Is there somewhere that includes a detailed layout of how to make those flow-through connectors? I’ve been trying to figure out how to make a drip system that has more than one drip tape running down the center.
i m really thankfull for you putting out this channel and sharing your experience so readily to otheres. as someone wanting to start marketgardening its very helpful. it s very well put together, and it s also nice that you started putting up videos later and having a lot of fotage for comparison. greetings from germany
Thank you so much for making this video. Learned so much. We are setting up a new garden and I have been pondering how to set up irrigation, just happened to see your video on TH-cam. I like that you have added the on and off valve for each bed, so sensible. Great help with the list of supplies. Will definitely incorporate this concept. CJ
Thank you so much for this video. This is what I need to do next to free up camping time this summer with my family. We have an awesome housemate, but I just can't always ask him to water for a week when it's hot out. Your market garden is inspiring.
I use mostly drip, but I do occasionally use overhead for direct seeding when I'm trying to keep a soaked bed wet. I'll talk more about that in a future video. Actually water on leaves doesn't burn the leaves there is no magnification effect it is a misnomer. Farmers spray water on lettuce constantly in the summer to keep the cool and not bolt. If it damaged the leaves they wouldn't do this. Plus from my own experience I know it water on leaves during the day is fine.
Nature's Always Right oh cool thanks for the info that sounds right I always wonders how the farmers don't burn thee leaves in the heat.must be a myth that's been wasting my time for years.now I can water all day long :)
Ya I used to believe the same thing! Just one of those myths that keeps being repeated. But you are half right, it is better to water early morning because that's the coldest part of the day so there won't be much evaporation, this is especially true with overhead. Those big farms waste an immense amount of water using overhead and watering during the hot day.
Nature's Always Right that’s interesting I had real trouble keeping up with the watering last year during a heatwave as I was watering at 10pm the night before, but by morning they needed more water and I wasn’t watering them in case I burnt them and actually lost my one and only cucumber as well as losing several astilbes and had brown crispy leaves on a lot of my perennials - I could have safely watered them but I thought I was causing the browning and crisping by burning them with water in the sun
If you are running drip, then I recommend watering heavily. Thoroughly soak your garden beds. Once soaked all the way through they are much easier to keep wet after that. It sounds like you didn't water enough. There is no way the bed should dry out overnight. I recommend watering in the early AM 4-7am. That way water isn't sitting all night, it can increase the chances of mildew and rot problems. Watering in the morning allows the surface moisture to evaporate soon after and keep the top of the soil and base of the plant healthier.
Hell ya you are speaking my language! I believe a huge shift towards small farming will change everything. Health, economics, community, localizing government, ect. This is my ultimate goal in showing my journey in the agriculture business. We are gonna need 100,000s of new farmers but I truly believe it is possible. Thanks for your support, we can do it together!
Your welcome :) Thanks, I was hoping I explained everything clearly and thoroughly so people can figure out how to do it on their own. Happy gardening!
Those drip lines do best if buried an inch or two. I’ve learned the hard way they fly off and move around too much otherwise. I’ve also never had issue with dirt getting in the line as long as you have the holes facing up. HOSS Tools has an amazing video talking about burring the lines! You did a great job though 👏
Imagine that it's everyone's life...what a beautiful place the world would be right?. When I pray for my meals I always pray for blessings for the hands that work so hard to grow our food, so thank you for all your hard work. It does not go unnoticed.
Great video! Super detailed. I don't know what average water bill is in California, but curious how much it went up. Also, I'm assuming you have gone to market already. How did that go? Successes and vegetables that didn’t do well? I would love to see you do a video on what you will add/eliminate next grow season. California has to be a tough market to sell in.
Thanks Jeremy glad you enjoyed it. I think in the peak of summer 2months I paid $230, I ran only drip last season. This season I'll be doing a little bit of overhead watering too. The market has been awesome! I'm selling at the market that helped really get me into farming 7 years ago. So many farmers there gave me advice and talked to me every week that really helped me learn a lot. I sell out every week! It's been really fun. Sure I can definitely do a video on that, that's a great idea! I've already cut certain things so I can definitely speak to that. Thanks for the thoughtful comment!
Thanks! perfect timing glad it helped! There are so many ways to set it up. Now I'm doing a bit of a hybrid approach where I use both driptape and overhead watering for direct seeded crops. I'll make a video about it soon.
Yeah, I would like to get both set up as well(more drip for the lower rotation beds and more overhead for the higher rotation). Looking forward to that video!
I have rewatched this so many times trying to figure out how you built your 4 port drip tape diy adapter. I can't for the life of me figure out what that green fitting is. I have searched all through drip depot and always am left flustered with all the things they have. I can't find where you explain that part/attachment (can figure out the diy-ing assembly part). I've given up after coming back to this a handful of times, and have went back to my seeping hose/ 1/2 to 1/4 in. drip line and supplemental sprinklers. If you can point me in a direction of the fitting I would be so grateful. Otherwise, you've given me so much info with your videos. 😊 I run a humble market size garden that is just for us and sharing with my friends, family and the bunnies. After all the hard spring work every year,, it's exhausting to even think about processing and selling all that produce to others haha!
would it help to put the pressure regulator close to the drip tape line instead of next to the Orbit which could be quite a distance?? especially the low 10 Gph and 15 Gps?? Also how do you work the garden in the fall with all the drip lines going up and down the rows??
No problem! Thanks for appreciating it. I always want more explanation in people's videos of how and why they are doing things, so trying to provide that :)
Thank you for the supplies list and the awesome video. You made my vision come to life. What size mill thickness did you use for your drip tape and what spacing did you use, 6, 8 or 12?
How much space is between each drip hole? If you mentioned it in this video, I didn’t catch it. Do they make drip tape with 6 inch spacing or is this 12 inch spacing?
Overall for $100 it works very well. But I have a few issues with it, like certain seed sizes not working well with certain plates. Tt could work better but for $100 I can't complain. Everything you have seen growing on my farm that is direct seeded was done with the earthway. Having clean and flat prepped beds really helps to get that thing working at it's best. If you are hitting dirt clods and rocks then it gets stuck a little cuz it's so light. Walk slowly, ensure seed is dropping, give slight downward pressure as you walk the seeder to give good compression of the row of seed. Good luck!
did you say how much it cost? I can't decide if i want to do drip....overhead worked for me okay last year....but i'm doing tomatos this year....so i'd like to try.....but i have no money haha
Thanks for the information video. This inspires me. What is the model of the pieces that fit into the punched holes (and where you connect the 4 driplines afterwards..)
I got it: Perma-Loc Tape x Barb Tubing Takeoff Adapter by brand Irritec, by the way it is impossible to find those in Europe. Or anything similar. In order to reproduce your setup i'd need to use more tees
So there are many connectors that will connect drip tape to 1/2" maybe there is a more appropriate fitting for you in Europe. I'm sorry I don't know what it is. Check out this video I recently made th-cam.com/video/zB-GgVJyydI/w-d-xo.htmlm43s at 12:43 I talk about the cheapest technique to attach drip tape to 1/2". You only need a transfer barb and 30cm of 1/4" line.
why do you install your pressure reducer before the timer? I am sure they are not designed to operate under constant pressure. Wouldn't it make more sense to install it after the timer, to ensure longer lasting pressure reducer?
These orbit timers can be under 100psi if I remember correctly. Since I was running filters and side shoots and all this weird stuff I was worried about pressure loss if I put the pressure reducers at the beginning. I wanted the least amount of friction until the final 4 valve timer then I reduce the pressure as it enters the 1/2". I also am running 2 different psis on one timer. So that was my thinking when setting it up. I've never seen a pressure reducer fail or break unless exposed to the sun for years.
You could purchase the 1/2" and the connectors at home depot but it is way more expensive. Home depot does not sell drip tape or agriculture minded products. It's mostly for home and garden irrigation. I ordered all of my drip from dripdepot.com
Great job and nice video! One question, did you install the drip tape on&off on the both side, or just in on side of the bed and in the other side you put a tube end cap? thanks
The 1/2inch to drip tape adapter I used is www.dripdepot.com/item/irritec-perma-loc-tape-by-barb-tubing-takeoff-adapter-barb-size-3-6mm-perma-loc-size-five-eigths-inch. There are a ton of ways to connect, this is the middle of the road, some are a little cheaper, some are more expensive but come off easily. Here's a ton of adapters, www.dripdepot.com/item/irritec-perma-loc-tape-by-barb-tubing-takeoff-adapter-barb-size-3-6mm-perma-loc-size-five-eigths-inch
4 lines for a 30 inch bed. It looks like a total of 24 inches wide. 3 inched of bed out each end. Q: Of the 4 lines, where do you set the plants (horizontally) ? Q: Are the tape hole lined up for all 4 lines vertically? EDIT: I see you hide a seed below each hole.
Thanks for asking so I can add it to the description. I use 3.6mm or 1/4". www.dripdepot.com/product/irritec-perma-loc-tape-by-barb-tubing-takeoff-adapter. Check out all the types of adapters out there, many ways to set things up for different reasons. www.dripdepot.com/search?q=drip%20tape%20adapter
Thanks! Also, I seem to be having difficulty choosing what kind of tape as far as thickness(8,10, or 15mm), emitter spacing, and GPH? Do you have a recommendation?
Haha ya they are irritating sometimes! Many of the big name market gardeners are using just overhead watering now. But I live in San Diego where we have expensive water and little rain. Drip irrigation is the most efficient way to water so for San Diego or dry climates I think it is a really good idea. Right now I'm using a combination of drip and overhead and I'm really liking the results. I'm going to keep trying it through summer to see how I like it during our dryest season, I'll do a video in the future about how I'm watering, once I prove my system works well for me.
Oh really you can get all twist on and off connections or compression fittings. Compression fittings never blow out, but ya twist on occasionally come off I always test pull my drip tape under pressure to make sure I got it on their tight.
Each manifold has 4 drip lines. You have 6 and 7 beds on 2 separate zones. That means you have 24 and 28 drip lines per zone or valve. I am assuming 1 foot spacing on your tape with 1 gph emitters for 50 feet. That comes out to 1200 emitters for one zone and 1400 for the other. This translates to 1200 gph and 1400 gph on the respective zones. This brings us to the Achilles heel of water delivery: flow rates. 1/2 inch line will deliver about 8 gpm or 480 gph. 3/4 inch line 13.5 gpm or 810 gph, 1 inch 21 gpm or 1260 gph. (info from this site: www.premierwatermn.com/flow-rates-achilles-heel-water-system/) It looks like you may not have enough water with a 1/2 inch supply. You will have to keep an eye on it I suppose and turn off valves at the manifolds as needed. That being said, it's good to see your progress and enthusiasm. If you get enough $$ this year, then have an irrigation guy come in and consult/install a fully automated system. It will save you a ton of time and money if you get it done right. You are certainly on the right track.
Lol the "Pro" irrigation guys (landscapers) don't know anything about setting up small farm irrigation or horticulture in general. They set it up way too expensive for what is needed, they are just trying to rip off homeowners. My tape is every 6", This tape is running at 15psi, .46gph/100.' Trust me man it has plenty of flow, I realize it isn't full but there are no problems, I've gone through 1 full season. I can run each zone full open no problem, sure I may have to run it longer than if I was using 3/4" but then I'm running PVC which is more expensive, you have to bury it, so way more work.. You aren't thinking efficiency an ease. 500' of 1/2" poly is $50 and bendy, way easier to work with. I maxed out the pressure for 1/2" the cheapest way I could and built a quality system that works like magic. Been running without a hitch for a year and a half so ya I'll pass on the "Professional." This system is fully automated, and is one of the cheapest ways to build an irrigation system of this size. On an acre I would do things differently, and at that size I probably would hire a REAL farm consultant to do it the best way possible, it's all about context.. Sorry but I just don't agree with you for my context, years of actual farming experience and building many types of irrigation systems trumps any landscaping watering experience.
So just as you were doing all of this last year, your boy Curtis Stone was ripping his out and going overhead (th-cam.com/video/flv1vf3gLbI/w-d-xo.html) Are you sticking with this or swapping out to over head? Thanks for the info man! Good stuff!
Yes I've seen that video and I agree, but it's ALL about context and I'm in San Diego, very dry, hot, high afternoon winds. Very different climate than any of the other market gardeners on TH-cam. If I ran overhead constantly that would be insanely inefficient and the water is expensive here as it is. I've grown everything I wanted to the way I wanted to with this drip set up, including salad mixes and roots. But with direct seeded crops and greens all the market gardeners are for sure right, overhead is best. So I'm going to be doing a hybrid approach, I've got this technique going that I really like now and has been working excellent. I use the drip tape to soak the bed after seeding then I just use overhead to keep it wet. Saves a ton of water and I get the best of both world. For all transplanted crops though, I still like drip tape the best.
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Is there somewhere that includes a detailed layout of how to make those flow-through connectors? I’ve been trying to figure out how to make a drip system that has more than one drip tape running down the center.
@@kgardennerd Here it is th-cam.com/video/hO3LVm7j1c0/w-d-xo.html
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i m really thankfull for you putting out this channel and sharing your experience so readily to otheres. as someone wanting to start marketgardening its very helpful. it s very well put together, and it s also nice that you started putting up videos later and having a lot of fotage for comparison.
greetings from germany
Best explanation and set up of irrigation I've seen on here. Stunning young man!
Thank you so much for making this video. Learned so much. We are setting up a new garden and I have been pondering how to set up irrigation, just happened to see your video on TH-cam. I like that you have added the on and off valve for each bed, so sensible. Great help with the list of supplies. Will definitely incorporate this concept. CJ
I'm so happy the video was helpful for you! Best of luck building your system!
Thank you so much for this video. This is what I need to do next to free up camping time this summer with my family. We have an awesome housemate, but I just can't always ask him to water for a week when it's hot out. Your market garden is inspiring.
Ya automatic watering is essential. Watering by hand takes a very long time. Thanks so glad you find it inspiring :)
bro thanks for this video and this playlist tbh. this is alllll the inspo i need to start my own.
Very good as sometimes you can't water overhead at night and in the sun the water will scortch the leaves.
Great video
I use mostly drip, but I do occasionally use overhead for direct seeding when I'm trying to keep a soaked bed wet. I'll talk more about that in a future video. Actually water on leaves doesn't burn the leaves there is no magnification effect it is a misnomer. Farmers spray water on lettuce constantly in the summer to keep the cool and not bolt. If it damaged the leaves they wouldn't do this. Plus from my own experience I know it water on leaves during the day is fine.
Nature's Always Right oh cool thanks for the info that sounds right I always wonders how the farmers don't burn thee leaves in the heat.must be a myth that's been wasting my time for years.now I can water all day long :)
Ya I used to believe the same thing! Just one of those myths that keeps being repeated. But you are half right, it is better to water early morning because that's the coldest part of the day so there won't be much evaporation, this is especially true with overhead. Those big farms waste an immense amount of water using overhead and watering during the hot day.
Nature's Always Right that’s interesting I had real trouble keeping up with the watering last year during a heatwave as I was watering at 10pm the night before, but by morning they needed more water and I wasn’t watering them in case I burnt them and actually lost my one and only cucumber as well as losing several astilbes and had brown crispy leaves on a lot of my perennials - I could have safely watered them but I thought I was causing the browning and crisping by burning them with water in the sun
If you are running drip, then I recommend watering heavily. Thoroughly soak your garden beds. Once soaked all the way through they are much easier to keep wet after that. It sounds like you didn't water enough. There is no way the bed should dry out overnight. I recommend watering in the early AM 4-7am. That way water isn't sitting all night, it can increase the chances of mildew and rot problems. Watering in the morning allows the surface moisture to evaporate soon after and keep the top of the soil and base of the plant healthier.
Ihope your channel blows up and we all are growing food
Hell ya you are speaking my language! I believe a huge shift towards small farming will change everything. Health, economics, community, localizing government, ect. This is my ultimate goal in showing my journey in the agriculture business. We are gonna need 100,000s of new farmers but I truly believe it is possible. Thanks for your support, we can do it together!
I really appreciate the details and clear views in the video. Also the list of components and where to find them in the notes.
Your welcome :) Thanks, I was hoping I explained everything clearly and thoroughly so people can figure out how to do it on their own. Happy gardening!
Those drip lines do best if buried an inch or two. I’ve learned the hard way they fly off and move around too much otherwise. I’ve also never had issue with dirt getting in the line as long as you have the holes facing up. HOSS Tools has an amazing video talking about burring the lines!
You did a great job though 👏
I just subscribed to show my support. I appreciate & respect what you are doing. Keep living the DREAM & Keep sharing the love.
Thanks so much for subscribing! It means the world to have your support. Oh ya I'll never stop this is my LIFE :)
Imagine that it's everyone's life...what a beautiful place the world would be right?. When I pray for my meals I always pray for blessings for the hands that work so hard to grow our food, so thank you for all your hard work. It does not go unnoticed.
Thank you so so much that's very kind of you.
have you ever done one without pressure, from a barrel? How do you deal with dechlorinizing?
Steven, thank you so much for the detail and sharing the knowledge you learned. See you are a great student!
Thanks Jay, I'm happy to share and learn and share some more ;)
Great video, thanks so much for sharing this.
Glad it was helpful!
This was a very great video. Thanks. I can't wait for my season to start. Going to do this, this year.
Thanks a lot I'm glad you enjoyed it. Nice I'm excited for you! You can make it happen plan well and start slowly.
growing some strawberries on those raised beds was the best
Great video thank you helped me get a vision on my irrigation plan. Thank you good luck on your new Tennessee farm.
Great video! Super detailed. I don't know what average water bill is in California, but curious how much it went up. Also, I'm assuming you have gone to market already. How did that go? Successes and vegetables that didn’t do well? I would love to see you do a video on what you will add/eliminate next grow season. California has to be a tough market to sell in.
Thanks Jeremy glad you enjoyed it. I think in the peak of summer 2months I paid $230, I ran only drip last season. This season I'll be doing a little bit of overhead watering too. The market has been awesome! I'm selling at the market that helped really get me into farming 7 years ago. So many farmers there gave me advice and talked to me every week that really helped me learn a lot. I sell out every week! It's been really fun. Sure I can definitely do a video on that, that's a great idea! I've already cut certain things so I can definitely speak to that. Thanks for the thoughtful comment!
Great video! I was looking for information on how to set up drip for a market garden and this helped a lot !
Thanks! perfect timing glad it helped! There are so many ways to set it up. Now I'm doing a bit of a hybrid approach where I use both driptape and overhead watering for direct seeded crops. I'll make a video about it soon.
Yeah, I would like to get both set up as well(more drip for the lower rotation beds and more overhead for the higher rotation). Looking forward to that video!
Ya I think a combination or certain water set ups for certain crops is best. I like using drip tape for all transplanted crops still.
I like your setup would like to do the same thing on my yard....
Wow so helpful, thank you!!!
How do you prepare your irrigation system for winter, roll everything back to the storage?
Fantastic job - Thanks for the detailed info!
My pleasure!
The easiest way to block off the end of 1/2drip tube is a 3/4 pvc coupler, fold over on insert
I have rewatched this so many times trying to figure out how you built your 4 port drip tape diy adapter. I can't for the life of me figure out what that green fitting is. I have searched all through drip depot and always am left flustered with all the things they have. I can't find where you explain that part/attachment (can figure out the diy-ing assembly part). I've given up after coming back to this a handful of times, and have went back to my seeping hose/ 1/2 to 1/4 in. drip line and supplemental sprinklers. If you can point me in a direction of the fitting I would be so grateful. Otherwise, you've given me so much info with your videos. 😊 I run a humble market size garden that is just for us and sharing with my friends, family and the bunnies. After all the hard spring work every year,, it's exhausting to even think about processing and selling all that produce to others haha!
would it help to put the pressure regulator close to the drip tape line instead of next to the Orbit which could be quite a distance?? especially the low 10 Gph and 15 Gps?? Also how do you work the garden in the fall with all the drip lines going up and down the rows??
Great video! Game changer for us here at Clarke’s Greens. Thanks
Boa tarde Steven, Muito legal seu estilo de irrigação , economiza tempo, para fazer outras coisas, bom trabalho filho de Deus Yahweh.....
Cheers thanks :)
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Anytime my friend.
Question which tubing for irrigation is best the round TUBING OR THE TAPE TYPE. and have you used both over time. Reply
Steven thanks for the info. Need a little more info on what to order. What is the emitter spacing and flow rate? Also mil size on tubing. Thanks.
Can I place a weed prevention fabric over the drip tape?
Thanks for the detail and congrats on your garden!
Thanks Ann much appreciated :)
Great video, those work so well
Thank you! Yes they do! Happy watering :)
Hello. Can I also use a hard pipe for the manifold??
You could but I don't see the advantage of it being permanent and easily tripped over and broken.
thanks for showing. where do you buy the twist on connector? Thank you
Thank you
Thanks for the Detail.
No problem! Thanks for appreciating it. I always want more explanation in people's videos of how and why they are doing things, so trying to provide that :)
Thank you for the supplies list and the awesome video. You made my vision come to life. What size mill thickness did you use for your drip tape and what spacing did you use, 6, 8 or 12?
What size Tape are you running. And spacing of emitters.
Hey Steve, what size of drip tape & emitter spacing you used in this video? I believe the main line is 1/2".
How much space is between each drip hole? If you mentioned it in this video, I didn’t catch it. Do they make drip tape with 6 inch spacing or is this 12 inch spacing?
What kind of tape did you use? Tape mil size (8,10, or 15), the emitter spacing, and drip GPH?
Hey does that seeder work good I just purchased one an hopefully it'll be here today??
Overall for $100 it works very well. But I have a few issues with it, like certain seed sizes not working well with certain plates. Tt could work better but for $100 I can't complain. Everything you have seen growing on my farm that is direct seeded was done with the earthway. Having clean and flat prepped beds really helps to get that thing working at it's best. If you are hitting dirt clods and rocks then it gets stuck a little cuz it's so light. Walk slowly, ensure seed is dropping, give slight downward pressure as you walk the seeder to give good compression of the row of seed. Good luck!
Thanks you!
Have you changed anything since this video? ❤
Where would I find the video on ways to connect drip tape to the barbs?
did you say how much it cost? I can't decide if i want to do drip....overhead worked for me okay last year....but i'm doing tomatos this year....so i'd like to try.....but i have no money haha
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If I have 4 ft beds how many lines do I need to irrigate each bed adequately? Can anyone answer this?
Can you leave a link to the valve you used ? I am having a hard time finding it
The valve? Could you describe what that valve is connected to so I can find it?
@@NaturesAlwaysRight I found it thanks for getting back to me
Thanks for the information video. This inspires me. What is the model of the pieces that fit into the punched holes (and where you connect the 4 driplines afterwards..)
I got it: Perma-Loc Tape x Barb Tubing Takeoff Adapter by brand Irritec, by the way it is impossible to find those in Europe. Or anything similar. In order to reproduce your setup i'd need to use more tees
So there are many connectors that will connect drip tape to 1/2" maybe there is a more appropriate fitting for you in Europe. I'm sorry I don't know what it is. Check out this video I recently made th-cam.com/video/zB-GgVJyydI/w-d-xo.htmlm43s at 12:43 I talk about the cheapest technique to attach drip tape to 1/2". You only need a transfer barb and 30cm of 1/4" line.
Do you disconnect at both ends when you flip the beds? Seems like quite a bit of work - do you have a good process for that?
With my new design I just disconnect one adapter and I'm done. Here it is th-cam.com/video/hO3LVm7j1c0/w-d-xo.html
why do you install your pressure reducer before the timer? I am sure they are not designed to operate under constant pressure. Wouldn't it make more sense to install it after the timer, to ensure longer lasting pressure reducer?
These orbit timers can be under 100psi if I remember correctly. Since I was running filters and side shoots and all this weird stuff I was worried about pressure loss if I put the pressure reducers at the beginning. I wanted the least amount of friction until the final 4 valve timer then I reduce the pressure as it enters the 1/2". I also am running 2 different psis on one timer. So that was my thinking when setting it up. I've never seen a pressure reducer fail or break unless exposed to the sun for years.
30 inches is 2feet, right?
Can you purchase all this stuff at Home Depot? Or do you order it online
You could purchase the 1/2" and the connectors at home depot but it is way more expensive. Home depot does not sell drip tape or agriculture minded products. It's mostly for home and garden irrigation. I ordered all of my drip from dripdepot.com
Nice setup but make sure u use proper innoculant on your peas and beans, the worm tea won't allow your beans to nodulate and use atmospheric nitrogen
What flow rate was the drip tape? How long do you have to water?
Mine is 15psi .46gph I believe. That will depend on your soil structure and flow rate from your irrigation system.
nice set up. good, informative video
Thanks my friend glad it was helpful.
Untangling Poly line is made easier if you leave it sit in the sun for an hour while you're getting ready so that it heats up.
Thanks for the tip I'll try that next time!
Thank you very much.
You're very welcome :)
Great job and nice video! One question, did you install the drip tape on&off on the both side, or just in on side of the bed and in the other side you put a tube end cap? thanks
Thanks Pipa. I put them on both sides so that I could turn the entire bed off. If you aren't doing flow through then just one on/off.
Four rows each ridger , is it too many?
Some people run 3 some run 4 on 30" beds. I find your soil structure and how well the water infiltrates tells you how many you need.
@@NaturesAlwaysRight thanks。
Not sure if you mentioned it or not but what is the emitter spacing you used on the drip tape?
They are 30" beds so I spaced them equally every 6". So emitters at 6, 12, 18, and 24 inches.
@@NaturesAlwaysRight do you think it's possible to do 4 lines on a 48 inch bed? What's the minimum number of lines I can get away with?
Do you have a link to the green drip tape connectors? I didn't see it in the list of links.
The 1/2inch to drip tape adapter I used is www.dripdepot.com/item/irritec-perma-loc-tape-by-barb-tubing-takeoff-adapter-barb-size-3-6mm-perma-loc-size-five-eigths-inch. There are a ton of ways to connect, this is the middle of the road, some are a little cheaper, some are more expensive but come off easily. Here's a ton of adapters, www.dripdepot.com/item/irritec-perma-loc-tape-by-barb-tubing-takeoff-adapter-barb-size-3-6mm-perma-loc-size-five-eigths-inch
Thanks!
4 lines for a 30 inch bed. It looks like a total of 24 inches wide. 3 inched of bed out each end.
Q: Of the 4 lines, where do you set the plants (horizontally) ?
Q: Are the tape hole lined up for all 4 lines vertically?
EDIT: I see you hide a seed below each hole.
What is worm tea?
Watch this video Epic gardening and I made :) th-cam.com/video/smoyVUUdElM/w-d-xo.html
I was wondering what is the type of drip tape and connectors to 1/2” that you use? I didn’t see it listed with the other parts...
Thanks for asking so I can add it to the description. I use 3.6mm or 1/4". www.dripdepot.com/product/irritec-perma-loc-tape-by-barb-tubing-takeoff-adapter. Check out all the types of adapters out there, many ways to set things up for different reasons. www.dripdepot.com/search?q=drip%20tape%20adapter
Thanks! Also, I seem to be having difficulty choosing what kind of tape as far as thickness(8,10, or 15mm), emitter spacing, and GPH? Do you have a recommendation?
great video, distracting-ly large eye brows, i respect their power
Why Jean Martin calls it 'drip irritation'.
Haha ya they are irritating sometimes! Many of the big name market gardeners are using just overhead watering now. But I live in San Diego where we have expensive water and little rain. Drip irrigation is the most efficient way to water so for San Diego or dry climates I think it is a really good idea. Right now I'm using a combination of drip and overhead and I'm really liking the results. I'm going to keep trying it through summer to see how I like it during our dryest season, I'll do a video in the future about how I'm watering, once I prove my system works well for me.
I always had trouble when the fittings come apart! 😰
Oh really you can get all twist on and off connections or compression fittings. Compression fittings never blow out, but ya twist on occasionally come off I always test pull my drip tape under pressure to make sure I got it on their tight.
are you showing us Tomatoes or other stuff that we dont need
The peg would stop the pipe pulling from the corner even if you put it in the other way 😘
looks quite complicated
Lol you probably think a 1 string banjo is complicated
Each manifold has 4 drip lines. You have 6 and 7 beds on 2 separate zones. That means you have 24 and 28 drip lines per zone or valve. I am assuming 1 foot spacing on your tape with 1 gph emitters for 50 feet. That comes out to 1200 emitters for one zone and 1400 for the other. This translates to 1200 gph and 1400 gph on the respective zones. This brings us to the Achilles heel of water delivery: flow rates. 1/2 inch line will deliver about 8 gpm or 480 gph. 3/4 inch line 13.5 gpm or 810 gph, 1 inch 21 gpm or 1260 gph. (info from this site: www.premierwatermn.com/flow-rates-achilles-heel-water-system/) It looks like you may not have enough water with a 1/2 inch supply. You will have to keep an eye on it I suppose and turn off valves at the manifolds as needed. That being said, it's good to see your progress and enthusiasm. If you get enough $$ this year, then have an irrigation guy come in and consult/install a fully automated system. It will save you a ton of time and money if you get it done right. You are certainly on the right track.
Lol the "Pro" irrigation guys (landscapers) don't know anything about setting up small farm irrigation or horticulture in general. They set it up way too expensive for what is needed, they are just trying to rip off homeowners. My tape is every 6", This tape is running at 15psi, .46gph/100.' Trust me man it has plenty of flow, I realize it isn't full but there are no problems, I've gone through 1 full season. I can run each zone full open no problem, sure I may have to run it longer than if I was using 3/4" but then I'm running PVC which is more expensive, you have to bury it, so way more work.. You aren't thinking efficiency an ease. 500' of 1/2" poly is $50 and bendy, way easier to work with. I maxed out the pressure for 1/2" the cheapest way I could and built a quality system that works like magic. Been running without a hitch for a year and a half so ya I'll pass on the "Professional." This system is fully automated, and is one of the cheapest ways to build an irrigation system of this size. On an acre I would do things differently, and at that size I probably would hire a REAL farm consultant to do it the best way possible, it's all about context.. Sorry but I just don't agree with you for my context, years of actual farming experience and building many types of irrigation systems trumps any landscaping watering experience.
So just as you were doing all of this last year, your boy Curtis Stone was ripping his out and going overhead (th-cam.com/video/flv1vf3gLbI/w-d-xo.html) Are you sticking with this or swapping out to over head? Thanks for the info man! Good stuff!
Yes I've seen that video and I agree, but it's ALL about context and I'm in San Diego, very dry, hot, high afternoon winds. Very different climate than any of the other market gardeners on TH-cam. If I ran overhead constantly that would be insanely inefficient and the water is expensive here as it is. I've grown everything I wanted to the way I wanted to with this drip set up, including salad mixes and roots. But with direct seeded crops and greens all the market gardeners are for sure right, overhead is best. So I'm going to be doing a hybrid approach, I've got this technique going that I really like now and has been working excellent. I use the drip tape to soak the bed after seeding then I just use overhead to keep it wet. Saves a ton of water and I get the best of both world. For all transplanted crops though, I still like drip tape the best.
Good info. Thanks!!
No problem brotha!
23:00 deez nuts
Funky with to much innocuous talk