roots in no time and your plant will be stunted first, and then die. With due respect, it's the opposite of what you said. The surface is irrelevant. Also, if the soil is dry around the roots then the roots can breath oxygen and the oxygen will destroy bacteria. I'm sure they are plenty fed.
i'm interested in an update, never heard of the hard kind of hose verses soft hose but i would maybe suggest a filter for your drip irrigation system so the little drippers don't get clogged
@agardencontained OK I will post an update. Since I am pulling tap water directly into the hose, why would I need a filter? I would understand if I were recirculating. There should be no blockage from tap right? Also I believe there might be a filter screen on one of the faucet attachements. Thanks for the comment.
@Lucid337 i heard some people use a filter to prevent calcium and other trace minerals in our tap water from building up over time in the drippers, thats all.
PS …the spikes are $3.99 for a 3 pack at Lowes. Pricey. There are also 2 different kits at Lowes. One for $34 and one for $51 approx. The $34 one doesn't come with a pressure regulator or vinyl tubing…just 50 feet of the Poly tubing and accessories. The Timer was an extra $32 for me, then $10 for the brass fitting. The issue I'm having is unrolling the poly tubing and keeping it unrolled. Plus, I didn't buy those clip dohickeys to mount the tubing to the pots. jeez. What a nightmare….I hate mosquitoes.
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Simple yet effective system I am going to use this for an indoor set up but will be adding a RV type water filter before the pressure regulator to purify the tap since I use the no till method . Thanks
Always put on your back-flow first. Notice his back-flow doesn't address the right side with the garden hose. Also, using brass adds minimal lead to your water. Plastic will only leak if it's faulty or you fail to use sealant tape.
my bubbler is acting like a dripper. my single source (faucet) is irrigating 70 25 gallon pots. do you believe its too many pots for a single source faucet?
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good start man
@XaViEr3520 Fungus and bacteria grow around your roots, not on the surface where sunlight and oxygen are and there's nothing to feed on. IF you leave your underground soil moist, you will have brown, smelly roots in no time and your plant will be stunted first, and then die. With due respect, it's the opposite of what you said. The surface is irrelevant. Also, if the soil is dry around the roots then the roots can breath oxygen and the oxygen will destroy bacteria. I'm sure they are plenty fed.
i'm interested in an update, never heard of the hard kind of hose verses soft hose but i would maybe suggest a filter for your drip irrigation system so the little drippers don't get clogged
@agardencontained OK I will post an update. Since I am pulling tap water directly into the hose, why would I need a filter? I would understand if I were recirculating. There should be no blockage from tap right? Also I believe there might be a filter screen on one of the faucet attachements. Thanks for the comment.
@Lucid337 i heard some people use a filter to prevent calcium and other trace minerals in our tap water from building up over time in the drippers, thats all.
Thanks so much for this video! So glad Lowes sells this stuff…..hopefully at our location. Very informative video. Good Job!
PS …the spikes are $3.99 for a 3 pack at Lowes. Pricey. There are also 2 different kits at Lowes. One for $34 and one for $51 approx. The $34 one doesn't come with a pressure regulator or vinyl tubing…just 50 feet of the Poly tubing and accessories. The Timer was an extra $32 for me, then $10 for the brass fitting. The issue I'm having is unrolling the poly tubing and keeping it unrolled. Plus, I didn't buy those clip dohickeys to mount the tubing to the pots. jeez. What a nightmare….I hate mosquitoes.
Thats great! Do you have an approximate total pricing for that whole package? It looks very cool and I am in Texas too!
Great video. Short , sweet and straight to the point !!!
thank you for this concise tour of your drip irrigation set up! texas summers don't mess around i bet
Check out http://www.irrigationcleaning.com for the safest, most effective and environmentally sound treatment to keep your drip irrigation system running clean.
Simple yet effective system I am going to use this for an indoor set up but will be adding a RV type water filter before the pressure regulator to purify the tap since I use the no till method . Thanks
Always put on your back-flow first. Notice his back-flow doesn't address the right side with the garden hose. Also, using brass adds minimal lead to your water. Plastic will only leak if it's faulty or you fail to use sealant tape.
very interesting
my bubbler is acting like a dripper. my single source (faucet) is irrigating 70 25 gallon pots. do you believe its too many pots for a single source faucet?
Canyou use water from your compost for tomato
Dogs are going to chew on your brand new hose in no time
1 time you use how many minutes dear?