Gardening in a Drought - Can It Be Done?
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- It's unreal how dry it is in our backyard gardens currently. We've been running water 24/7 for the last week or two, but it's still been tough. Join us as we show you how much we've been watering just to keep things alive around here.
We'll also show you some unusual growth on our Glass Gem Corn that is making it especially thirsty and demanding. Why does this year's crop look so much different than last year?
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We’ve had 100+ temps for the past 14 days and no rain since April so it’s getting really dry. Luckily I got a pretty good haul from all my garden. Okra and peas and a few of the tomatoes still going strong. Pulling everything else up. Got my sweet potatoes planted. Hoping for rain every day but nothing in sight atleast for the next 10 days. I’m on a well also and trying to keep everything watered
Last year was BAD. but this year is lining up to be historic for us in texas.
It is really dry in Alabama too. I have been using grass clippings as mulch and shade cloth on tomatoes and pickles.
Agreed! We haven't had a 'good' rain here in northern AL in a long time. Even with watering, everything is getting a little crispy.
Watching the video this week is how gardening is for me out west zone 9b. No measurable rain from May - Oct. so I run the drip irrigation every other day on each of my gardens for about 6-8 hours. But we are used to it, so it must be a lot different for y’all to deal with it when your area doesn’t get any rain. Thank goodness for the drip tape! It has made my garden life so much easier! All your plots look great!
For the last few years, we've started getting these long dry spells. Sometimes it happens in the spring and early summer, sometimes it's in late summer. But we do usually make up for it by some rainy months. So I'm expecting some wet weather these next few months.
Hope you get some rain soon, glad you have a well😀
Well, I will not complain about my hard clay anymore. Water my crops once a week only, and they are thriving. We had no rain here, except for a few sprinkles for about 2 months now. North central GA, 8a.
I also have black weed fabric where my cucurbits and tomatoes grow. That helps too. But corn is doing well straight in the ground.
The Heat Wave in Texas started in April and after 2 months we have high temps. that are usually reserved for August/ Sept. we are talking 102 F in the shade and that's air temp. add in the Gulf moisture 110-115 F and that is in the shade , so I water continually and pray for some relief which will unfortunately be a hurricane as the Gulf is boiling hot in June !
This unusual heat might make for a strong hurricane season.
Travis, you are experiencing the same weather we have in California for 9 months out of the year. We only get a little rain in late winter/early spring and then it’s dry and hot the rest of the year. If it wasn’t for drip I wouldn’t be able to grow anything, and I too am thankful I’m on a well so I don’t have a water bill or am subject to water rationing like they are in town. You see a lot of rocks and cactus here instead of trees and grass in peoples yards ever since we went into a seemingly perpetual drought a few years back.
North Florida here, dry and hot too! Send some rain!
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Also good as an N source for compost piles and bins.
I agree that you're handling the chickens in a beneficial way. Especially how much they love eating the legumes in cover crops.
It’s warming up in San Diego and we’ve been in a drought for years with no end in sight. I mulch in the veggie garden and plant natives and low water need plants in the landscape. Haven’t had a lawn in years and don’t miss it.
My corn took a severe hit but I'm still getting a really good tomato harvest. Thank God I installed a whole lot of raised beds this year. If you look at what happened to me last year, I lost everything because it was all drowned out. This year, completely opposite. It's crazy. A Tale of Two Years.
Great information as always Travis. Best wishes for a nice rain down there!
Thanks 👍
we really need some rain here in Northeast OK. Ive had to just pick which plants get water. Cold front is finally going to drop the temps but not looking like rain anytime soon.
Oh law is it ever dry here in Chattanooga. Our grass is crunchy too! Hitting 100f several days this week, but my garden and my 200+ figs are growing like weeds! Drip irrigation is a game changer. I actually would rather garden in a drought year. No humidity in the air means no fungal diseases, which are normally our biggest challenge. Hot and dry means some delicious figs, too. Picking some good breba now. Sure would like to see the new fig varieties you are planting!
None of my figs are ripe yet, but we'll be sure to show them when they are. Our new irrigation system has been keeping them very happy and we're getting some really nice growth this year as a result.
@@LazyDogFarm That's awesome. You know that old saying about planting in the ground... "The first year they sleep. The second year they creep. The third year they leap!"
It's been hot and dry here in Central Louisiana too!!! Picked our sweet corn yesterday, little over 21 dozens on 3 60' rows..
Travis maybe try a rain dance😎.. ✌🏻
Rain dances do work on a rare occasion. lol
I started mulching my containers with extra pine bark mulch during these 100+F temps to help with water retention. I will say that my okree is doing pretty good! I eventually had to start feeding my test okree since it was starting to look yellowish--but all of them are starting to produce. I also started another zucchini plant a few days ago after the other two bit the dust after a good month of production. These drought conditions are challenging, but where there's a will, there's a way...👍🏾👍🏾
You got this!
Hope your well doesn't go dry!
I hope so too!
That’s what is going on with my peaches and cream I’ve never seen that happen before that’s why I’m getting 4 to 5 ears per plant
I know what you mean Travis, here in central Florida, it's so dry my Chinese noodle beans were a dry dehydrated hull. The only thing I can do is use the seeds to eat or regrow. I'm glad I'm on a well also, sometimes I think I'm going to run out of water or ruin my pump. I can water for an hour on a mist selection on my hose end sprayer and maybe it will be moist on the top one inch of the soil. There's not a lot of help from the rain we do get. The raised beds are dry as well, and don't even get started on the bugs. They all arrived early and together. Spider mites, flea beetles, aphids and white flies to name a few. It's not a good year for tomatoes or green beans
Maybe the fall garden will be better. Fingers crossed. Thanks for sharing your garden with us. It really looks good. Take care and Happy Gardening 🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋
Tough year for sure! Fall will surely be better!
I’m always envious of your climate in the winter months Travis. Howeverrrrr, right now I’m pretty content with this central PA weather. Great video as always!
Yeah don't be too jealous. These gnats are fierce right now.
Prayers for rain for ya!! We had drought last year in Minnesota, it's the worst.
Thank goodness I have a well too. Appreciate the video.
We need rain so bad here too they said we might get some in July the heat dome is right over us unfortunately great update
Hang in there. It’ll rain sooner or later.
My kale still thriving..but it’s growing in similar shade under a pear tree in a container
Same here in Peach Country Central Alabama bad dry
Travis....I have been doing the same with watering my kitty bitty garden compared to yours. I have been watering by hand in the evening, giving all the veggies two rounds of heavy watering. I am still loosing my plants to heat. I planted another round of tomatoes. In 48 hours, most of them were cooked by the heat. This is a scorcher for the garden.
Goodness. At least you gave it a go!
You might want to try adding shade cloth
🌼🌻🐝☀️🌺👨🌾 I love your garden!! Such a great inspiration to me as I am just also a gardener and TH-cam creator. l’m just harvesting my first fruits and veggies. I still have so much to learn and I appreciate your tips, tricks! Please Keep sharing! I would love to learn more about gardening from each other.
Hope you get rain soon.
Ive given up here in Florida. So surprised how dry we are; usually its raining every afternoon. But not this year; hot and dry. So the garden is toast, and Ill wait and try it again this fall. At least I got some good tomatoes before the plants gave it up.
We love fall gardening! Hopefully you can redeem yourself when things get cooler.
@@LazyDogFarm I harvest a row of mustard seed last month from last winter now got seeds coming up in my 2nd crop of corn, might go ahead pull my squash and plant some mustard crop for my chickens.
This heatwave and drought is definitely affecting our garden. It's on drip, but it's county water. I'm hitting it twice a day but clearly need to up my time per session. Most of my melons have not even set fruit. Plenty of blossoms, but only 2 melons so far out of 5 different varieties. Tomatoes are still setting fruit, but I grew a number of "heat set gene" varieties this year. We need rain bad (McDonough, GA zone 8A) as it's been over 100 for 3 days already and it is 99 or 98 on the other days.
Send those kids intio that pine tree hedgerow to pick up gobs/piles of fallen pine duff & what if any hardwood leaves exist & mulch aroud those stand alone plants like tomatoes. It will help to retain water, break doen & feed your soil too. Place 2-3 in deep at least 1 ft circular from stem.
No hardwood leaves in there. Only pine straw and briars and poison ivy and rattlesnakes. Not a good place for kids to be.
@@LazyDogFarm Yikes on snakes. Pine straw is stiil a good mulch once good & brown. Doesn't acidify soil. I have used it in a pinch when I ran out of fall leaves & nearby leaf litter.
need some rain in central VA too :( not as bad as your situation though
Alright alright alright trav
We hit 96 to 98 today (Chicago area) and haven't had rain in the last 7 or 8 days. Been having to water each garden bed every other day. I have not cut the grass in the last 2.5 weeks so the soil would stay covered and the grass doesn't get fried. Side benefit of that is the clover has been flowering so the bees like that part. Note: The bees like the raspberry flowers even more than the clover.
My garden was a complete failure , First it was so wet I couldn`t plant on time , then I planted and it never rained again , most of my seeds never even sprouted . Other than squash and tomatoes that i carried water to every day , we got nothing . I`m getting ready for round 2
Hopefully round 2 will be much better!
I think you should add a little potassium.sulfate to your irrigation water.
Or maybe a chelated potassium. Potassium will help with dealing with the drought..also, plant a more diverse cover crop mix. You should do a plot where you plant all your vegetables together and compare it to planting monoculture plots. Diversity helps you deal with drought
Woow wonderful, amazing i like gardening 😍
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.
My pleasure!
You must have one heck of a well…I can run a sprinkler for 10-12 minutes before my well is dry…I have to use a timer to water for 10 minutes every hour in dry times
It's a pretty deep well.
@@LazyDogFarm ours is pretty deep as well but only 2 gallons per minute refill
I am a bit jealous. We could benefit from some sun and warmth here. But I'm not at all jealous of your level of dry heat! We will see our first 80°f day this coming week. Also, we finally have little to no rain forecast for the next 10 days. I've been on my Homestead 30+years. This has been the coolest/wettest spring that I can remember. My garden looks good. Just about 6 weeks behind normal.
Our clay may be hard to work, but it holds moisture so well. No rain and 95 here in Western NC, I've only had to water 2-3 times in 3 weeks, that clay just stays moist a couple inches down despite absolutely no rain in weeks.
That's a definite advantage to the clay. Our sandy soil doesn't hold water well at all.
Burning up in Houston as well. Container/stock tank garden requires water every day. Will be glad when this summer moves the heck on. Good video Travis. Thanks.
Thank u
I wish we had cheap water like you do out in the country. Not sure if you were on a well or what the deal is. If I watered for even a total of four hours a week with my 500 square-foot garden on drip irrigation I would have a extra $100 a month on my water bill. When I first got my drip irrigation system I ran it about three hours every other day and I had a $500 water bill. Oops.
Edit, just saw the end of your video and you said that you were on a well. That is such a blessing. Us city boys definitely have dreams of moving out to the country with big open spaces and cheap water bills. 😂
Having a well is nice, as long as we don't overwork it and then costly repairs ensue.
Danny from deeps outhouse homestead on you tube just lost all his corn and some new trees look rough from the intense heat. Nancy from nebraska
Not sure why they don't use drip irrigation on corn. I can't grow corn without it down here.
I will say this... I'd rather garden in a drought than an overly wet season. Last year by this time my tomato plants were all dead... except for the ones in the raised beds and even they were barely hanging on. Seems like we've had just the right amount of rain this year which is very little. (I'm on the coast so there is a good moisture bank in the soil) The only thing I've had to water is the seeds I've sown and containers, and so far, not much in the way of disease... although I'm starting to see a few signs of downy and powdery mildew, but that's from the humidity.
Really wishing for a well here. I'm drip irrigating my 2000 sq foot plot every other day for 2 hours because that's all my water bill can handle!
hope you get some of that 57% rain tomorrow. We had 2 storms break up right before it dumped rain at my place this weekend. I was heartbroken.
that's like a normal summer for us here in Melbourne. we usually get several days of 105F+, and we hardly get any rain in summer, only a cool change after heat waves. it's only because it's so dry here in summer that we can actually take the high heat. in the tropics the temperature is much lower but, it's absolutely miserable, because of humidity.
when soil has dried out it changes structure, so you may like to apply some zeolite or at least yucca extract, to help the soil get properly wetted.
Intriguing climate weather conditions this year. I live in a semi-desert area in western Canada and we have had a cool, wet spring and early summer. Opposite of you folks. Great for early, cool season crops: peas, spinach, arugala but lousy for corn, squash, tomatoes, peppers, etc.
Only rained 2-3” since last October here in West TX, been 100-110 every dang day and 0-25% humidity. Even growing drought tolerant stuff (blue Hopi corn, sweet potatoes, cowpeas, etc) we still have to grow under partial shade of trees and water at minimum every other day with some spot watering in between. Nuts this year, reminds me of the year before last.
To be fair, at least my sweat works and cools me down when the humidity is this low with our constant wind! Have had to deal with maybe 3-5 big sand/dust storms though.
I don't know about your chickens eating better than mine Travis,unless you bake corn muffins for your chickens too.🤣🥰
Haha. I've never made baked goods for them, so you've got me there!
Glad to see this video, i wanted to plant my glass seed corn. Changed my mind in these 100 degree weather and i pay for water. I have corn growing as volunteers around my chicken coop, LOL
That’s crazy how the corn is taller on one end. So cool!
More chicken poo = taller corn
My thougts is, doesn't matter how much water you put in the ground. The above ground top part(leaves,stalk) gets just too hot. I say maybe by doing overhead to cool the plants off early in the morning before the sun comes up may work.
It's hard to be a good rain to restore that soil moisture.
It’s cool here today and supposed to be warmer the rest of the week. Ouch, that’s a lot of water 💦 $$$
You must have your own well. We can’t water like that due to the prohibitive cost here.
We do, thankfully.
Here is South Mississippi we are on our 4th week without rain. Our grass has been dead but we are keeping our garden watered through drip tape. I don’t get it- it rains like 5 miles by us but not here. Ugh!
I live in an area where every year is a drought year. EVERY year. We get no rain from late May to October or November most years. I planted my squash in a circle of about 3 plants, and in the middle I put an open top #10 can, filled it with cobble rocks, used a beer opener to make a few holes around the sides at the bottom, and buried it in the middle, with just the top inch sticking out of the dirt. I'd turn the hose on and let it go on the rocks. (Drip irrigation wasn't a possibility at the time.) This worked very well for me. I'd water each can about an hour with about 1/4 stream from the hose. Not a dribble, but not much pressure, either. The water went into the ground about 8" deep. It worked very well for the squash, cucumbers, and melons.
I used to do that before drip irrigation also. I still have a pile of those cans in my shed. Don’t know why I’m holding on to them??? That God for drip irrigation Since we usually don’t have any rain from June to September it really keeps my garden going👍
Lord, yes, it's been hot here, too! The next three or four days they're calling for temps between 100 and 107, and that's not the heat index, it's the temperature. So far, so good with my garden. I'm watering every afternoon to cool everything off for an hour to an hour and a half. I get a lot of shade from the pecan trees in my yard, and that's helping, too. I've noticed that the BER on the tomatoes seems to be subsiding, but nothing is getting ripe yet, and the green beans are producing but not near as much as last year. Not sure if it's the heat, variety or both, but at least I'm getting some. I swear, this is the hottest June I've every been through, and it's been dry as a popcorn fart, too.
Thanks, great informative video.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I lived in Colorado for 3 years and did have a water bill. The one and only garden I grew while there cost alot more $ that If I had just bought my produce at the store. It was sad, I hated that. With the exception of the extreme Pacific NW, most of the rest of the West is like this. I was ignorant of drip irrigation at the time and wonder now if it would have made a difference. Any of you folks out there should seriously consider it.
Stay cool
Brother it’s hot hear in LA lower Alabama too. I feel your pain. My corn would not have made it without using drip tape. Thanks for great advice!
Thanks for the video. It's hard to believe it's this hot and it's not even officially summer until tomorrow. I do pay for water and I am done. Thick mulch and waiting for fall. It's dust out there.
Some of your plants--the corn comes to mind--might benefit from a longer watering period that will give a deep watering. I haven't had so much dry weather as you, but it dried out about a week or two ago and I have started pre-emptively watering to make sure things stay moist. Mulch might also help you. You have a lot of bare soil! In any case, soil type makes a difference, too. I know you have that sandy stuff, so your experience probably differs from my clay loam experience.
One thing to keep in mind is that the heat matters. Wilting/curling happens when the plant isn't able to transport enough water from the roots to the leaves, but that can be as much because the leaves are evaporating too fast as because the roots aren't getting enough water.
I'm not sure I can water that corn more than all night every other night. Too many plots and not enough spigots. lol
@@LazyDogFarm Well, there's always the bucket method. Just because you have drip irrigation doesn't mean that you can't water faster some other way!
Cooler weather is coming.
Lookin nice🍻. I may not have a long summer but it sure was hot yesterday here feeling like 45c (110f approximately I think). Those chickens are working thier little buts off for ya , very nice .
Thanks for the tips about succession planting squash. I'll admit I'm one of those that tries to limp along with the old plants (powdery mildew is my biggest issue for squashes). Since I have such a long growing season, I now see the merits of succession planting. Thanks for the tips and the eye opener. PS - I'm hoping I can afford to water my 4x8 bed of sweet corn (first time corn grower) to harvest here in SoCal. Drip is a way of life here.
I have a clay subsoil up here that holds moisture well. No matter how much moisture is available, my field corn leaves will wither midday. I only get concerned when they haven't rehydrated by the late afternoon/evening.
I often have pollination issues with sweet corn if it's extremely hot and dry during silking.
Anyway, I ate a slightly immature ear of Silver King a few minutes ago, and it was good. LOL
Nice!
Deepest sympathy for that "parking lot in Odessa" weather ya'll are having. Tough year. Spring carrots got burned up, so I'll try again in September with the beets. Lost my pollinating honeybees and native bees, probably to varroa mites. So, I'm out in the tomato patch every morning doing the toothbrush trick which is working well. May have to hand pollinate the squash the way I do melons. We'll see how my Painted Mountain corn performs against your Glass Gem. "It is what it is", the motto of the firm.
Painted Mountain will crush the Glass Gem.
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great video thanks for sharing
There definitely has been some scorchers more than normal, we’ve been hitting upper 90s lower onehundreds. Although rain has not really been an issue have lots of storms and rain which then very very humid.
I did see a video recently with a A frame style chicken tractor that he made it remote control.lol thought that was pretty clever especially for us weaklings
That is quite clever!
I'm about to pull my second squash plant due to downy mildew from the heat, first one died from a vine bore, I have yet to even get a squash harvested here in Oklahoma
Might need to add a little volume to account for the loss.
It's the same here Travis, dry as I've ever seen it. It rained a few miles from me, but I only got a slight drizzle. I've been watering every day and my water bill is going to be through the roof. Heat index here in southeast Alabama was 107 for about two weeks. This is the hottest and dryest June I can remember and I've been around awhile.
I think the chicken tractor is a great idea for grazing and fertilizer, plus some very nice rich eggs. They will also cut down on the pesky bugs that is a buffet for them. Having had my hens on the plot I intended on growing winter squash in this year, I can see a big difference in squash vine borers. They obviously scratched up the pupae and ate them. As soon as that part of my garden is harvested I will put them back on that plot. I did find a couple borers and took them out of the vine with a sewing needle, fed them to the hens, but several years ago the vines would have been totally destroyed by now. I have a few beautiful butternut type squash and thought I was planting some Seminole, but I'm kinda doubtful as I watch them grow
Don't you just hate that? 20 miles south they'll be having a flood warning and we get .1" Also up the same distance north. I am grateful for no flood and severe storms but please, can't we have a useful bit of rain from time to time
Travis, drought isn’t a super huge deal depending on your soil type. If you have plenty of organic material, your soil can/will hold a huge amount of water. I live at 8500’ in southern CO, avg rainfall is 13” per year. I have successfully dry land farmed field corn, oats, barley, sweet yellow clover, wheat, triticale, purple top turnips (huge!) and other grasses.
Build your soil! It can be done with minimal rain and zero irrigation.
Also; we grew glass gem corn, it barely finished and had the smallest kernels I’ve ever seen. Just not enough heat in our soil.
I grew Glass Gem corn last year. Southeast Texas. it is a smaller corn variety, cobs only get 6 to 7 inches, with small kernels.
I refuse to cut my grass or weeds when it's this dry. It just creates a dust cloud and blows away topsoil. I only have three beds that are on drip. I hand water the rest and that takes about 4 hours every other day. I might need to look at getting an irrigation meter put in so I don't have to pay sewer charges on the irrigation water. My brother in law had new sod put in and from irrigation his water bill was 450.00 and his sewer bill was 450.00.
My chickens will have to stay in their tractor too. I have seen foxes, coyotes, hawks, falcons and 11 rat snakes over five feet. The hawk has dive bombed the pin and a rat snake tried to get in the run. We can't have a rooster in city limits which might help but I did find one of the rat snakes ripped in half in my yard and another missing about six inches of its tail. Predators eating predators in this dry weather.
Drip irrigation would surely save you lots of water and time.
Love your info but so sorry you are struggling with moisture. May God's blessings flow!
Thanks for the video Travis. Love your content. Praying for some rain, it's dry here in Western North Carolina too.
Thanks Kenneth!
@Lazy Dog Farm
When there is such a big dryness problem, why not cover the ground with mulch? Or wood chips to keep them from evaporating?
We grow A LOT of cover crops in the summer months and then graze those cover crops with our chickens. Can't really plant cover crops into mulch. We do use pine straw on some things, but just around the plants so it's easy to remove once those plants are done growing.
@@LazyDogFarm I still think that in a soil type like yours and high temperatures, it is best to cover all the soil with organic matter, including between the rows of plants and paths. In any case, everything returns to the earth and enriches and builds it much better. The cladding will retain moisture in the soil and you may not need to water so much. This will help accustom the plants to look for water at depth so they will not be exposed to water shortage. I did this in a dry and hot area with a tropical plant like avocado that needs two days of rain and moisture and failed to grow it for years in this area and I was able to get it used to watering once a week for the first few years and now once a month in deep watering.
We're in the same drought here in Brazoria County Texas......at least we don't have the same fungal issues and insect issues as last year. There's that, I guess.
We’re you melting or crying? 😂😂😂
Both ... lol
It’s not only dry, but hot 🥵
Great video thanks for sharing if you do catch on fire remember stop , drop , and roll lol 🔥
Noted!
? Why water at night instead of am before the heat gets too bad throughout the day. I always learn ed to water in the am to give plants water before the sun scortches them throughout the day. I don't know. Nancy from nebraska
That might be the case if you're only doing overhead watering. But with drip, we try to keep them happy 24/7.
Great updates on the plots. It has been hot and dry up here in northern NC so I feel your pain. I’m fortunate in that I have irrigation for the lawn and I can pump water out of the lake. I’ve noticed in other videos that there seems to be a pond near your property. Any chance you can pull from that pond?
I probably could, but I'd have to install a pond filter. So it might be a bit of an investment to get that going.
hi
Your on a well? Are you concerned that you could run out of water? If next year is dryer do you think an automated water system might be in order?
I don't think we're to the point of running out of water. We have dry spells but then we'll recover with a good month or two of rain. It's very cyclical for us.
I watched your videos for a long time with Hoss tools and continue to watch your new channel but honestly I like your channel better. Why did you decide to go on your own? I'm not a TH-cam troll but just was wondering. I'm only 45 but me and the wife have had a 100'x50' garden every year for 20yrs. Tomatoes, cucumbers,squash, banana peppers, eggplant. But we got married in 1996 and since 2001 done a garden but this is the first no garden year. I have to have a complete hip replacement soon but next spring it will be on!
Their actions made it clear that they didn't want me there anymore. So I made it easy for them and resigned.
@@LazyDogFarm Isn't Greg your dad?
@@sharonthehuman5954 Yes.
Do the chickens get too hot with your high temps? I know you do a great job looking after them.
I'll put a beach towel over it on really hot days to give the some extra shade.
How. Is your. Figs. Trees
Doing well with our new irrigation system. Been keeping the water to them heavily through all this dry hot weather.
Travis are you on a well or county water?
We have a well.
I’m amazed the kale is still growing. What type is it?
Darkibor
What type of kale is the one you planted?
The variety is called "Darkibor."
Hey Travis.. I am using drip for the second year, and I am frustrated with it. I have beautiful corn that has tasseled and the silks are coming a long. My issue is the tape springs leaks. I have the stuff to repair it, but its buried under the corn rows. It's 8mm tape with 12 inch emitters. Do you have a recommendation for better drip tape or do I need to get the 15 mil tape? Thanks!
First, you probably need to try and determine what's causing the leaks. Is it something in the soil or is your flow rate too high? If your flow rate is over 8 gal/min at the source, you probably need a better pressure regulator that can handle larger flow rates. If it's not that, it could be wireworms or something in your soil. In that case, the 15 mil would probably help.