Really looking forward to your comprehensive irrigation install and learning how you calculate water amounts for containers and factor variables such as heat and dry winds. Thanks for doing this!
I use drip tape in all of my raised beds and it has been a game changer for my garden. I'm using less water and getting water directly to each plants root zone. Highly recommend it. Oh, and no matter what innovations come along for watering I will never be without my Haws watering can. Thanks for the video!
I actually have a five zone irrigation system that I put together in my backyard. So worth it for my low pressure system and 30’/40’ backyard. I have the orbit b-hyve and have an additional 3 zones we made in the front yard. Trenching the PVC was a pain but when all is said and done it looks great , is out of the way, and the plants love the consistency! It’s also great to keep the valves for future as you can adjust flow between areas when you have soaker hoses which can overspray if pressure is too high.
I almost went for the orbit b-hyve but decided to go with a full panel and valve setup instead. The b-hyve does look like a great solution in general though!
I'm doing container gardening and hand watering everything right now. It is a small garden but I want to put in a drip irrigation system so when I go on vacation the plants will still get watered. Looking forward to your irrigation series.
as a native san diegan, i'm always aware of water savings. But as someone with a gruntload of bags and miscellaneous containers in a backyard but no loose money, whilst these videos are fascinating just to watch how it's done, they don't really give me any ideas of improving my watering practise from my 'drag the hose and use the sprayer on gentle rain' method. (Many of my bags are repurposed soil and 50# dog food bags - no, they don't last long, otoh as long as i have big dogs and continue gardening i'm not going to run out!) i'm so glad you have the ability to do these fancy setups and let us see how you do them, but just wanted to express that most of the ideas don't seem feasible for those of us on really limited budgets. Though i'm saving up for ollas!
I've been thinking about the Olla's/Oya's? I keep wondering if I could use regular clay pots as Oya's. Maybe put a silicone plug in the bottom hole and choose terracotta pot dishes to use on top as a lid. It's terracotta, will have no leaks and if you find the right size dish you can put it on top and put some water in it with a couple of corks floating for the bees to have some water. I mean those Oya's with a face are cute but at 40 bucks a pop and with people giving away actual terracotta pots I would rather upcycle a free resource. Otherwise I could go back to my old method of poking tiny holes in the screw top of a plastic pop bottle, cutting off the other end and burying it lid side down. I fill those with a hose. The only problem is they don't stay filled with water for too long and my community garden is 20 minutes away so I need the water to diffuse more slowly so I don't have to go there to water every 2 days.
@@puggirl415 Spelt "olla", pronounced /oya/. a terracotta pot with a lid sounds like an idea, but you'd have to be sure it's not one that's been lined on the inside (i have a few that seem to be waterproofed on the inside surface). Now i wish i still did pottery so i could make some . . . .
I feel like I’m in the same boat with my watering. Im sick of pulling around the watering hose. Can’t wait for the irrigation videos coming! Thanks for sharing! 💚🌱
Eager to see the process. I have multiple water lines on my property and overall inefficient. Want to redo my irrigation, but I do not know how. Thanks for your thoroughness.
Very much looking forward to your irrigation video(s)! Irrigation really does seem to be the biggest difference maker for a lot of gardens, while also maybe being one of the most daunting systems to set up at times.
Yes! Looking forward to your comprehensive irrigation install. I would like to install drip irrigation. Installing irrigation along the front and the east side of the house doesn’t seem to be too complicated to figure out. However, I would like to run drip along my east fence in our backyard and my raised beds, and grow bags/tubs which are located in the back half of the yard. It would be nice to know how much area a drip line can efficiently cover and how to manage more than one line…
I am looking forward to the irrigation video. I live in LA county and we are under water restriction. I had a drip system last year but pulled it out to install new tubing because of hard water. Thank you Jacques!
I'm actually getting ready to do a whole irrigation instal in my front yard - there are some existing controllers so I'd love it if you cover how to tap into those, or update them to something more modern.. Thanks!!
Wow... that's all I can think to say. I'm just starting my water harvesting/conserving journey here in (for now) rainy MA. Using rain barrels and starting to make Ollas...
Looking very forward to the set up video! Specific questions: specific name of products, specific sizes, specific uses of those sizes. I’m a complete rookie when it comes to drip irrigation.
Looking forward to the video. I have two spigots on each side of my house which makes them very far from either gardening zone - almost 75 feet of hose BEFORE I start trying to split off and water different zones. I've not found the best way to set up a accessible point or split things up while still having enough pressure to then cast it around where it needs to be. Also, how then too, to get it UP into raised beds, and what brands and systems of hoses and connections are more effective and affordable
This was interesting and helpful. I look forward to the irrigation install - I just got an estimate for a pro to switch our irrigation over to drip and it was several thousand dollars! I think I can manage this with some decent instruction - can’t wait!
The new system sounds awesome..definitely excited to see what you do. I have two PVC runs on different sites of a house would like to see how those different valve locations can be controlled by one controller
I’ve always wanted to install a drip irrigation that’s automatic and weather sensitive… but my faucet is leaky and I havent been able to call someone to replace the spout. We’re in Florida, so watering is a must esp in the high temp… which seems to be year round except for 2 days 😂
My entire garden is watered on a timed auto sprinkler system. It’s a game changer. You just set when and how long and it comes on automatically every time. It’s so good.
Definitely looking forward to the irrigation series! Would love to hear the ballpark costs of the new installation. We have a small drip system right now but will also need to add container and fruit trees in the near future so can’t wait to see how you approach the design of your more comprehensive irrigation. Will you be expanding the olla use beyond the one lettuce bag?
I will keep tabs on cost and share the full price for different sections. I am expanding my olla use, primarily in areas that are off irrigation which would be difficult to add on to or around plants that drink up the water too fast!
Overhead shots please, it gets easy to be turned around and unsure of which part of your gardens you are in from shot to shot, unless walking with you. Sounds cool, looking forward to it!
I’d love for you to include the cost of the system or maybe by zone. I know prices are different everywhere, but it would give folks an idea of what they might need to save for their size garden before walking into HD and having sticker shock.
I have another water strategy to add to your list. I have a 55-gallon fish tank. I have to do a 50% water change every week. I save this waster for my plants and raised bed.
Could a system of ollas water a whole garden? I'm setting up a garden soon and trying to make it as low maintenance as I can while still keeping the budget low! Just refilling ollas sounds way easier than remembering when each bed needs the irrigation hooked up or turned on
A timer with programmable zones is more handss off. Establish your schedule for each zone and all you need to remember is to turn on the delay function if you are experiencing a period of extended rainfall.
Ollas are great, but they are pretty pricey. Retail prices in San Diego run $20-40 each! I'm fortunate enough to live close enough to the Mexican boarder that I can get them at wholesale prices but digitally controlled drip irrigation is actually the cheaper option if you're purchasing everything at retail.
Drip is cheaper overall but for areas where you have no plan on adding irrigation these are a great solution. Some people have rigged up irrigation lines to auto fill all their ollas as well!
I'm at a point now where setting up a system would be good. It is taking me a lot longer to water my garden when I fully water which is rare but still. I think breakdowns of where to find the items and cost would be best to help me out. Also how to water some things more than others.
Nice. I still water using my cooking pot..granted I only have a balcony garden..would love to one day have a space big enough to worry about irrigation. Will be watching you updates in case I one day need the info!
Also Balcony garden, but South full sun and high winds are making me consider how to setup irrigation to the more “delicate” herbs. Even the lemongrass is looking thrashed lol.
Can't wait to see these upcoming videos. Would numbering the installation videos as you go. Be able to be included? That way we know we know what one is next. Your garden is amazing and looks big too. Blessings from Australia ❤️
Excited to see how you are going to do it without electricity! I have a rachio controller but have issues getting electricity to it (old house problems). And as a side note, it looks like a lot of your lines are capped at the ends. Have you considered making them a loop or a grid to maintain a more regulated pressure?
I would love to see how you set up the fertilizer system with you sprinklers and drip. I’d like to do that at my home instead of hand fertilizing all my plants. Thanks
For your up coming video on your irrigation system: I am not in a water restricted area (east coast) and I want to some day soon collect my own rain too. One thing I want to do when I set up my irrigation system is have the option to have small sprinklers - ones that are maybe 10 or so inches off the ground. I like the idea of drip for water conservation, but I worry that it will dry out the parts of the bed that aren't directly under the drip. Maybe it wont fully dry out, but I want to make sure I am caring for the soil, not just the plants - but also not laying down tons of drip lines. It would be annoying to have a drip line every 4 inches since that is more lines to manage and deal with when planting, prepping and refreshing beds, clearing mulch to apply amendments like compost, worm castings, granular fertilizers, etc. So I'd like to one day make a hybrid system that is primarily for drip, but that I could also turn on the sprinklers a few times a month to keep the rest of the soil from drying out. If it fits into your video, I would love to hear your thoughts on if you think this! Do you think the soil between lines will dry or get neglected? Is there a spacing between lines that you would not go past? Do you know of any sort of hybrid drip/sprinkler system like I have envisioned? (not expecting a complete product, but maybe systems you know of that could be easily retrofitted for this) If it doesn't fit into the video, don't sweat it!
This is for sure a trade off with drip irrigation, for example my pathways are bone dry meaning there is very little soil life that can thrive there. Most people will run drip lines and then overhead sprinklers or wobblers that you would run separately to get full water coverage. The most effective type of sprinkler for wetting a large area is a wobbler style.
Great video idea! Could you talk about tapping into sprinklers? I want to change my front yard from grass into raised beds and convert the sprinklers to drip into the beds.
I don't have any sprinklers on my property but drip depot has a nice article on just that! help.dripdepot.com/support/solutions/articles/11000044361-how-to-convert-a-sprinkler-head-to-drip-irrigation
Thank you Jacques! This is perfect timing. I've got a very similar situation happening in my garden (except I'm a native San Diegan living in Virginia - so no drought) lots of pots, large areas that need zoning, and way too much time spent watering by hand. For part of the summer I can rely on rain but we do actually have a dry period end of June and into July where it also gets very hot so plants need water every day. I've been exclusively hand watering the last two years and have literally given myself tennis elbow. So I need to get down to it and get my drip installed. I will be a complete beginner so I'm really interested in all parts of the process. I may have missed it but was there a link to the quick connects you use? I'm sure in the next video you'll put links to all the products you use. Edit: Just saw the quick connect on the Hoselink site. Oops :)
As you can probably tell, I'm catching up on my videos, in case u haven't made that video 1 Q I have is if necessary how can you up regulate the water pressure from that system if you need to.
Since you said you would plant watermelon and pumpkin, which are water-hungry plants, for your irrigation video, can you go over how you plan to regulate water frequency between plants that need more water than others?
How would you prevent pressure build-up from A drip line ? Let's say you're on vacation you have everything on a timer and your pipes break from the pressure??..in the house would that happen is that possible
In my current setup the lines don't run unless I manually turn them on. In the future the controller I am installing can tell if water use spikes mid use and so it can turn off that zone in case of catastrophe!
I need to set up irrigation for my new backyard food forest that I'm planting. Right now I'm watering with a hose from ONE hosebib! My thought was to run pvc from the front yard main line. It would cross the front yard, go into the backyard hugging the perimeter (about 7' from the fence line) all the way around the backyard. I would put a total of 5 hosebibs on the line: at the 4 corners of the backyard and one more in the front yard. From these hosebibs I could connect hoses, soaker hoses or drip irrigation. I'd need to add a filter at each hosebib to remove the chloramine from the city water. But I'd also like to consider a rainwater system using an IBC tote (275 or 330 gal) and a transfer pump would be required. I've got to decide in the next couple of weeks before I plant too many more trees!
There are so many options it can be overwhelming! If you are going with a hosebib setup I would recommend getting a wifi timer like the b-hyve to save your sanity.
@@jacquesinthegarden If I add the 4 hosebibs at the corners of the backyard I don't know how I would centrally control them with a wifi timer. I wouldn't have true "zones" because there would just be a single pipe around the perimeter of the yard connecting the hosebibs in a serial fashion. And I wouldn't have electricity at the hosebibs for adding a smart controller. I'll talk to the irrigation guy who's going to give me an estimate. I'm sure I'm missing a key idea here.
Ive been searching your videos and I haven't seen you complete the irrigation installation... Is there a video I'm missing? this is something I'm very interested in.... Especially from my mains water....
I've wanted to do soaker hoses and quick connects for my garden but I'm worried that because our irrigation isn't filtered that it will clog up all those parts within a day. So I'm still hand watering my massive garden and it takes hours to get everything watered. Although the hail yesterday destroyed most of my plants so I might not have to worry about watering this season...
For me the biggest thing with the soaker that has lead me to give up on them is the uneven water distribution, otherwise it is convenient in the right context!
Was that comprehensive irrigation install ever posted, or is it forth coming? My wife and I are getting ready to start making a large vegetable garden over the next couple of years, and this sort of install would be a godsend.
It is "coming" I have a massive pile of recordings that I need to sort through and organize before I can start the edit, but I expect to put it out sometime in the next month or so.
Something people never talk about are how garden timers work. It seems weird to me that I leave my water spigot open and I'm supposed to trust the timer will block water once its done running.
It does have a little valve that springs into place for the mechanical system but that is prone to failure and has failed for me. People say the battery powered ones however do work quite reliably.
Do you worry about the added chlorine and fluoride in most city water, is there anything you can do? Thanks for your videos, they have really inspired me to become a better gardener.
Yes! There are lots of options for filtering chlorine from a $10 "RV" filter that will only last a few months to a longer term water filter setup. Not sure about fluorine but I believe it is much less harmful to plants than chlorine is to the soil.
Chlorine I am more concerned about but not really worried about fluoride. I have tried some filters and they make a difference but they are very consumable and depending on how big your space is you could end up spending quite a bit on them.
I would love to be able to put drip irrigation, but I honestly get confused. Also I have a driveway between my house and garden so I would have to run everything across my driveway.
With your water spigot you should run a hardline from the ground up to the fitting. PVC isn't strong enough to deal with the pressure with flexing, before taking into account it deteriorating in the sun. If you have to use PVC that is going to be exposed to the sun, paint it.
By hardline I was referring to metal. Of course copper or brass is the safest option, but generally whatever the spigot is made out of, get a piece of matching pipe. Not only are metals resistant to breaking down in the sun, but they are no where near as flexible as pvc. Instead of the force of turning the handle being applied only to the part of the pvc after the last pipe clamp it would instead be applied to a metal pipe and all the pipe clamps holding it. I've had to repair a few pvc pipes like this over the years. 😅
If you are using city water, what type of filter do you use to remove the chlorine, chloramines and fluoride from the water before watering your garden.
Steve swears by drip tape. You and Kevin have a mix of emitter tubing and valves. I'd love to hear you go through the reasoning for each and how to mix and match for your needs... and of course, how do you program and install multiple methods on one system. (This is where I'm experiencing perfection paralysis and have yet to execute any drip in my garden. Haaaalp)
Haha I will definitely try and cover all of the above. The biggest thing I would say about drip tape is that its cheaper in general but doesn't last as long. I prefer tubing for one major reason which is that it can handle not being in straight lights.
@@jacquesinthegarden oh really? I tried searching online for the bhyve and only saw the single one. I will dig deeper and see if I find it! Thanks so much!!
Love your video's. Learning a lot. I live in SC Iowa, zone 5b. I would like to know is there a way to set up dip irrigation if you have containers ? I have 2 high raised beds & 3 waist high beds. I doing containers planting now with the price of wood up there. I like the clay pots for waterer. But just was wondering if you could set up dip to do everything. Can't wait to see how you do the set up. 😀
This year I have been trying to add drip irrigation throughout my container garden. All my drip is on a timer because I hate hand watering and I also forget to come back and shut off the water. I am also in the midst of re doing the container garden so pots are all over the place. Hence, I am slow to get the drip system set as the location is not ready. UGH! why we always do this after we plant! lol!
Where can I get a quick connect like yours? My brass one leaks. I hope to install drip irrigation soon. We are having too many 100°F days, already... going to be a dry, hot summer!
I have been meaning too but simply haven't gotten around to it, it is sort of different across my gardens but I find my potted plants need something at least every other day, not much but enough to keep them hydrated. Drip I go essentially weekly or every 3-4 days or so during warm spells.
Drip depot has an article on how to do jus that! help.dripdepot.com/support/solutions/articles/11000044361-how-to-convert-a-sprinkler-head-to-drip-irrigation
I want to use drip irrigation for my large container garden, but I have all shapes and sizes... And only one spigot on the other side of the yard. Can you install drip irrigation with a rain barrel system?
You can actually setup a drip irrigation system using a rain barrel! Drip depot has some articles on it and sell kits based around that! help.dripdepot.com/support/solutions/articles/11000044549-drip-irrigation-systems-for-gravity-feed-getting-started
I have tried a few different ones with the goal of avoiding anything that smelled too much like plastic including the RV or Marine drinking water safe hoses. Those busted over time which made it a no go. In general the true rubber hoses are best but they can be pricy, cumbersome, heavy, and difficult to store. We decided the best alternative was the Hoselink system. The quick connects that come with it are fantastic and I even bought an extra 10 to have around. The retraction mechanism works great and keeps the hose out of the sun as well. After having it for over a year I would say its my favorite hose but not perfect.
Woth colder zones where the ground freezes during winter, is it recommended to remove all the drip lines or just the main hose running to the drip lines?
I haven't really got too into it, there are some calculators online that help but basically you need to determine the flow rate of the source first. You can do this by seeing how long it takes to fill a 5 gallon bucket turn that into gallons per hour or minute and then divide that by your drip emitter flow rate and that should give you an idea of how many emitters your system can support.
In that case you can still install the same system and but then unscrew a quick connect from the community hose and then screw it back on when you want to connect to the rest of your system, that would be my best bet in that scenario.
I don't believe they are listed as such but with drip lines the good thing is that water doesn't sit in them when not in use. So the water stays back in food grade pvc up until the water is pressurized. You do have a little water left in the lines but if that is concern you can install a valve that drains them out entirely when not in use.
@@jacquesinthegarden I don't know why yt posted my question again. I did not. You answered me a month ago, and I responded. I do understand and appreciate that you took the time to reply to me.
Are you available for hire? My parents live in San Diego and are not in the best of health. They are in need of reliable and trustworthy gardening help to set up a maintainable watering system.
Very much looking forward to your irrigation video(s)! Irrigation really does seem to be the biggest difference maker for a lot of gardens, while also maybe being one of the most daunting systems to set up at times.
It is the connectors that come with the hoselink itself! They also sell quick connects separately so I but multi packs of those and utilize it around my garden.
Really looking forward to your comprehensive irrigation install and learning how you calculate water amounts for containers and factor variables such as heat and dry winds.
Thanks for doing this!
I use drip tape in all of my raised beds and it has been a game changer for my garden. I'm using less water and getting water directly to each plants root zone. Highly recommend it. Oh, and no matter what innovations come along for watering I will never be without my Haws watering can. Thanks for the video!
That would be very hopeful especially since im also about to install a irrigation system but dont know really how to start
I actually have a five zone irrigation system that I put together in my backyard. So worth it for my low pressure system and 30’/40’ backyard. I have the orbit b-hyve and have an additional 3 zones we made in the front yard. Trenching the PVC was a pain but when all is said and done it looks great , is out of the way, and the plants love the consistency! It’s also great to keep the valves for future as you can adjust flow between areas when you have soaker hoses which can overspray if pressure is too high.
I almost went for the orbit b-hyve but decided to go with a full panel and valve setup instead. The b-hyve does look like a great solution in general though!
I'm doing container gardening and hand watering everything right now. It is a small garden but I want to put in a drip irrigation system so when I go on vacation the plants will still get watered. Looking forward to your irrigation series.
as a native san diegan, i'm always aware of water savings. But as someone with a gruntload of bags and miscellaneous containers in a backyard but no loose money, whilst these videos are fascinating just to watch how it's done, they don't really give me any ideas of improving my watering practise from my 'drag the hose and use the sprayer on gentle rain' method. (Many of my bags are repurposed soil and 50# dog food bags - no, they don't last long, otoh as long as i have big dogs and continue gardening i'm not going to run out!) i'm so glad you have the ability to do these fancy setups and let us see how you do them, but just wanted to express that most of the ideas don't seem feasible for those of us on really limited budgets. Though i'm saving up for ollas!
I've been thinking about the Olla's/Oya's? I keep wondering if I could use regular clay pots as Oya's. Maybe put a silicone plug in the bottom hole and choose terracotta pot dishes to use on top as a lid. It's terracotta, will have no leaks and if you find the right size dish you can put it on top and put some water in it with a couple of corks floating for the bees to have some water. I mean those Oya's with a face are cute but at 40 bucks a pop and with people giving away actual terracotta pots I would rather upcycle a free resource. Otherwise I could go back to my old method of poking tiny holes in the screw top of a plastic pop bottle, cutting off the other end and burying it lid side down. I fill those with a hose. The only problem is they don't stay filled with water for too long and my community garden is 20 minutes away so I need the water to diffuse more slowly so I don't have to go there to water every 2 days.
@@puggirl415 Spelt "olla", pronounced /oya/. a terracotta pot with a lid sounds like an idea, but you'd have to be sure it's not one that's been lined on the inside (i have a few that seem to be waterproofed on the inside surface). Now i wish i still did pottery so i could make some . . . .
Heck yeah. Finally someone who will talk about the irrigation with optional fertigation, too! I am interested big time.
I put in a new system today. Can’t wait to see your video because my husband and I have quite a few areas that I need to install with irrigation.
I feel like I’m in the same boat with my watering. Im sick of pulling around the watering hose. Can’t wait for the irrigation videos coming! Thanks for sharing! 💚🌱
Eager to see the process. I have multiple water lines on my property and overall inefficient. Want to redo my irrigation, but I do not know how. Thanks for your thoroughness.
I need to overhaul my irrigation system!! I've been dreading it! Looking forward to your upcoming video :)
Very much looking forward to your irrigation video(s)!
Irrigation really does seem to be the biggest difference maker for a lot of gardens, while also maybe being one of the most daunting systems to set up at times.
Jacques your channel is my new favorite since I found it keep up the great work.
Glad you enjoy it!
Yes! Looking forward to your comprehensive irrigation install. I would like to install drip irrigation. Installing irrigation along the front and the east side of the house doesn’t seem to be too complicated to figure out. However, I would like to run drip along my east fence in our backyard and my raised beds, and grow bags/tubs which are located in the back half of the yard. It would be nice to know how much area a drip line can efficiently cover and how to manage more than one line…
I am looking forward to the irrigation video. I live in LA county and we are under water restriction. I had a drip system last year but pulled it out to install new tubing because of hard water. Thank you Jacques!
I'm actually getting ready to do a whole irrigation instal in my front yard - there are some existing controllers so I'd love it if you cover how to tap into those, or update them to something more modern.. Thanks!!
Wow... that's all I can think to say. I'm just starting my water harvesting/conserving journey here in (for now) rainy MA. Using rain barrels and starting to make Ollas...
Looking very forward to the set up video!
Specific questions: specific name of products, specific sizes, specific uses of those sizes. I’m a complete rookie when it comes to drip irrigation.
Looking forward to the video. I have two spigots on each side of my house which makes them very far from either gardening zone - almost 75 feet of hose BEFORE I start trying to split off and water different zones. I've not found the best way to set up a accessible point or split things up while still having enough pressure to then cast it around where it needs to be. Also, how then too, to get it UP into raised beds, and what brands and systems of hoses and connections are more effective and affordable
This was interesting and helpful. I look forward to the irrigation install - I just got an estimate for a pro to switch our irrigation over to drip and it was several thousand dollars! I think I can manage this with some decent instruction - can’t wait!
The new system sounds awesome..definitely excited to see what you do. I have two PVC runs on different sites of a house would like to see how those different valve locations can be controlled by one controller
I’ve always wanted to install a drip irrigation that’s automatic and weather sensitive… but my faucet is leaky and I havent been able to call someone to replace the spout. We’re in Florida, so watering is a must esp in the high temp… which seems to be year round except for 2 days 😂
My entire garden is watered on a timed auto sprinkler system. It’s a game changer. You just set when and how long and it comes on automatically every time. It’s so good.
Definitely looking forward to the irrigation series! Would love to hear the ballpark costs of the new installation. We have a small drip system right now but will also need to add container and fruit trees in the near future so can’t wait to see how you approach the design of your more comprehensive irrigation. Will you be expanding the olla use beyond the one lettuce bag?
I will keep tabs on cost and share the full price for different sections. I am expanding my olla use, primarily in areas that are off irrigation which would be difficult to add on to or around plants that drink up the water too fast!
Looking forward to seeing your installation. I have the materials, but am not sure how to handle to pressure in the system.
Garden is looking great! Can’t wait to see the new system! Love and prayers from Canada ❤️🙏
Overhead shots please, it gets easy to be turned around and unsure of which part of your gardens you are in from shot to shot, unless walking with you. Sounds cool, looking forward to it!
I’d love for you to include the cost of the system or maybe by zone. I know prices are different everywhere, but it would give folks an idea of what they might need to save for their size garden before walking into HD and having sticker shock.
I can absolutely give you the full price breakdown and I will link to the primary source I purchase from so you can compare prices!
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I have another water strategy to add to your list. I have a 55-gallon fish tank. I have to do a 50% water change every week. I save this waster for my plants and raised bed.
It’s getting to high 90’s here in SC, watering is kicking my butt. Neighbor saw me gave me a couple old/ new to me rain barrels.
Really excited about your irrigation redo! I’m looking for the same and I know you’re going to do it cost efficient but still quality
Could a system of ollas water a whole garden? I'm setting up a garden soon and trying to make it as low maintenance as I can while still keeping the budget low! Just refilling ollas sounds way easier than remembering when each bed needs the irrigation hooked up or turned on
Not where I live. I'm in Southern Arizona, and I would be filling up ollas day and night right now! No bueno!
I’m about to try this, so wish me luck 😂
A timer with programmable zones is more handss off. Establish your schedule for each zone and all you need to remember is to turn on the delay function if you are experiencing a period of extended rainfall.
Ollas are great, but they are pretty pricey. Retail prices in San Diego run $20-40 each! I'm fortunate enough to live close enough to the Mexican boarder that I can get them at wholesale prices but digitally controlled drip irrigation is actually the cheaper option if you're purchasing everything at retail.
Drip is cheaper overall but for areas where you have no plan on adding irrigation these are a great solution. Some people have rigged up irrigation lines to auto fill all their ollas as well!
If your drip lines are too long you can connect another 1/2 or 3/4 line from the end of your drip line to make it a circle
I'm at a point now where setting up a system would be good. It is taking me a lot longer to water my garden when I fully water which is rare but still. I think breakdowns of where to find the items and cost would be best to help me out. Also how to water some things more than others.
Nice. I still water using my cooking pot..granted I only have a balcony garden..would love to one day have a space big enough to worry about irrigation. Will be watching you updates in case I one day need the info!
Balcony gardens are so cool!
Also Balcony garden, but South full sun and high winds are making me consider how to setup irrigation to the more “delicate” herbs. Even the lemongrass is looking thrashed lol.
Can't wait to see these upcoming videos. Would numbering the installation videos as you go. Be able to be included? That way we know we know what one is next. Your garden is amazing and looks big too. Blessings from Australia ❤️
Yes, the plan is to number and organize them in a way that chunks it into projects
Excited to see how you are going to do it without electricity! I have a rachio controller but have issues getting electricity to it (old house problems). And as a side note, it looks like a lot of your lines are capped at the ends. Have you considered making them a loop or a grid to maintain a more regulated pressure?
Thanks for the video. Have you considered a rain harvesting system?
It is in the list and is something we wish we got sooner
I would love to see how you set up the fertilizer system with you sprinklers and drip. I’d like to do that at my home instead of hand fertilizing all my plants. Thanks
For your up coming video on your irrigation system:
I am not in a water restricted area (east coast) and I want to some day soon collect my own rain too. One thing I want to do when I set up my irrigation system is have the option to have small sprinklers - ones that are maybe 10 or so inches off the ground. I like the idea of drip for water conservation, but I worry that it will dry out the parts of the bed that aren't directly under the drip. Maybe it wont fully dry out, but I want to make sure I am caring for the soil, not just the plants - but also not laying down tons of drip lines. It would be annoying to have a drip line every 4 inches since that is more lines to manage and deal with when planting, prepping and refreshing beds, clearing mulch to apply amendments like compost, worm castings, granular fertilizers, etc. So I'd like to one day make a hybrid system that is primarily for drip, but that I could also turn on the sprinklers a few times a month to keep the rest of the soil from drying out.
If it fits into your video, I would love to hear your thoughts on if you think this!
Do you think the soil between lines will dry or get neglected? Is there a spacing between lines that you would not go past? Do you know of any sort of hybrid drip/sprinkler system like I have envisioned? (not expecting a complete product, but maybe systems you know of that could be easily retrofitted for this)
If it doesn't fit into the video, don't sweat it!
This is for sure a trade off with drip irrigation, for example my pathways are bone dry meaning there is very little soil life that can thrive there. Most people will run drip lines and then overhead sprinklers or wobblers that you would run separately to get full water coverage. The most effective type of sprinkler for wetting a large area is a wobbler style.
I look forward to the irrigation system video. This one was helpful as well.
I'd love to know if your new irrigation system can be set up to work with a rain barrel.
Yes, me too! Or maybe from an IBC tote with a pump.
I've used rain barrels to drip irrigate smaller sections of my garden.
Actually at Kevin's place there is a booster pump connected to his 5k gallon cistern allowing you to irrigate on command
So far i enjoy hand watering. But definitely would love to learn your method .
Great video idea! Could you talk about tapping into sprinklers? I want to change my front yard from grass into raised beds and convert the sprinklers to drip into the beds.
I don't have any sprinklers on my property but drip depot has a nice article on just that! help.dripdepot.com/support/solutions/articles/11000044361-how-to-convert-a-sprinkler-head-to-drip-irrigation
Thank you Jacques! This is perfect timing. I've got a very similar situation happening in my garden (except I'm a native San Diegan living in Virginia - so no drought) lots of pots, large areas that need zoning, and way too much time spent watering by hand. For part of the summer I can rely on rain but we do actually have a dry period end of June and into July where it also gets very hot so plants need water every day. I've been exclusively hand watering the last two years and have literally given myself tennis elbow. So I need to get down to it and get my drip installed. I will be a complete beginner so I'm really interested in all parts of the process. I may have missed it but was there a link to the quick connects you use? I'm sure in the next video you'll put links to all the products you use. Edit: Just saw the quick connect on the Hoselink site. Oops :)
Video is a tease! Looking forward to the upgrades!!
look forward to the new irrigation install! will you be adding more rain barrels?
I do need to add rain barrels but that's likely down the line
As you can probably tell, I'm catching up on my videos, in case u haven't made that video 1 Q I have is if necessary how can you up regulate the water pressure from that system if you need to.
Since you said you would plant watermelon and pumpkin, which are water-hungry plants, for your irrigation video, can you go over how you plan to regulate water frequency between plants that need more water than others?
I want to do the exact thing! I can't wait for that video. By the way, my cone flower is blooming finally!!!
I need to get my cone flowers going!
Can you explain pressure regulators, and 1/4 " drip with drip every 6" 12" or 18". Thanks Jacques
How would you prevent pressure build-up from A drip line ? Let's say you're on vacation you have everything on a timer and your pipes break from the pressure??..in the house would that happen is that possible
In my current setup the lines don't run unless I manually turn them on. In the future the controller I am installing can tell if water use spikes mid use and so it can turn off that zone in case of catastrophe!
Seems like some pressure compensating emitters would work nicely for you drip system.
The pressure compensating emitters are the best!
Wow! Your garden si looking Great!
I need to set up irrigation for my new backyard food forest that I'm planting. Right now I'm watering with a hose from ONE hosebib! My thought was to run pvc from the front yard main line. It would cross the front yard, go into the backyard hugging the perimeter (about 7' from the fence line) all the way around the backyard. I would put a total of 5 hosebibs on the line: at the 4 corners of the backyard and one more in the front yard. From these hosebibs I could connect hoses, soaker hoses or drip irrigation. I'd need to add a filter at each hosebib to remove the chloramine from the city water.
But I'd also like to consider a rainwater system using an IBC tote (275 or 330 gal) and a transfer pump would be required.
I've got to decide in the next couple of weeks before I plant too many more trees!
There are so many options it can be overwhelming! If you are going with a hosebib setup I would recommend getting a wifi timer like the b-hyve to save your sanity.
@@jacquesinthegarden If I add the 4 hosebibs at the corners of the backyard I don't know how I would centrally control them with a wifi timer. I wouldn't have true "zones" because there would just be a single pipe around the perimeter of the yard connecting the hosebibs in a serial fashion. And I wouldn't have electricity at the hosebibs for adding a smart controller. I'll talk to the irrigation guy who's going to give me an estimate. I'm sure I'm missing a key idea here.
Ive been searching your videos and I haven't seen you complete the irrigation installation... Is there a video I'm missing? this is something I'm very interested in.... Especially from my mains water....
I've wanted to do soaker hoses and quick connects for my garden but I'm worried that because our irrigation isn't filtered that it will clog up all those parts within a day. So I'm still hand watering my massive garden and it takes hours to get everything watered.
Although the hail yesterday destroyed most of my plants so I might not have to worry about watering this season...
For me the biggest thing with the soaker that has lead me to give up on them is the uneven water distribution, otherwise it is convenient in the right context!
Was that comprehensive irrigation install ever posted, or is it forth coming? My wife and I are getting ready to start making a large vegetable garden over the next couple of years, and this sort of install would be a godsend.
It is "coming" I have a massive pile of recordings that I need to sort through and organize before I can start the edit, but I expect to put it out sometime in the next month or so.
Something people never talk about are how garden timers work. It seems weird to me that I leave my water spigot open and I'm supposed to trust the timer will block water once its done running.
It does have a little valve that springs into place for the mechanical system but that is prone to failure and has failed for me. People say the battery powered ones however do work quite reliably.
@@jacquesinthegarden Thank you for taking time to respond. 😎😎🌻🌻
Do you worry about the added chlorine and fluoride in most city water, is there anything you can do? Thanks for your videos, they have really inspired me to become a better gardener.
Yes! There are lots of options for filtering chlorine from a $10 "RV" filter that will only last a few months to a longer term water filter setup. Not sure about fluorine but I believe it is much less harmful to plants than chlorine is to the soil.
Chlorine I am more concerned about but not really worried about fluoride. I have tried some filters and they make a difference but they are very consumable and depending on how big your space is you could end up spending quite a bit on them.
Looking forward to this please give great details!!
I would love to be able to put drip irrigation, but I honestly get confused. Also I have a driveway between my house and garden so I would have to run everything across my driveway.
I will make a separate video on how to solve for this issue as well as currently half my garden has the same problem.
Always a great informative video.
What is the brand name of the quick connect you’re using?
Hoselink!
With your water spigot you should run a hardline from the ground up to the fitting. PVC isn't strong enough to deal with the pressure with flexing, before taking into account it deteriorating in the sun. If you have to use PVC that is going to be exposed to the sun, paint it.
In this context what do you mean by a "hardline" in order to get above the ground do you mean to use grey pvc instead of white pvc?
By hardline I was referring to metal. Of course copper or brass is the safest option, but generally whatever the spigot is made out of, get a piece of matching pipe.
Not only are metals resistant to breaking down in the sun, but they are no where near as flexible as pvc. Instead of the force of turning the handle being applied only to the part of the pvc after the last pipe clamp it would instead be applied to a metal pipe and all the pipe clamps holding it. I've had to repair a few pvc pipes like this over the years. 😅
If you are using city water, what type of filter do you use to remove the chlorine, chloramines and fluoride from the water before watering your garden.
Thanks Jacques very helpful. How large are the grow bags that you're growing your tomatoes in at the end of the video?
Primarily I went for 15 gallons so that I could go a day or two without watering!
a really enjoyable and informative video.
I bought some samples of Agro Thrive last year.
Steve swears by drip tape. You and Kevin have a mix of emitter tubing and valves. I'd love to hear you go through the reasoning for each and how to mix and match for your needs... and of course, how do you program and install multiple methods on one system. (This is where I'm experiencing perfection paralysis and have yet to execute any drip in my garden. Haaaalp)
Haha I will definitely try and cover all of the above. The biggest thing I would say about drip tape is that its cheaper in general but doesn't last as long. I prefer tubing for one major reason which is that it can handle not being in straight lights.
@@jacquesinthegarden Thanks for your insight. I'm looking forward to the full install series!!!
Jacques, what wifi timer will you be purchasing? I have only seen a 1 or 2 outlet timers. I'm in need of a 3-4 wifi timer.
Orbit bhyve now has a 4 outlet model! I was going to use that but I am leaning to a proper controller from Hunter currently.
@@jacquesinthegarden oh really? I tried searching online for the bhyve and only saw the single one. I will dig deeper and see if I find it! Thanks so much!!
Love your video's. Learning a lot. I live in SC Iowa, zone 5b. I would like to know is there a way to set up dip irrigation if you have containers ? I have 2 high raised beds & 3 waist high beds. I doing containers planting now with the price of wood up there. I like the clay pots for waterer. But just was wondering if you could set up dip to do everything. Can't wait to see how you do the set up. 😀
You absolutely can and I can for sure talk about that!
I am still using brass y's and drip hoses.😐
This year I have been trying to add drip irrigation throughout my container garden. All my drip is on a timer because I hate hand watering and I also forget to come back and shut off the water. I am also in the midst of re doing the container garden so pots are all over the place. Hence, I am slow to get the drip system set as the location is not ready. UGH! why we always do this after we plant! lol!
I lied to myself last year and said I wouldn't plant unless it had irrigation 🤣🤣🤣
@@jacquesinthegarden Hee! Hee!
Where can I get a quick connect like yours? My brass one leaks. I hope to install drip irrigation soon. We are having too many 100°F days, already... going to be a dry, hot summer!
These are from Hoselink , and I would highly recommend them, they never oxidize and get stuck!
🌺Have you ever made your own olla? Since it’s dry there how often do you water?
I have been meaning too but simply haven't gotten around to it, it is sort of different across my gardens but I find my potted plants need something at least every other day, not much but enough to keep them hydrated. Drip I go essentially weekly or every 3-4 days or so during warm spells.
I'm looking to transform a lawn area with in ground sprinklers to raised beds with irrigation. Any tips, suggestions are appreciated.
Drip depot has an article on how to do jus that! help.dripdepot.com/support/solutions/articles/11000044361-how-to-convert-a-sprinkler-head-to-drip-irrigation
I want to use drip irrigation for my large container garden, but I have all shapes and sizes... And only one spigot on the other side of the yard.
Can you install drip irrigation with a rain barrel system?
You can actually setup a drip irrigation system using a rain barrel! Drip depot has some articles on it and sell kits based around that! help.dripdepot.com/support/solutions/articles/11000044549-drip-irrigation-systems-for-gravity-feed-getting-started
Jacques what type of hoses are you using or recommend? I'm in san diego and the sun destroys those green hoses within two years.
I have tried a few different ones with the goal of avoiding anything that smelled too much like plastic including the RV or Marine drinking water safe hoses. Those busted over time which made it a no go. In general the true rubber hoses are best but they can be pricy, cumbersome, heavy, and difficult to store. We decided the best alternative was the Hoselink system. The quick connects that come with it are fantastic and I even bought an extra 10 to have around. The retraction mechanism works great and keeps the hose out of the sun as well. After having it for over a year I would say its my favorite hose but not perfect.
Looking forward to it
Ever have rodent problems? I've partly buried the main ½" lines but they chew the heads right off the plastic drippers/bubblers!
I personally haven't but I have heard of this being an issue, sounds very frustrating!
Woth colder zones where the ground freezes during winter, is it recommended to remove all the drip lines or just the main hose running to the drip lines?
In cold climates as long as you fully drain the drip lines from water you should be safe!
Hey Jacques, one question. When planning irrigation design, how do you determine how to balance out the zones? How much capacity per zone? Thanks!!
I haven't really got too into it, there are some calculators online that help but basically you need to determine the flow rate of the source first. You can do this by seeing how long it takes to fill a 5 gallon bucket turn that into gallons per hour or minute and then divide that by your drip emitter flow rate and that should give you an idea of how many emitters your system can support.
@@jacquesinthegarden thanks!
I like that quick connect system you have with the on/off lever - What brand is that?
Hoselink!
I need a beginner guide to irrigation. People start talking about gallons per hour and diameters and I'm immediately lost
I will try to keep it basic but give you all the details you need!
What brand of hose quick connect are you using? I have really hard water and would like to try plastic instead of brass also.
Hoselink!
What if you're in a community garden and you can't install quick connects or fancy electric systems?
In that case you can still install the same system and but then unscrew a quick connect from the community hose and then screw it back on when you want to connect to the rest of your system, that would be my best bet in that scenario.
Are your drip lines food grade safe?
I don't believe they are listed as such but with drip lines the good thing is that water doesn't sit in them when not in use. So the water stays back in food grade pvc up until the water is pressurized. You do have a little water left in the lines but if that is concern you can install a valve that drains them out entirely when not in use.
Can you link your comprehensive video? 😊
I've used a lot of Drip Depot products for setting up my system. Also, I'm local to you so if you need any help, please don't hesitate to ask.
Drip depot products are fantastic and that is for sure who I am using to source everything!
I have to bury any hoses underground or they get hot in the sun and heat the water too much and basically put scalding water onto the plants.
I have a wifi timer one for front one for back ir is priceless and I always tell 0380le it's the key to my success
Are you available for hire? My parents live in San Diego and are too frail to take care of water their garden. Would like to hire trustworthy sources.
Sorry I simply don't have any spare time to add on anymore! But I wish you the best of luck!
@@jacquesinthegarden I don't know why yt posted my question again. I did not. You answered me a month ago, and I responded. I do understand and appreciate that you took the time to reply to me.
Are you available for hire? My parents live in San Diego and are not in the best of health. They are in need of reliable and trustworthy gardening help to set up a maintainable watering system.
Sorry I am not, I have no available time! But the crew from Sara Bendrick installed the guts at Kevin's house and they did a great job.
@@jacquesinthegarden I thought you might not be available, but took the chance to ask anyway. Thanks for the suggestion,x and thanks for responding.
Who's Steve?
Sorry I tossed that comment in randomly, its a family friend who gave me some of his old drip parts.
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It gets hard if you don’t have a drip or irrigation
Very much looking forward to your irrigation video(s)!
Irrigation really does seem to be the biggest difference maker for a lot of gardens, while also maybe being one of the most daunting systems to set up at times.
I like that quick connect system you have with the on/off lever - What brand is that?
It is the connectors that come with the hoselink itself! They also sell quick connects separately so I but multi packs of those and utilize it around my garden.