How to Install Drip Irrigation - Part 2 Vegetable Garden

How to Install Drip Irrigation - Part 2 Vegetable Garden - In this video I install Drip Irrigation into my vegetable garden. It is a fast and easy installation that will put the water directly where it is needed with no waste. The next video will expand on this installation.
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[@jazzcanada2001]

THE BEST VIDEO TUTORIAL ON DRIP SYSTEM INSTALLATION! I have watch other videos...it's either they explain the procedure so fast, not detailed, or I just couldn't understand as a newbie on drip systems.....JIM, thank you so much....your patience, your attention to details is just amazing and awesome! That is why I always find you on youtube when I need something to work on my garden, and I am not sure....Your PART 1 was very informative, I never knew how to install a drip system or what it was actually.....It;s only now year 2020, that I learned what it is and how to do it! Thank you so much!

[@amyvinson4398]

Love it!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us!!!

[@Gigi-fv9ky]

Thank you! You make it seem so easy! I'm going to try this.

[@Richp20]

Amazing tutorial! Thank you so much!

[@AJsGreenThumbLLC]

You are so very thorough...I watch your videos in their entirety with no questions at the end. Thank you sir!

[@castleofcostamesa8291]

Thank you!! That was straight forward and helpful

[@ninamofor857]

This is simply amazing. You solved my problem! 🙌🏾

[@teresawhite2956]

Thank you so much for these 2 videos.. they were exactly what I needed. Your speaking, explanations and hands on was awesome! Thank you again!

[@BethLeonard]

Thank you very much. These videos were concise to tell me what I needed to know without droning on and on. I really appreciate that you took the time to make and edit them.

[@susanmyer1]

I found this video absolutely amazing. You make it look SO easy. I am finishing up on my garden shed. Never had one and have never done any landscaping other than a container of two. I will be doing some landscaping around the shed and hopefully expanding to the rest of the property. I am enjoying watching all your videos.

[@robinsheartsoillowman4679]

Thanks for sharing this has been the best video of how to install drip irrigation, happy gardening.

[@maggiealena]

Thank you! so much for the video. The detail that you covered is far better then any tutorial i have watched over the years. many of the details are more in depth. You take the guess work out of several situational problems beginning gardeners that have never dealt with irrigation to they're garden, be it patio containers, raised beds, or in the ground. Bravo!

[@jayelynne2374]

Thanks for this detailed video on drip! Best I've seen yet! You explained & recapped everything so thoroughly & made it very simple to understand 👍👍

[@vyshnavithota7569]

Excellent explanation! Appreciate your effort. Thank you very much!

[@JimPutnam]

Glad to help. Thanks for watching.

[@lanipowell7287]

I was afraid to try this until I watched your videos. Now I feel confident. Thank you so much!

[@judewillis1084]

I just spent 5 hours today hand watering in 100 degree Dallas, TX heat...I'm installing drip irrigation next weekend...no more hand water for me, thank you! Thanks to your video I've got the confidence I can install it myself. Good details.

[@JimPutnam]

Good luck with everything.

[@jackieanderson3820]

This is my life in the high desert of socal.

[@casq882]

The best video I have seen, thank you because now I feel good starting my project.

[@islandgirl97]

Thank you for sharing!!!

[@kudzaidotnet]

Wow wow wow 👏 👏 👏 Thank you so much for this detailed tutorial. You really took time to break it down and demystify drip irrigation for us. God bless you and i hope your channel continues to succeed

[@charlieglendinning2372]

Tremendous videos! So nice not having to spend time listening to the invention of plastic tubing... who invented it... where it was invented. Such relief that you got right down to the subject and filmed it carefully and clearly. THANK YOU!

[@njhw4990]

Thanks for the videos and links!

[@JimPutnam]

Thanks for watching.

[@suzydee2552]

Thank you ,😊you made it easier

[@2WILDHARES]

I've never installed one of these and I think your video has given me confidence to be able to thank you ! You really made it easy to understand. The little blue end pieces that let x &x amount of water per hour i guess I will have to make my own judgement about, but again thank you !!!

[@ytenl]

Thank you for your clear and detailed explanation.

[@JimPutnam]

Thanks for watching

[@dwohio8283]

Again, very through, IMO. I have learned the hard way and this is what I do now. 👍

[@sowsia]

Very helpful. Going to Home Depot to get all the stuff, hope to finish it this weekend :) Thank you.

[@Wofford1985]

Go to Lowe's. They treat the 18 wheeler drivers who deliver to them much better.

[@SachinKokane]

Just Like That..Awesome video :)

[@truyenpham3740]

So easy after watching your video, thank you so much.

[@JimPutnam]

Glad to help. Thanks for watching

[@HamidKhansProductionsAustralia]

It's great man, nice video

[@chudamanikhakha6179]

Thank you from Jcm khakha. Odisha.

[@blindjohn2969]

Just ordered all this same irrigation stuff today . Excited to get things setup for june to Sept dry season

[@JimPutnam]

Awesome. Good luck with everything

[@user-wn9mn1be4u]

great video

[@DisgruntledVet]

I like it. Thank you.

[@tsnstt]

Nice!!

[@michellelegaspi5931]

Jim, complete newbie over here! 🙋🏻‍♀️ My husband & I are new home owners and I must say, your videos are so informative and easy to follow! We have many established beds on our property and I'm learning new things each day to help keep them looking their best, with your help of course! We have a large garden that we may try to tackle this year. We have very dense, clay soil and, after watching your other soil amendment videos, I feel better prepared to take on this challenge! Now, with this new two-part video about the drip lines, I think this task will become even easier! We currently have a 100' hose that *just* makes it out to where the garden is. After watching this tonight, I'm going to try your method instead of dragging that heavy hose out there EVERY day! 😳🙄😂 Keep up the good work! Sending many thanks from PA 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@JimPutnam]

Awesome. Good luck with it.

[@sooocheesy]

I'm glad you're doing a drip video. Drip is sooo much more water efficient than sprinklers, not to mention easier to repair if something breaks. I've got a pretty huge drip system at my house now, somewhere around 7000 feet of tubing installed to irrigate about 15,000 sq feet of garden. I have hundreds if not thousands of plants and my water bill during the summer is maybe $100-$120/mo and about $60-80 of that is irrigation. Keep in mind that I live in inland San Diego which is basically a desert where get zero rain and temperatures average 90 deg from July-Sept. I know people who have sprinklers here that regularly spend over $400-500 a month on much smaller properties.

[@JimPutnam]

That's a big system. Luckily in my area I won't have to run it that much. Thanks for commenting.

[@jackieanderson3820]

I wish this had a little more complicated manifold to show how to start with more than one type watering system. Like flowers, trees, and vegetables. I am very confused as to what manifold/timer thing I should get

[@abdulkhalique4170]

Thanks for this very easy and simple video on drip system installation, I got the Orbit Model 58910, 2 connection but was unable to connect with the main water hose, because it has a very high pressure, in fact, I already damage 1 orbit, will try like your lesson, and see what happens.

[@evanmassimino3416]

I've read that you can't do more than 30 feet of 1/4 inch pipe because you'll have pressure issues. Does this mean you can only run 30 feet max in total, or just 30 feet max on each connection from the main line?

[@mogeking56]

Putty what’s up dude! Long time no see Cell block C misses you dude

[@rawbit]

Love the video series. One issue I am having is I get leaks at the swivel connections - on the timer and the hose connection. I do use Teflon tape. Anyone have a solution?

[@pretty95138]

Thanks for this video...very helpful. I will setup next weekend. What's the longest distance I can have these run wothout loosing water pressure. half inch main line, quarter inch drip line, quarter inch tubing...

[@josiehollerbach4429]

Very informative video thank you. How to put different number of minutes to different plants?

[@donnadelegeane3724]

Wow! I think I can do this now! Your videos are outstanding! What is the brand name of these products?

[@julialioto5965]

Hi Jim...What's the longest distance you can have without loosing water pressure? thank you

[@wyattspop]

Hey Jim, what do you find is a good time (how many minutes) to run on my seedlings? The plants are between 2" and 5" tall (2 being the herbs, 5 being the cucumbers, squash and various tomatoes). I'm in a dry area of SoCal, temps in March are mid 80's. Thanks for your hard work.

[@bblood7535]

Does rain bird have charts to give you an idea of what size emitters you need for different plants and sun conditions ?

[@DanceLeena]

too good video..What about when drip pipes get heated in sun and than too hot water comes for some time..Will plants die due to hot water?

[@kimberly8185]

I'm using 1/4 inch tubing with emitters every 6 inches for a flower bed (mostly hostas). Planning on watering for an hour every 4 days or so. Some of my hostas are kind of large. Will that be enough water? Should I loop around individual plants so they have more than one emitter?

[@bowler8]

what if you want to put that 6" drip emitter straight into the pots and coil it around, I have a round 12 pots that I want to emit to for the holidays, can I not use that and just coil it and then move onto the next pot with only one starting point?

[@pjwroblewski]

Nice video. Where did you get those plant bags?

[@johnnylamuelo2102]

Great video, how do you determine how many emmiters you can put on a particular line?

[@dtmolles618]

I have several raised beds that we walk between quite a bit and I also have arbors that I would like to go up and around so I don’t t have to bury or walk on the tube. Can I go from main 17mm line to the 1/4 pre-holed line, back to a no holes 1/4 line to go up and over the arbor, back to pre-holed 1/4 line and then back again to 17mm line so that I irrigate all my beds without having to bury so much tube? Essentially, I’d have to sandwhich the emitter lines between main lines and blank 1/4 line. Is this ok? I have pea gravel on weed barrier...so I’m not sure how much hiding of ground tube I can do.

[@jackieanderson3820]

Why did you use a water hose to connect to the 1/2 distribution pipe? Can’t you connect the 1/2” pipe directly to the manifold/valve? Is there a benefit?

[@cathyscreationandvlog4224]

I'm a newbie to a drip irrigation I am curious why you choose to make three separate lines instead of just curving it in the vegetable bed? Is this for better water flow 🤔

[@slowdive101]

Hey Jim, these videos are great. I was just wondering about backflow preventers. Some other tutorials I've seen online use them. Any thoughts on them? Any circumstances under which you would use them?

[@JimPutnam]

They may actually be required as part of code in your area. I have just always used them out of habit.

[@ricka5419]

What do you do to the system to prepare it for winter?

[@michaelstangl1653]

Does it matter in what direction the hole in the emitter is placed. Up, down or sideways?

[@sharonsleva4307]

Is it necessary to remove for the winter?

[@xdrive300011]

1:26 Jim You put pressure regulator at the end of the hose. Why didn't you put pressure regulator at the beginning of the hose? if u use the later method, if the hose is broken, the pressure regulator can control how much water leak out of the hose. Can you please explain?

[@mcauley19]

How long do you usually leave the water on for the 1/inch emitter line? Just trying to get a rough idea

[@ericaoftheearth7249]

Very clear and very helpful! Thank you! Question though, can you bury the main drip line connected to the hose?

[@chrisp.76]

You can. Just be careful not to get dirt int the fittings. Leave those above ground. If you live in a freezing winter climate you probably would be better keeping it above ground so it can be remove for winter.

[@bethh4271]

@@chrisp.76 so do you need to remove the main lines if in zone 7b or can you leave in the ground. Does anyone know how to install a Sys in this zone

[@chrisp.76]

@@bethh4271 If your temperature in winter gets belong w freezing you have to remove all of the hoses, buried or not unless you blow them out to remove all water. This is done with an air compressor.

[@wendybedrosian5327]

What do you do with this in the winter?

[@andy6131]

Why use the brown pipe and not black for the main distribution line? Is the brown for subsurface?

[@slowdive101]

One more question for you: Those feeder lines (with the pre-made holes)-Can they be covered up with some mulch? Or would this inhibit the water flow/dripping?

[@JimPutnam]

They are made to he covered.

[@debharris3378]

How do you know how long to run the timers?

[@xiucoatl82]

Is there a way to cover some of the holes in the 1/4" tubing in case I want them 12" apart instead? Or is it just best to leave as is?

[@tjk1009]

You can't really close some droppers.

[@matthewfarrell317]

Dunno if this helps, but you can get 12" dripper hose, or at least I can.

[@jeremyhiatt8029]

Great video, keep up the good work. Is this system designed to be left in place permanently? (It’s not temporary, correct?)

[@JimPutnam]

Yes, it is permanent. Thanks for watching.

[@jeremyhiatt8029]

I installed a drip system this weekend for the shrubs and beds around my house. Used your videos as a tutorial to know what I was getting myself into. Super easy, actually a lot easier than I thought it was going to be. I’m just up the road from you in High Point, NC. Enjoying all your videos, keep up the great work!

[@bethh4271]

@@jeremyhiatt8029 I’m in northern Arizona zone 7b which I think is the same as Jim. do you prefer to use a timer on a hose vs connected to a permanent irrigation system. This seems easier. I hear you have to winterize pipes permanently connected to the waterline. Any help or input for my plans to do my yard.

[@thricecrazy33]

most 1/4 inch soaker is 1gph per emitter. easy math measure distance then volume.

[@michellelegaspi5931]

Jim, one more question: 1. I'm in zone 6 (PA). Thinking ahead and for purposes of longevity...what do I need to do to this system to winterize it so that these pipes don't burst?

[@JimPutnam]

It has holes all over it so most of the water drains out. I have hooked a shop vac set as a blower to blow the remaining water out of the holes.

[@michellelegaspi5931]

HortTube with Jim Putnam great tip! Thanks Jim!

[@tjk1009]

I've had a system for 10 years. I have some 20 to 40 foot main feeder lines. It is best to blow them out each fall. If you can. I use a air compressor but like the idea of using the shop vac.

[@kenk2345]

You know about what PSI exists in these pipes...after the pressure regulator?

[@JimPutnam]

They are 25 psi typically.

[@marchsamoylenko559]

Could I make my own wholes if I have the 1/4 inch black tubing with no holes?

[@JimPutnam]

No, because roots and dirt will get in them. You can buy in-line drippers though. You just cut it and reconnect it with the dripper

[@Bobbyxcell]

what if you dint need a hole in a particular area in the drip pipe, how can it be closed?

[@JimPutnam]

The best way to do that is to actually put in a solid piece in the runs that don't need drip.

[@christophersisson2304]

Do the holes face up or down on the drip tubing?

[@JimPutnam]

It doesn't matter if they are built into the pipe. I like to have some facing up, because sometimes it's hard to know if it actually running if they are all facing down. If you are installing them in the pipe then it is just easier to put them in the top.

[@fabricandflowers83]

Can we hook it up to the faucet? Im not wanting to use a garden hose at all

[@JimPutnam]

Definitely

[@fabricandflowers83]

Great!! This is something I say im going to do every spring but then don’t because it seemed overwhelming. Thanks to you ill be brave enough to try it.

[@Lorraine336]

Where can I find the 1/4 inch Intermittent tubing tubing?

[@bethh4271]

Home Depot or any irrigation store. Lots of places to shop for it

[@MyrickWillard7]

Hey Jim, a couple of questions:1.) I just bought some Shrubs (Loropetalums, Junipers, Nandinas, and Sky Pencils) and I haven't planted them yet and they are still in their pots... due to some circumstances, it's probably gonna be close to 3 weeks before they go in the ground. We are regularly having 90 degree days in my part of NC, so how often do I need to water them over the next 3 weeks until I plant them if we have no rain in sight?2.) I also planted some Blue Rug and Angelica Blue Junipers, Loropetalums, Globosa Nana Cryptomeria back in January and was wondering since this is their first year in the ground and it's regularly in the 90's and rarely any rain in sight, how often should I water them this year until they get established pretty good?Thanks!

[@JimPutnam]

The unplanned plants should be fine watered once a day if it doesn't rain. The plants in the ground I don't water more than once a week. Once it rains a few times even less.

[@MyrickWillard7]

Oh wow... once a day? I would've thought that would be too much but since your the Professional I know you know what you're talking about. Is it because the planting mix that's in the pots drains so easy and doesn't hold water compared to being in the ground?

[@pshields907]

Are the supplies available anywhere? Amazon says no longer available.

[@jackieanderson3820]

Where do you see the list?

[@susanlocklear7844]

Stupid me, should have watched 1,2,3, videos instead of 3,2,1! So I ask about the distance between areas was water coming out Now I gotcha, there’s no holes in that tubing So sorry and thank u

[@JimPutnam]

No problem. Thanks for watching.

[@chrisp.76]

I don’t like this kind of thinner tubing you are using because there isn’t always a plant every six inches. It wastes water and you will get more weeds. One main purpose of drip irrigation is to use less water and not waste it by watering during the day. When setting the timer no one mentions that watering should be done by 7-8 am so it doesn’t just evaporate like it would if watering were done during mid-day.

[@JimPutnam]

I only use the thinner tubing in the vegetable garden where plants are closer together. You can also get the tubing with drippers spaced further apart

[@cyclepunk1959]

Beware when someone tells her trip irrigation simple. Lots of mistakes here. He pulls out his pipe from the wound up coil. Installers all know it’s necessary to roll out the pipe to avoid tangles. Pulling out the pipe is how inexperienced installers do it. This guy knows something, but I wonder Why he is making such basic mistakes in the video.