Easy Drip Irrigation Install, Save Time and Water

[@laurelsayer7557]

Step by step instructions really clearly filmed and described. Brilliant, so thank you.

[@judymckerrow6720]

Thank you Jason, you made that look easy. Hopefully I can run some drip irrigation to my hosta bed this year. 🌷💚🙃

[@jlp4111]

Thanks for the demonstration!

[@gwbuilder5779]

Irrigation is such a complicated subject because what works perfectly in one place could be completely wrong somewhere else. Someone mentioned living in a hot zone, of course this system could only be used in the early hours of the morning, just before sunrise, when everything had cooled down. However; the premise of designing an Irrigation system that works in your personal growing spacing is a very wise idea. The benefits are many fold because so many different things can be managed by this one system. Moisture control Nutrition Temperature modulation Delicate seedling to hardening ready plants Light mist to deep soaking Pest control I like your approach Jason, quick, easy, simple, but detailed enough to address the specific needs of your space and considerate of your personal needs as well.👌🤙

[@tamrahawkes3170]

I’ve been thinking about this! Thankyou so much it looks like I could handle it.

[@FireflyOnTheMoon]

I was just about to put in a dripper system. Super useful vid. Thanks

[@laurahale5774]

Thank you so much for sharing this!

[@elsafischer3247]

Thank you for this wonderful video

[@bruce-le-smith]

another great video, thank you. looks like a good kit / supplier, trying to mix and match parts of big ecommerce sites was a little tricky for a noob like me, especially trying to figure out the pressure reduction components. i wish i'd seen this video sooner, but happy i'm seeing it now!

[@loricawley54]

I set up drip irrigation in every flower bed except one this yr. I’ve spent the last two days getting all the lines ran and connected, and it has been a job. However, I know that my future self will certainly appreciate my current self getting it all set up once we start hitting our normal 110 degree temps here in Tx lol. Tyfs, Jason!

[@TIERRAYLOMBRICES]

Thank you for the video.

[@GardenDoodles]

We installed drip irrigation a couple years ago and unfortunately ours started to clog up after a year but we loved it when it was working. Just need to somehow get it unclogged. Also, using very warm water to soften the hose up before connecting helped so much.

[@suttonbogedain5874]

open all the closed ends. remove the pressure reducer. flush it out. reassemble. done it several times.

[@GardenDoodles]

@@suttonbogedain5874 Thank you. Will do that this weekend.

[@sindhurireddy9440]

First one! I would like more videos on recommendations of hybrid tea roses, floribundas, and David Austins for beginners :)

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Sounds good. Thanks Sindhuri

[@KatesGarden]

@@FraserValleyRoseFarm I’d second this! I’ll definitely need to get a few. What’s a cottage garden without roses?😉

[@robertcroft8241]

I am in the North of England and I have wasted many years trying to root rose cuttings with very little result. I saw Jason stick a 4 prong garden fork into the ground . I tried it. I make 4 holes, stick 6 inch cutting into each hole and next year I have loads of new roses. Hybrids will not work . (Can be done , but best take a root cutting ).

[@GardenDoodles]

@@robertcroft8241 We do something similar right about now when we prune our roses and hydrangeas in spring. We just take the cut off branches (about 10-12 inches long) scrape off the outer layer a few inches at the bottom and stick them into the ground in semi shaded areas and we have about 95% success. We stopped doing it because we just don’t have room for more plants now but this was the easiest method for us to do in the spring.

[@robertcroft8241]

@@GardenDoodles

[@dianawilson5030]

Pro tip: a fireplace lighter works really well to soften drip when installing it.

[@cclothier2172]

Thank you.

[@Hans8341]

Some extra opinions for the drip irrigation here: 1. remember to make sure to use a powerful pump if your field/garden/pots is very large or too many. The water need to be pushed far enough to the end of the main pipe. 2. remember to check the drip hole sometimes(I combined the watering system with an automatic fertiliser feeder, months later there was some white stuff gathered around the drip holes and blocked some) 3. THE RATS ! I dont know they love to chew on this rubber tube or what, I have this trouble many times in my garden. My cat helped but the damage was done. Hope this helps.😀

[@robertcroft8241]

Hans, my friends in Morocco with a very big garden, use a tank on a wall (Covered with Ivy), and this gives enough pressure for the drip

[@NannaCarlstedt2]

Hi Jason, thank´s for showing us how this is done. Also have to complement you for the new garden, it looks so well organized and pretty. A question: Can you please show us how you set up the raised beds; seems to have been done in a kind of creative way; please show us. Greetings from a follower in a late wintery Stockholm/Sweden, growing zone 7a, lat 18 degrees North; lon 59 degrees East.

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Thanks. I made something on the topic this winter: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jH-vnaVjbJqlb80

[@kellyluk73]

Thanks for the great video Jason. Can you comment on the durability and maintenance of the drip system? Does it need to be removed in the winter and would it last for years? Thanks.

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Thanks Kelly. My experience has been fairly good, and no, I've never taken them in for winter. It seems the main risk is that mice will take an interest - I've seen this happen infrequently in various installations. I do remove the filter hook-up and let the water drain out but that's it.

[@CBBC435]

I live in the southeast of the US where the sun is very hot. My concern would be water too hot to water plants if the supply line is above ground in the sun.

[@teresarobinson9426]

Watering first thing in the morning helps that not happening. We also get up there in temperatures so can understand your concern. Good luck.

[@shawnsg]

Once you get to 3/4" pipe buy a good punch tool. I set up drip tape last year and holy cow I almost gave up.

[@susanmackey8514]

I have a landscape installer helping me in my yard. I've asked him to convert the spray irrigation in my flower beds to drip. He says the plants will not get enough water with drip and I should stay with spray. Since I live in Seattle, water rates are expensive in the summer so I'd like to conserve as much as possible which it sounds like drip will do. I also get a lot of powdery mildew on my lilacs, dahlias, and spirea as well as black spot on my roses. I thought converting to drip irrigation might help minimize fungal diseases. Can you boost my confidence that drip is the right way to go? Thanks so much for your clear, concise videos. Your veggie garden is very lovely even before a single plant has been added!

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Thanks Susan. I can tell you that with proper installation and timing you can definitely deliver enough water with drip - and you'll lose less to evaporation.

[@maureenmacdonald6866]

Jason, how did you run the line from the grass level up to the soil of raised beds? Your beds look to be raised appropriately one foot. My raised beds are two feet high. Will water pressure raise the water up that high?

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

We used the dripper tube directly into the supply lines, and yes it's probably 8 to 10" higher. No problem with pressure at 30PSI with the amount of drip line in the kit.

[@KGrant-ty3oy]

Curious what dripworks said to do about overwintering the system? I worry about effects of cold winters on the lines.

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Here's their guide on it: www.dripworks.com/winterizing-an-irrigation-system for these hose-fed systems I usually remove the hook-up assembly (filter, pressure reducer) and then just make sure it's generally free of water. On a larger system blowing it out is a good suggestion.

[@karenm5681]

Good job! I bought an irrigation kit from them 2 years ago but it’s still in the box because it seemed too complicated to set up in my garden spaces and I was dreading the task, Handwatering seemed easier than trying to figure it all out. Seeing the process of you setting up your system is so helpful/ inspiring and I’m determined to actually set it up sometime in the next 2 weeks. Thank you for the inspiration and information.😊

[@MyFocusVaries]

Perfect timing! I'll share this with my irrigation specialist (aka my husband). "May have to wait until it's a little bit drier..." Sigh. Maybe July then? :) Do you have a timer you like?

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

I'm testing out a kit by RainPoint and I'll let you know.

[@MyFocusVaries]

@@FraserValleyRoseFarm Thanks. We haven't found one that lasts more than a season and a half.

[@suttonbogedain5874]

Will this work with a gravity feed 55 gal barrel system?

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

I suspect the pressure would be a little low. I quickly looked it up, and it seems the pressure from gravity alone would be somewhere between 1 and 2 PSI

[@holzmann8443]

Wonderful video as always, thank you! It seems like dripworks really sets customers up for success. Offtopic but.. may I ask where you found the steel raised beds here in Canada, and if you would recommend them?

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Thanks. Those were from Vevor. So far so good, but just installed this winter so time will tell.

[@torryclark4983]

Nice not having a bunch of clamps