This video is the best guide to installing drip irrigation to a container garden on the internet! This complete guide will show you everything you need to know to install a DIY drip irrigation system for container gardening.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 Introduction To Installing Drip Irrigation
0:42 Where To Buy Drip Irrigation Supplies
1:14 Installing Drip Irrigation Main Line Tubing
4:10 A Guide To Drip Irrigation Fittings
5:32 My Drip Irrigation System Design
7:38 How To Build The Drip Irrigation System
12:29 Flushing The Drip Irrigation System
14:11 Installing Drip Emitters
16:40 Testing The Drip Irrigation System
20:59 Adventures With Dale
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Do you have a pressure reducer and timer unit? I’m about to watch your other drop irritation videos so maybe it’s described there? Great video! You have such a clear and simple way of explaining things. I enjoy watching your videos!!!
I am looking forward to your fertilizer filter video next. Beautiful garden!
Great video. I have tons of drip to set up. Definitely some good ideas here and a clean finish. I assume there is a pressure regulator on the system? My main question has been does it matter how close the punctured holes are? I thought I remembered there being a minimum spacing between the 1/4" holes(18"?), but I can't find anything on drip depot's site. All I found was the maximum feet/gph for tubing sizes(30/30 for 1/4", 200/200 for 1/2", and 480/480 for 3/4").
I've been using the same Drip Depot parts for a couple years. I love them. I control everything with the Orbit B-Hyve Hose timers that are controlled from an app on my iPhone.
I did not hear you mention installing a regulator to reduce the water pressure feeding your drip system.
How frequently do you run your drip system?
I’ve been buying my drip irrigation supplies from drip depot for a few years and I can’t recommend them enough! Their customer service is top notch, their products are high quality and their prices are competitive.
I swear I’m not affiliated with them in any way, I’m just a happy customer.
I keep my small spare parts and tools organized in a tackle box so it’s easy to find what I need if I’m making repairs or changes to the system.
Have you thought about getting a fertilizer injector? I recently bought one from them and I’m loving it.
Great video as usual!
Edit: I should have watched the whole video before commenting lol… looking forward to the rain barrel fertilizer system video!
You’re not concerned with your large fig trees so close together regarding sun exposure and air flow? Second question, do you prune your fig trees throughout the season? To remove branches that aren’t growing where you want.
Question – I get that you do not have a set schedule of when you use the drip system or for how long you let it run due to so many factors to consider. BUT……., on a typical summer day with no rain in the forecast & with temps in the 80's-90's & full sun, HOW LONG of time would you run the 0.5 gpm emitters for and WHAT time of day would you run them for? I am in South Jersey (Glassboro, Gloucester County) which you are familiar with.
What drip tape did you use? There's a bunch of different brands on dripdepot…help! haha
i would think black tubing is not what you want for drip. maybe i'm wrong – and i do see most companies using black piping but could this not potentially result in watering your garden with hot water?
Love your channel
bought the beit cuc seeds. And they have germinated.
More to the point everything I do is container gardening. 5 to 10 gallons. tomatoes, peppers, cantaloupe ,cucumber you name it. So drip irrigation is important to me as a time saver water saver. At least 60 containers .
I've never understood drip irrigation but this cleared so much up for me thank you so much for your diligence and explanation. Other channels talk to you like you're a five-year-old child won't name them they do have good information. But I just like your straightforward approach
Thank you! This is the most instructional drip system video that I've seen! I have a very small garden that I want to set up on a drip system but had no idea on how to go about it. Not many instructions with the system I purchased so I found it confusing. Add to the fact that I am a visual learner. I lost some plants last year due to being out of town for a family emergency. I promised myself that would not happen this year if I had to go out of town.
Thanks for laying out the process so thoroughly! I used your affiliate link for my DripDepot order; hoping you get credit for it!
Hi, I experienced drippers only send narrow channel of water through containers and inadequate to water entire root ball. So I ended up switching to micro sprayer for drip heads. Let us know how it works for you in North Carolina since you get augmented by rain. I don't in Los Angeles
How long(ft) and how many .5 gph emitters can you use with your 1/2 inch pipe using gravity feed tanks? How much higher are your gravity tanks compared to your garden? Thanks
I just came in for a break from the heat as I was working on installing my drip irrigation system into my raised beds this afternoon and low and behold, Youtube just recommended this video to me! I'm using the Perma-Lock fittings as well and they are a dream to work with. I've just flushed out the main tubing and am all set to join the micro-tubing and emitters after I gather up the courage to face the heat and humidity again. Great video!
Uuuuh… THANK YOU!!
How did you get your t-posts so firmly placed?
How can I know what size droppers I need?
So does the distribution line just connect to the house faucet?
I wonder if you get freezing temps later in the year? We freeze hard in the mountains of central Oregon. Would I need to disassemble the lines or can they withstand freezing?
Isn’t the water extremely hot on a hot summer day with the sun beating down on those black tubes? Does that not hurt the plants?
Help, I don't know how to locate the Dripdepot irrigation link to your channel. I don't see it above. can you give me the link?
Great video. Thank you for sharing. 💙🙏
I was just telling my husband today that we should put drip irrigation in our containers. How convenient 😀
This is seriously the best drip irrigation video that I've found. I'll be watching all of your videos as I'm setting the infrastructure up this summer to be ready for next spring.
Ps your Dale is adorable.
Thanks again for another stellar drip irrigation tutorial! You make it seem so easy! 💕
You are the best guide to show a novice like me how to build a drip irrigation system!! I hate plumbing, but you showed how easy it could be. Thank you!!!!!
How long do you run it for and how often do you run it
Is the water 1000 degrees. On a hot sunny day I’d imagine the hot water coming out of those black tubes would be bad for the plants, is that not the case?
lol at 9:53ish was that a huge spider that just ran from underneath them bricks?
Hi–QUESTION: I have a small garden and what to set up a drip system–can I use the 1/4" line as the main line or does it have to be the 1/2" line–I am going to use gravity fed as the garden is not near any water, and I am renting so I can not bury any lines!!
Hi. Can I use water from my water tank 1000L standing about 1 meter high? So lots of water but not much pressure.
Maybe a dumb question, but how long do you leave them dripping for? Is it an all day thing?