Desert Gardening Basics: Dripperline, Drip Tape, and Soaker Hose
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ก.ค. 2024
- In the fourth video in our series on Drip Irrigation, we go over specialty irrigation tubing designed to water larger surface areas. We'll go over Dripperline, Drip Tape, and Soaker Hose in detail and talk about the pro's and con's of each. Check out our other videos on Drip Irrigation below!
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A very thoughtful, professional presentation.
Happy I found a channel for the desert. I am in Glendale Az!
Thanks for checking us out, I went to HS in Peoria, we were neighbors!
Just found your channel... awesome stuff ...loving it.... love the amount of green your growing and composting method for the AZ
Thanks for checking out my videos will!
Thanks so much!! This really helps break things down
Happy to help!
Great vid. Thanks for the info.
Very helpful! Thank you.
Such a good video. Thank you. I recently moved to El Paso and am trying to garden. Your videos are so helpful. 😊
Thank you for your insight, 👍
Great review!
Glad you enjoyed it!
just what i needed!
Good luck with your project!
Excellent info thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Superb! I have a long line(s) of conifers around the house. Watering them is a nightmare, they need lots of water. More than the rest around it. Now I know the soaker line is effective for that.
Awesome, sounds like a great solution for you!
I like that he explained how the soaker hoses become clogged from hard water. I'd think that soaking in hot vinegar for few minutes would unclog them quickly.
you could do that probably a few times to remove the deposits. you might want to do it regularly before the line becomes clogged to help your lines last longer.
Just careful with a vinegary hose in your vegetable garden
Great job breaking it down. You should've mentioned 1/4" soaker hose that you can connect to a drip system. It Home Depot and Lowe's both sell them. It's a great way to completely soak a narrow flower or vegetable bed.
Hey Mark! In the southwest we have hard water that clogs soaker hose, we do not recommend it's use to home gardeners, dripperline is a much better option.
@@SouthwestVictoryGardens I know but there are probably many people watching this that don't live in the southwest. Since this video is about drip irrigation that option is out there. I live in southern California and I always wondered why the soaker hose would clog up after a few years. I still use the 1/4" soaker hose though for certain applications. I can usually go 3 years before needing to replace the soaker hose.
@@SouthwestVictoryGardens in Florida we have hard water also! Don't want stuff that will clog.
I was in Tuscon and Phoenix recently thanks for the info!
Any time!
I don’t agree with all of your opinions or assessments but thank you for sharing it.
Just came across your channel. Very good instructive videos. I'm planting ficus trees around the perimeter of my land for private, and have about 250 feet to cover. Can I just use one single line to feed the water?
You can get the 1/2 inch drip line in 12 inch spacing. That is what we use in our gardens.
12" spacing can work well in some soils and if you have a lot of space between plants. I typically suggest 6"-10" spacing for most desert applications and for vegetable gardens using more intensive spacing.
Q: Irrigation Tubing (Blue Stripe) keeps springing water wasting leaks 2-3/mo every summer. Both underground & the above ground sections South yard.
It just cannot hold up under heavy clay soil, or to the heat in the shade under plants.
I've tried sliding PVC over it like a jacket, helps but makes it more difficult to notice leaks. Any suggestions/remedies?
You might have a low quality PVC product. I've personally had bad experience with any of the tubing that has a colored stripe down the middle. Try asking your irrigation supplier for "Virgin" tubing which tends to be thicker and hold up longer. Good luck!
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Thank you man! This is just what I was looking for! Question though. I definitely want to use the black specialty quarter inch hose by dig or Tempo. How would I hook this up to an old sprinkler head that I have capped? Do I need a pressure reducer for this thing? Thank you man any advice would be very much appreciated.
Sorry for delay, was on a honeymoon! Some sprinkler systems do have pressure regulators, it just depends on the system. A pressure regulator usually has pipe threading so a simple solution would be to attach male/female PVC fittings and install the regulator on the PVC line to the sprinkler head riser. There are a variety of threaded and slip connections that you can then use to convert the PVC line to drip. So if your sprinkler head riser has a 3/4" male thread, you can get a 3/4" female thread to compression adapter that you can then switch over to 1/2" poly and come off of that. There is a slip pvc fitting that has a 1/4" hole that you can glue into a PVC coupler and then convert to 1/4" spaghetti line or dripper line. So you have a few options, just need to find the right parts. Good luck!
Very thorough video comparing variuous drip irrigation methods. I already have some drip tape and want to use some mechanic timers with them. Will I run into any problems in terms of pressure? What are my options? My main line is 24 PSI.
Hello! it would depend on the type of line you are using but most drip tape and dripper line is designed to operate between 20-40 PSI. I use all of these with irrigation timers but where i live the water pressure is much higher so I use a pressure regulator which you can see in some of my other videos if you'd like to take a look. Good Luck!
Hey Brandon, Thanks for making the video!
I have a lot of this line installed in my yard (1,000 ft+) I am starting to get clogging issues and am losing plants in this 100 degree heat.
Do you have any tips to clean the emitter line out?
Appreciate any feedback
-Brendan
Depending on what kind of line you have, it might have to be replaced. First thing I would make sure your using a filter and that you check it periodically, if it starts to get clogged you can replace it. You can try soaking the lines in vinegar over night, it might be a pain for 1000' of line but I don't really have any other suggestions. I have seen irrigation line last anywhere from 6 months to several years depending on how hard the water is. A filter definitely helps though, sorry I don't have a better solution. Good luck!
@@SouthwestVictoryGardens can you recommend any videos regarding the mentioned filter system?
And do you have any idea what's the best way to fix bigger diameter hoses (1.5") ...already tried to couple with pvc pipe and glue.... But does not seem to work...
They do make reducers and fittings for all the different components, sometimes with plumbing and irrigation you have to find whatever pieces on hand to make it work. I would take it down to a hardware store and see what parts they have you can use. Good luck!
Hi Brandon, sorry to bother you at such a personnel level... But you look so familiar to me... Is there any chance you have another channel with videos from central America? Keep those good videos coming.... Cheers
It wasn't me, I guess I have a familiar face!
Mr. Brandon I need I'itoi splits. How can I talk the foodbank garden into sharing? Lol
If you're in Tucson you can come and purchase some from the food bank during the Summer plant sales.
Can i put soaker hose under the soil?
There are dripperline products that are designed to be used underground or above ground, but I personally do not recommend. Soaker hose is probably best used on the surface of the soil because of it's tendency to clog. Good luck!
This was very helpful, but I'm hoping I misunderstood one thing: Did you say that dripperline isn't good to use more than about 18 ft because there won't be enough water pressure? I had soaker hoses that went much farther and weaved around big beds, and they worked, so surely that's not true?
One more question: If hooked up to an automated timer, these DO NOT require backflow nor pressure regulation devices, right? That's only if the timer is connected to an in-ground sprinkler system?
Dripperline and soaker hose are different, soaker hose doesn't put out as much water as drip line so you can run it for a longer distance. Your irrigation system should have a backflow preventer regardless of what type of line you are using if any of the lines are higher in elevation than the source of water. Good luck!
Good to know, but dripper lines currently have 3-5 week delays. Meanwhile, soaker hoses are available, but selling out quickly. Weird times. Edit & amendment: I’m going with 1/4” drip line/emitter kits from Amazon. Challenging to install, but perform extremely well in comparison to the rubbish soaker hoses that I’m sending back 4 refund.
I had no idea, makes sense though. I've personally having trouble locating soil amendments from my usual supplier because of Covid related shutdowns and slowdowns. Hopefully supplies will be back in stock soon. you might try one of the online suppliers like dripworks, berryhill, or dripdepot if you haven't already, that would be my only suggestion if your local irrigation supply is out. Good luck!
Any experience with drip tape rain barrels gravity pressure only? What is the likelihood it will work?
It could work, but it will depend on your situation and materials. The shorter the run of tape and the more "head" pressure on the rain tank you have the better it will work. There are also special timers that work with gravity pressure that you can use, though I've only seen them used on larger rain barrel set ups.
@@SouthwestVictoryGardens I also am doing gravity irrigation from IBC tote rain collection to raised beds 3'x16'. Will the the tape do better or drip line with this low pressure? First bed at top of hill has about a 2' to 3' of drop from tank. Then of course greater drop for each bed as it goes down hill.
@@dsdkeck You might want to experiment with different tubing to find what works best. It gets tricky when you have beds at different elevations because for every 1 ft. of elevation drop or gain you have an increase or decrease in water pressure. using pressure compensating emitters or line helps to get around this problem but they might not work well with gravity pressure. You could possible adjust water pressure using valves in the line but it would require constant maintenance to ensure even water flow. Good Luck!
@@SouthwestVictoryGardens Thanks!
Soaker hose eventually ruptures! Not so good especially if you are away!!!!
Yes, another reason I don't like soaker hose!
about 100 trees
05:35 you didn't mention the name of this type of tubing with the built-in emitters. 🧓
08:45 "...100 acres of broccoli..." ??? I just want to make a 20 x 6 foot berry patch 😉🧓
Very helpful, thank you!