Travis, if you’re still using the 10 PSI regulator, you can increase the flow rate of the water by 22.47% by changing your regulator from 10 PSI to 15 PSI. The optimal operating pressure range for drip tape is 8 to 15 PSI, based on the MIL thickness of the drip tape. Since you’re using 15 MIL drip tape, you should be able to use the 15 PSI regulator with no problem. Depending on how many regulators you use, it might be cheaper to upgrade to a higher PSI regulator than to switch from a 1/2” mainline to a 3/4” mainline.
I'm not sure I follow what your saying but my well-pump gives me ~50 psi and I found that blows out my drip systems (drippers and sprayers). I've never measured the water output on my drippers and sprayers. I've got reducers that take the output to less than 25 psi and that works for me. I kind of "eyeball" whether my plants are getting enough water and adjust them accordingly.
@@priayief A higher pressure regulator, such as 15 PSI, will typically allow for a higher flow rate through emitters that have a flow rate of 0.46 GPH compared to a 10 PSI regulator. This is because higher pressure provides more force to push water through the emitters. Travis initially used a thinner mil drip tape that required a lower PSI regulator before switching to the 15mil drip tape, which can handle higher pressures. Additionally, drippers and sprayers generally can handle higher PSI regulators compared to drip tape
I pile up leafs that were saved last fall. Pile up around my plants. I’m in drought phase in north Alabama. I overheard water once a week. Leafs hold moisture and worms love it. For berry plants I use pine straw to help with moisture and acidity I have the best garden I’ve ever had
Super dry here in SC as well! So dry that I am watering my garden every day and still having a hard time getting enough water to my plants. My soil is powder dry and almost hydrophobic. I water & water, then stick my finger in the dirt and 1” down its dusty dry. Ugh. We need rain
Jeff from East Tennessee! Dry here too! June had 3 inches of rain only!! kinda like it dry. July has killed my garden the last 2 years with rain!!! Yes I would like a little rain. But not a flood like last year! I just came inside from watering! It’s dark and I watered about 2 hours!! I water a lot and I don’t care about the cost! I know some people who plant a big garden. Do all that work. Have perfect rows and plant quality plants!! But they would not spend a dime on water. Not one drop all summer!! They say well we had a bad year because of no rain!! Try to do better next year!! My garden produces a lot! You know a good garden and always trying to do better. But one thing is for sure I water a lot! And it’s hard to over water when the temps are in the 90’s!! Water and more water this time of the year!! Thanks!!
it's been raining about once or twice a week up in the upper peninsula. tempature wise, it's been more of a "normal" summer from about 45 years ago. not real hot and dry like it has been for the last 5 years, more like 70's and low to mid 80's, with night tempatures of mid to upper 50's, low 60's. comfortable sleeping weather.
I'm a few states above you in Eastern North Carolina. We've also had a very dry growing season. I use drip tape and it just wont keep up. I think the majority of my problem is the length of my rows at about 160 feet. I'm running one regulator 15 psi /8GPM with a 3/4 water hose. on 3-4 rows. Usually run just two rows at the time. I didn't bury my drip tape this year just to try something different. I now understand why you and Greg told us to bury it. During the hot portion of the day it evaporates too quickly. Keep the great content coming.
My containers are thirsty. Mulch doesn't seem to matter. Plant size is large to very large. They seem to use all the water i give them, so i cheat a little with bottles. A pin hole in the bottom lets water out slowly.
This is the one time of year where growing in bags works against you. I absolutely need to water every day, sometimes twice. It's pretty relentless. I am left with sweet potatoes and peppers after having cleaned out cukes, melons, tomatoes. Travis, next year try a couple Granadero paste tomatoes. They really performed for me when almost all other varieties struggle. Semi determinate, they keep growing on my weave and won't die. Massive production, very impressed. Thanks.
Added drip irrigation this year and my garden is the greenest its ever been with less effort. Also planted sweet corn on double rows and it is doing great. Well pleased with Drip Depot service and options.
I have a container garden with 5 gallon buckets and I water them a gallon each bucket every evening (if it doesn't rain). They're pretty happy in our 90 degree Maryland weather!
I had to water every morning before the rains started. I water with the hose. With the sand and high heat in Florida, If I only watered an inch a week, they would be dead. I'd water and the next day they would be wilted and if I didn't water, some would turn brown and die. I'm so glad it's finally raining now. I was really tired of watering every morning. Once those temps get above 85 degrees and that sun is out bright, things dry up fast in the sand. I'm happy you are feeling better, take care of yourself.
I've got all my plants in containers on a platform. We are averaging about 80 to 90 the past month and so far I've been able to just water every other day and they do fine. The tomatoes sometimes need to be watered everyday depending on the temp.
It is very difficult here, as this week we are having at least 8 days over 105F with the peak likely being 115F+. Citrus have to be watered so that they can handle the heat but not cause fruit drop or cracking. The garden needs to be managed uniquely also.
Wow, only a half gallon per 100 ft of tape, per hour! Sounds pretty efficient, if not overly efficient.That's not much water at all for 100 ft of plants. You would probably need to run it like 2 to 3 hours to get everything properly watered in . I've been hand watering the last several years, but my family is growing, and in turn, my garden is growing, and it's starting to get pretty tedious and time consuming. I'm lucky enough to have a decent size and depth creek running through my property, that's only about 50 ft from the edge of my garden, so I've come up with a new plan for next year. They sell some good, fully water proof pumps on Amazon that you can fit a hose to, then just toss it in any body of water, and pump water all day. My creek has water running in it year round, regardless of how dry it gets, or how much rain we get. I live in the Appalachian mountains that this creek runs from, which eventually runs into the Big Sandy River, which eventually runs into the mighty Ohio river. Theirs hundreds of different creeks here in Southeast Kentucky that run into several different rivers that all eventually make it to the Ohio river. You've heard of, "Land of Lakes.....this region should be named, "Land of creeks and rivers", but because of all these rivers and creeks, we are very lucky to have dark, rich soil to grow in.
We could use a drought in Central Florida. I just lost 3 dozen watermelon that all split a week or 2 before harvest because of daily rainfall of 2 inches for the last 3+ weeks straight.
Thankfully we are getting a shower of rain almost daily, but it's not been enough to catch up from the drought. The showers only last a few minutes but they come down pretty hard for that few minutes. Washes off the BT, so still dealing with pickle worms and vine borers.
Dry here too. I use a moisture meter and have my tomatoes and melons on the drip tape you recommended / 6 inch interval output. My moisture meter registered DRY. I watered for 2 hours in the late afternoon and the next morning checked the moisture meter with only 3-4 inches deep medium range moisture so I put it on today for another 2 hours then will recheck. Moisture meter at Lowes is about 14 bucks, also measures ph and sunlight.
Yes, my containers. I stick my finger in there and they’ve been dry so I’ve been watering like every other day but for a good amount of watering. (Time)🌱
Your fig trees probably thirsty too lol. Water melon plot looking real nice. Any local ducks going to be joining you this summer? they were great fun to watch too.
With a raised bed taking so much more water than in ground, how is that efficient and economical? Sounds like more work and more cost and more strain on the environment. Even more so when you consider the extra cost of the container and the resources it takes for a wooden, plastic or metal container and the source for raised bed soil
Hey Travis how come my tomatoes are getting flat spots on them it looks like you dropped them starts out about the size of a penny then a sore then they bust
Hey travis do you use the well for your house as well? Whats the taste of water if you do? I remember as a kid drinking from my great geandmas house she used it all around and it was so gross
Apparently AI is so smart it "don't know squat"..... I might believe 1" per 10 degrees, but that's still a lot of water. Irritec P1 6" spacing 15mil puts out .46gph "per emitter", not per 100'. I use that tape but in the .25gph emitter version (.25gph per emitter). When it gets over 90 degrees, I run it 90 minutes every day at 8:30pm. I've found the plants recover from the heat of the day better when they have all night to replenish their internal water and get ready for the next hot day. Earlier in the season I ran it every other day. My system is on a timer and electric valve, and plants are all in 17" high Olle beds (most are set up as 2'x8').
The specification of a 100-foot row of drip tape with 6-inch emitter spacing is influenced by various factors, including the capacity of the takeoff adapter and the overall system design. A 3.6mm takeoff adapter can handle a flow rate of approximately 90 gallons per hour (GPH), while a 7.0mm takeoff adapter can manage up to 150 GPH, allowing for a longer line of drip tape, approximately 163 feet. With 200 emitters in a 100-foot row, each delivering 0.46 GPH, the total flow rate reaches 92 GPH. Adjustments in takeoff adapter size and system configuration can impact the overall flow rate and length of the drip tape system accordingly. If your drip tape uses a 3.6mm takeoff adapter and has a flow rate of 0.25 GPH per emitter with 6” spacing between emitters, extending a single row to 180 feet allows you to achieve the desired 90 GPH. Additionally, if using a 7.0mm takeoff adapter with the same emitter spacing and flow rate, you could extend the row to 300 feet.
The number of emitters that can be used varies based on the mainline tubing size and emitter flow rate. With 1/2” tubing and 0.25 GPH emitters, about 960 emitters can be accommodated, ensuring adequate water distribution without exceeding flow capacity or causing excessive pressure loss. Using 0.46 GPH emitters reduces the number of emitters to approximately 522 due to higher individual flow requirements. In comparison, 3/4” tubing can support more emitters: around 1920 with 0.25 GPH emitters and about 1043 with 0.46 GPH emitters. Choosing the right tubing size and emitter flow rate is essential for efficient water distribution and system performance.
do you find your no till plot(s) to produce better and with less work and with less fertilizers?? There's an excellent book about no till, called The One-Straw Revolution, its from the 70's but to me it was still very relevant and so very interesting. very true don't understand why everyone doesn't use the method(s), other than the big companies control things, kind of like big pharma :)
No it's the same amount of work and same amount of fertilizer. All that hogwash was used to hype a particular technique. It's effective, but it doesn't eliminate a lot of things it says it eliminates.
Thank you very much for the response! Did you read The One-Straw Revolution? I do think that writers situation is/was probably different than yours, although I'm not familiar with everything you grow. Personally, I'd find it hard not to use store bought fertilizers, but I don't have chickens to utilize for a natural type fertilizer.
Hey Travis how come my tomatoes are getting flat spots on them it looks like you dropped them starts out about the size of a penny then a sore then they bust
Hey Travis how come my tomatoes are getting flat spots on them it looks like you dropped them starts out about the size of a penny then a sore then they bust
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Travis, if you’re still using the 10 PSI regulator, you can increase the flow rate of the water by 22.47% by changing your regulator from 10 PSI to 15 PSI. The optimal operating pressure range for drip tape is 8 to 15 PSI, based on the MIL thickness of the drip tape. Since you’re using 15 MIL drip tape, you should be able to use the 15 PSI regulator with no problem. Depending on how many regulators you use, it might be cheaper to upgrade to a higher PSI regulator than to switch from a 1/2” mainline to a 3/4” mainline.
My system works much better at 15psi.
I'm not sure I follow what your saying but my well-pump gives me ~50 psi and I found that blows out my drip systems (drippers and sprayers). I've never measured the water output on my drippers and sprayers. I've got reducers that take the output to less than 25 psi and that works for me. I kind of "eyeball" whether my plants are getting enough water and adjust them accordingly.
@@priayief A higher pressure regulator, such as 15 PSI, will typically allow for a higher flow rate through emitters that have a flow rate of 0.46 GPH compared to a 10 PSI regulator. This is because higher pressure provides more force to push water through the emitters. Travis initially used a thinner mil drip tape that required a lower PSI regulator before switching to the 15mil drip tape, which can handle higher pressures. Additionally, drippers and sprayers generally can handle higher PSI regulators compared to drip tape
the emitters are, in this situation, where PSI comes in (weakest link). The emitters are 15% PSI rated on the drip tapes.
I pile up leafs that were saved last fall. Pile up around my plants. I’m in drought phase in north Alabama. I overheard water once a week. Leafs hold moisture and worms love it. For berry plants I use pine straw to help with moisture and acidity I have the best garden I’ve ever had
Super dry here in SC as well! So dry that I am watering my garden every day and still having a hard time getting enough water to my plants. My soil is powder dry and almost hydrophobic. I water & water, then stick my finger in the dirt and 1” down its dusty dry. Ugh. We need rain
Jeff from East Tennessee! Dry here too! June had 3 inches of rain only!! kinda like it dry. July has killed my garden the last 2 years with rain!!! Yes I would like a little rain. But not a flood like last year!
I just came inside from watering! It’s dark and I watered about 2 hours!! I water a lot and I don’t care about the cost! I know some people who plant a big garden. Do all that work. Have perfect rows and plant quality plants!! But they would not spend a dime on water. Not one drop all summer!! They say well we had a bad year because of no rain!! Try to do better next year!!
My garden produces a lot! You know a good garden and always trying to do better. But one thing is for sure I water a lot! And it’s hard to over water when the temps are in the 90’s!! Water and more water this time of the year!! Thanks!!
it's been raining about once or twice a week up in the upper peninsula. tempature wise, it's been more of a "normal" summer from about 45 years ago. not real hot and dry like it has been for the last 5 years, more like 70's and low to mid 80's, with night tempatures of mid to upper 50's, low 60's. comfortable sleeping weather.
I'm a few states above you in Eastern North Carolina. We've also had a very dry growing season. I use drip tape and it just wont keep up. I think the majority of my problem is the length of my rows at about 160 feet. I'm running one regulator 15 psi /8GPM with a 3/4 water hose. on 3-4 rows. Usually run just two rows at the time. I didn't bury my drip tape this year just to try something different. I now understand why you and Greg told us to bury it. During the hot portion of the day it evaporates too quickly. Keep the great content coming.
Shade cloth may benefit you a little bit. Or woodchips or straw on the soil.
My containers are thirsty. Mulch doesn't seem to matter. Plant size is large to very large. They seem to use all the water i give them, so i cheat a little with bottles. A pin hole in the bottom lets water out slowly.
Good information Travis!! Glad you’re feeling better.
This is the one time of year where growing in bags works against you. I absolutely need to water every day, sometimes twice. It's pretty relentless. I am left with sweet potatoes and peppers after having cleaned out cukes, melons, tomatoes. Travis, next year try a couple Granadero paste tomatoes. They really performed for me when almost all other varieties struggle. Semi determinate, they keep growing on my weave and won't die. Massive production, very impressed. Thanks.
Added drip irrigation this year and my garden is the greenest its ever been with less effort. Also planted sweet corn on double rows and it is doing great. Well pleased with Drip Depot service and options.
I have a container garden with 5 gallon buckets and I water them a gallon each bucket every evening (if it doesn't rain). They're pretty happy in our 90 degree Maryland weather!
@@amandasokoff9539 how many do you have in each 5 gallon bucket?
I had to water every morning before the rains started. I water with the hose. With the sand and high heat in Florida, If I only watered an inch a week, they would be dead. I'd water and the next day they would be wilted and if I didn't water, some would turn brown and die. I'm so glad it's finally raining now. I was really tired of watering every morning. Once those temps get above 85 degrees and that sun is out bright, things dry up fast in the sand. I'm happy you are feeling better, take care of yourself.
Its dry here too! I'm watering something daily. just alternating between everything. I got my Louisiana Evergreen Shallots today! Thanks
No rain much in Kentucky either for garden. Been watering every day.
I've got all my plants in containers on a platform. We are averaging about 80 to 90 the past month and so far I've been able to just water every other day and they do fine. The tomatoes sometimes need to be watered everyday depending on the temp.
It is very difficult here, as this week we are having at least 8 days over 105F with the peak likely being 115F+. Citrus have to be watered so that they can handle the heat but not cause fruit drop or cracking. The garden needs to be managed uniquely also.
Wow, only a half gallon per 100 ft of tape, per hour! Sounds pretty efficient, if not overly efficient.That's not much water at all for 100 ft of plants. You would probably need to run it like 2 to 3 hours to get everything properly watered in . I've been hand watering the last several years, but my family is growing, and in turn, my garden is growing, and it's starting to get pretty tedious and time consuming. I'm lucky enough to have a decent size and depth creek running through my property, that's only about 50 ft from the edge of my garden, so I've come up with a new plan for next year. They sell some good, fully water proof pumps on Amazon that you can fit a hose to, then just toss it in any body of water, and pump water all day. My creek has water running in it year round, regardless of how dry it gets, or how much rain we get. I live in the Appalachian mountains that this creek runs from, which eventually runs into the Big Sandy River, which eventually runs into the mighty Ohio river. Theirs hundreds of different creeks here in Southeast Kentucky that run into several different rivers that all eventually make it to the Ohio river. You've heard of, "Land of Lakes.....this region should be named, "Land of creeks and rivers", but because of all these rivers and creeks, we are very lucky to have dark, rich soil to grow in.
We could use a drought in Central Florida. I just lost 3 dozen watermelon that all split a week or 2 before harvest because of daily rainfall of 2 inches for the last 3+ weeks straight.
Thankfully we are getting a shower of rain almost daily, but it's not been enough to catch up from the drought. The showers only last a few minutes but they come down pretty hard for that few minutes. Washes off the BT, so still dealing with pickle worms and vine borers.
Most plants need 1” per week.
Corn and potatoes need closer to 1.5” a week but during their peak can use 1/2” per day.
Nice 😊
Dry here too. I use a moisture meter and have my tomatoes and melons on the drip tape you recommended / 6 inch interval output. My moisture meter registered DRY. I watered for 2 hours in the late afternoon and the next morning checked the moisture meter with only 3-4 inches deep medium range moisture so I put it on today for another 2 hours then will recheck. Moisture meter at Lowes is about 14 bucks, also measures ph and sunlight.
Yes, my containers. I stick my finger in there and they’ve been dry so I’ve been watering like every other day but for a good amount of watering. (Time)🌱
Your fig trees probably thirsty too lol. Water melon plot looking real nice. Any local ducks going to be joining you this summer? they were great fun to watch too.
LOL, "tater Mouth!!!"
Thats perfect, surprised Doc didn't say, "Dogs' Tater Mouth!"
With a raised bed taking so much more water than in ground, how is that efficient and economical? Sounds like more work and more cost and more strain on the environment. Even more so when you consider the extra cost of the container and the resources it takes for a wooden, plastic or metal container and the source for raised bed soil
Hey Travis how come my tomatoes are getting flat spots on them it looks like you dropped them starts out about the size of a penny then a sore then they bust
Average temp in Tulsa Oklahoma has been 98
I live in Tulsa, too. At least it isn’t 117 this summer!
Hey travis do you use the well for your house as well? Whats the taste of water if you do? I remember as a kid drinking from my great geandmas house she used it all around and it was so gross
Our well water is delish!
I also have well water, and the water is great no problems.
Apparently AI is so smart it "don't know squat"..... I might believe 1" per 10 degrees, but that's still a lot of water. Irritec P1 6" spacing 15mil puts out .46gph "per emitter", not per 100'. I use that tape but in the .25gph emitter version (.25gph per emitter). When it gets over 90 degrees, I run it 90 minutes every day at 8:30pm. I've found the plants recover from the heat of the day better when they have all night to replenish their internal water and get ready for the next hot day. Earlier in the season I ran it every other day. My system is on a timer and electric valve, and plants are all in 17" high Olle beds (most are set up as 2'x8').
The specification of a 100-foot row of drip tape with 6-inch emitter spacing is influenced by various factors, including the capacity of the takeoff adapter and the overall system design. A 3.6mm takeoff adapter can handle a flow rate of approximately 90 gallons per hour (GPH), while a 7.0mm takeoff adapter can manage up to 150 GPH, allowing for a longer line of drip tape, approximately 163 feet. With 200 emitters in a 100-foot row, each delivering 0.46 GPH, the total flow rate reaches 92 GPH. Adjustments in takeoff adapter size and system configuration can impact the overall flow rate and length of the drip tape system accordingly.
If your drip tape uses a 3.6mm takeoff adapter and has a flow rate of 0.25 GPH per emitter with 6” spacing between emitters, extending a single row to 180 feet allows you to achieve the desired 90 GPH. Additionally, if using a 7.0mm takeoff adapter with the same emitter spacing and flow rate, you could extend the row to 300 feet.
The number of emitters that can be used varies based on the mainline tubing size and emitter flow rate. With 1/2” tubing and 0.25 GPH emitters, about 960 emitters can be accommodated, ensuring adequate water distribution without exceeding flow capacity or causing excessive pressure loss. Using 0.46 GPH emitters reduces the number of emitters to approximately 522 due to higher individual flow requirements. In comparison, 3/4” tubing can support more emitters: around 1920 with 0.25 GPH emitters and about 1043 with 0.46 GPH emitters. Choosing the right tubing size and emitter flow rate is essential for efficient water distribution and system performance.
What happened to your neighbors ducks that used to come and used to give them watermelon??
They all eventually got hit by cars from crossing the road.
do you find your no till plot(s) to produce better and with less work and with less fertilizers?? There's an excellent book about no till, called The One-Straw Revolution, its from the 70's but to me it was still very relevant and so very interesting. very true don't understand why everyone doesn't use the method(s), other than the big companies control things, kind of like big pharma :)
No it's the same amount of work and same amount of fertilizer. All that hogwash was used to hype a particular technique. It's effective, but it doesn't eliminate a lot of things it says it eliminates.
Thank you very much for the response!
Did you read The One-Straw Revolution? I do think that writers situation is/was probably different than yours, although I'm not familiar with everything you grow. Personally, I'd find it hard not to use store bought fertilizers, but I don't have chickens to utilize for a natural type fertilizer.
You look funny too😅
First viewer !
Folks this is why you should chew your taters
Hey Travis how come my tomatoes are getting flat spots on them it looks like you dropped them starts out about the size of a penny then a sore then they bust
Hey Travis how come my tomatoes are getting flat spots on them it looks like you dropped them starts out about the size of a penny then a sore then they bust