Thank you for your video! I am having the same issues with drip irrigation also trying to find a better solution to water my plants evenly. Looking forward for your follow up videos!
Interesting video. I've been using a drip system with square foot gardens (starting with "Mel's Mix) for more than 10 years. My use of drip systems has changed over time and for reasons similar to yours. I really liked your calculations of water usage, which is something I never thought of doing. Very early on I realized that the classic drip systems weren't very efficient as water would penetrate the soil with a very small footprint. I switched to shrubblers which solved the problem. There were a couple of modifications that I found particularly helpful. First, since I often cover my raised beds in the spring and fall, I couldn't have water supply systems hanging over the top edges. So my water supply is PVC that goes underneath the sides and exits in the middle of the bed - the top of the PVC is connected to a drip manifold to which I attached 1/4 inch drip line with shrubblers on the ends. These manifolds allow you to easily arrange which parts of the beds will receive water, as well as how much water or even turn off the water supply to particular shrubblers. Thanks for posting. Cheers.
@@PracticalEngineeringSolutions Here's a link to the manifold that I use - www.amazon.ca/Raindrip-13800UB-Hydro-Port-Watering-Manifold/dp/B0007WJF9S And a link to the shrubblers -- www.amazon.ca/Raindrip-13800UB-Hydro-Port-Watering-Manifold/dp/B0007WJF9S These things are commonly available at hardware stores. I live in a semi-desert, agricultural area so I have relatively easy access to all kinds of irrigation stuff. I find these manifolds ideal for SFG since you can precisely deliver appropriate amounts of water whether your plants are mature, or you are germinating seeds or if portions of your beds don't need any water at all. One other tip I'll pass along to you is about germinating seeds. Before sowing I'll give the planting area a good soaking then plant my seed appropriately. I then cover the area an old piece of carpet, several layers of burlap or cloth material. Peek under the cover periodically until your seeds start sprouting and when that happens, remove the cover. No need to constantly ensure the soil is moist before germination. I've found those shrubblers disperse as spray of water that is fine enough to ensure that the roots of small seedlings aren't disturbed. Hope this helps. Cheers.
@captainron I've been looking at setting up irrigation but I was thinking the same issues would happen. I was looking at those drip emitters that have small streams and doing 90 or 180 or 360 degree versions to cover entire bed. Hoping that would fix what you find as downfall. Most videos keep showing these drip tape tubes but again that would work with established root system but doesn't seem to cover the entire square for soil.
@@jrtoy704 The drippers that I use for my SFG also come 180 degree versions - I do use the 180's in some cases. I'm not sure if they make 90 deg. version. I use a different kind of emitter for my perennial beds and they come in 90, 180 and 360 varieties. They also offer these varieties that will emit over 3 different distances. You can check Antelco Irrigation on-line for these. The Antelco emitters are perfect for larger perennial beds and depending on the emitter you can choose different amounts of water for plants that have different water requirements or that might be in sun or partial shade. I don't use these in my veggie beds because I'm not able to shut each emitter on and off. I could see where I could use a drip line (as long as I could be assured that the drip would be consistent along the entire line. I have about 100 linear feet of fence line where I sow sunflowers every spring. I installed 1/2 inch drip tubing and I've inserted pressure-adjusted drippers about every 18 inches. I simply sow the seeds at the location of each dripper.
Very interesting video and very instructive. I think social distancing has made many people aware about the importance of growing our own food. Thank you
I tried a conventional shrub bubbler that I showed in video2 but it threw so much water in a small circle (around a foot in diameter) that I did not include it in the latest video I just uploaded.
Thank you for your video! I am having the same issues with drip irrigation also trying to find a better solution to water my plants evenly. Looking forward for your follow up videos!
Glad I could help!
Interesting video. I've been using a drip system with square foot gardens (starting with "Mel's Mix) for more than 10 years. My use of drip systems has changed over time and for reasons similar to yours. I really liked your calculations of water usage, which is something I never thought of doing.
Very early on I realized that the classic drip systems weren't very efficient as water would penetrate the soil with a very small footprint. I switched to shrubblers which solved the problem.
There were a couple of modifications that I found particularly helpful. First, since I often cover my raised beds in the spring and fall, I couldn't have water supply systems hanging over the top edges. So my water supply is PVC that goes underneath the sides and exits in the middle of the bed - the top of the PVC is connected to a drip manifold to which I attached 1/4 inch drip line with shrubblers on the ends.
These manifolds allow you to easily arrange which parts of the beds will receive water, as well as how much water or even turn off the water supply to particular shrubblers.
Thanks for posting. Cheers.
Great idea. Can you show a picture of the shrubblers (and part numbers) and the manifold? thanks
@@PracticalEngineeringSolutions Here's a link to the manifold that I use - www.amazon.ca/Raindrip-13800UB-Hydro-Port-Watering-Manifold/dp/B0007WJF9S
And a link to the shrubblers -- www.amazon.ca/Raindrip-13800UB-Hydro-Port-Watering-Manifold/dp/B0007WJF9S
These things are commonly available at hardware stores. I live in a semi-desert, agricultural area so I have relatively easy access to all kinds of irrigation stuff.
I find these manifolds ideal for SFG since you can precisely deliver appropriate amounts of water whether your plants are mature, or you are germinating seeds or if portions of your beds don't need any water at all.
One other tip I'll pass along to you is about germinating seeds. Before sowing I'll give the planting area a good soaking then plant my seed appropriately. I then cover the area an old piece of carpet, several layers of burlap or cloth material. Peek under the cover periodically until your seeds start sprouting and when that happens, remove the cover. No need to constantly ensure the soil is moist before germination. I've found those shrubblers disperse as spray of water that is fine enough to ensure that the roots of small seedlings aren't disturbed.
Hope this helps. Cheers.
@captainron I've been looking at setting up irrigation but I was thinking the same issues would happen. I was looking at those drip emitters that have small streams and doing 90 or 180 or 360 degree versions to cover entire bed. Hoping that would fix what you find as downfall. Most videos keep showing these drip tape tubes but again that would work with established root system but doesn't seem to cover the entire square for soil.
@@jrtoy704 The drippers that I use for my SFG also come 180 degree versions - I do use the 180's in some cases. I'm not sure if they make 90 deg. version. I use a different kind of emitter for my perennial beds and they come in 90, 180 and 360 varieties. They also offer these varieties that will emit over 3 different distances. You can check Antelco Irrigation on-line for these.
The Antelco emitters are perfect for larger perennial beds and depending on the emitter you can choose different amounts of water for plants that have different water requirements or that might be in sun or partial shade.
I don't use these in my veggie beds because I'm not able to shut each emitter on and off.
I could see where I could use a drip line (as long as I could be assured that the drip would be consistent along the entire line. I have about 100 linear feet of fence line where I sow sunflowers every spring. I installed 1/2 inch drip tubing and I've inserted pressure-adjusted drippers about every 18 inches. I simply sow the seeds at the location of each dripper.
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Very interesting video and very instructive. I think social distancing has made many people aware about the importance of growing our own food. Thank you
Any update on this? I would love to know how the bubbler worked.
Thanks for reminding me. Watch for a new video about this in the next few days,
I tried a conventional shrub bubbler that I showed in video2 but it threw so much water in a small circle (around a foot in diameter) that I did not include it in the latest video I just uploaded.
Any updates ? It’s been 4 years
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