Making a Deep Pipe Irrigator

[@jasonsp8210]

This is such a great system and video. I've just made x12 today. Thanks for all your advice and short cuts re caps and index marker ! 👏👍

[@joanchantler2498]

split ring idea is genius! For those of us in the states 3mm drill size is about 1/8" and 50 mm apart is about 2" and thanks for that = that's exactly the info I was looking for. I'm using these for tree seedings just to get them going and am going to make them a bit shorter.

[@underthechokotree2792]

Glad I could help!

[@caronhickman889]

Fabulous idea . . My soil is black river sand. How often should you fill the irrigation pipe with water... South Coast N.S.W

[@jamiereynolds3407]

Super good idea with the cap!!! Awesome!

[@dparra72]

Nice idea, alternatively, white 4 inch diameter drain pipe (available cheap in 10 foot lengths at Lowes, Home Depot, etc.) already has perforations in two rows lengthwise and using an available drain cap meant for the 4 inch drain pipe makes a perfect slotted top for the pipe. I then use a spray paint forest green to color the assembled pipe before inserting into the hole for a new tree. Your idea of using a bit of shade cloth with a split ring is brilliant and i will plan to use it too since I have ten new trees to plant in next few days.

[@underthechokotree2792]

Thanks, glad you liked it! :-)

[@AMIR-nm7fo]

thanks for the tio on how to cover the end of the pipe. I was looking for an idea. I found it. Thanks

[@underthechokotree2792]

my pleasure! :-)

[@flix7753]

Simple and inexpensive...nice work.

[@underthechokotree2792]

Thank you! :-)

[@Jimigunneful]

Im planting trees in holes about 1.5 ft deep. So this length of pipe would only be up to ground level! So I have to have about another 4 ft of length so that I dont have to squat down to add water. And maybe I would do better to have only a couple of holes at very bottom. Or why not no holes at all since the bottom of the pipe is a 2inch wide hole already?

[@markchadwick9222]

Brilliantly simple, thanks for sharing.

[@underthechokotree2792]

My pleasure! :-)

[@BNM-b7t]

Good day, great idea. How would you winterize the pipe?? Is it safe ro leave an empty tube in the ground, wouldn't it freeze and break? Ty

[@meykandanchinnasami7999]

அருமையான வழி. பாராட்டுகள். நீர்த் தேவை மிகுதியான இந்நாளில் இது மரம் வளர்ப்போர்க்கு மிகவும் உதவிகரமாக இருக்கும்.

[@underthechokotree2792]

நன்றி

[@jasbowie]

Hi thanks for video! We did something similar, by using Agi-pipe. We use the 10cm diameter agi-pipe, that as I'm sure you are aware already has holes in it. I did not cover the tops and it does not get clogged, sure a few leaves fall in, and frogs love to live in there but it is nit a problem! Our top soil is only about 50cm deep max, so we found cutting the pipe to about 20-30cm was adequate to get the water away from the surface and send it deep down.

[@underthechokotree2792]

Great idea!

[@celestestroblas7595]

How do you decide how many pipes you need? Especially for trees

[@TheLookingOne]

Nice details. If I were to use a drip system, what is the maximum GPM for your tubes?

[@underthechokotree2792]

Not sure but I am guessing not a lot. The idea is to use water efficiently and so need less water. The porosity of the soil would also have an impact as well.

[@TheLookingOne]

@@underthechokotree2792 Good ol' trial and error. Thank you

[@andrewharris1200]

Hi I was just wondering if I could use four pipes of the same width on one tree. Would it be to much for the new tree.

[@underthechokotree2792]

Give it a go! :-)

[@Lapalanc]

Great info, this could work on advocados plants?

[@underthechokotree2792]

I don't see why not!

[@harryharris7663]

Thank you, excellent tip

[@underthechokotree2792]

Glad I could help! :-)

[@amosicronery7730]

Thanks for showing me this. So what if I drill holes through the pipe so that holes to appear on two sides, will it expel water too quickly? Will this result into wastage of water?

[@underthechokotree2792]

Well the thing is that if you have holes on two sides, water will be released towards the target plant, but also away from it, so yes you will get some wastage!

[@amosicronery7730]

@@underthechokotree2792 thank you

[@underthechokotree2792]

@@amosicronery7730 My pleasure!

[@angelau1194]

Great idea. This is a bit late but just in case you do get to read this, I was wondering if you had any problem with mosquitoes?

[@underthechokotree2792]

Not with the shade cloth cover. anyway, the water tends to move into the soil rather than pool for long enough to cause a mosquito problem. :-)

[@paulettelavigueur760]

what if you put rocks in the pipe to stop crap and animals for getting in?

[@sucessmanpower3169]

Hi sir,I think all the water will go underground even if you have holes on the sides. Does water spread horizontally ? Capillarity principle might not be effective. So I am planning to use a low pressure shower head with small protrusions,do that sand particles don't get in and bury it horizontally and irrigate the roots . What's your opinion on this sir ?

[@underthechokotree2792]

Hi, the shower head may be worth a go but you would need to keep track of hw much water it is using. In terms of the buried pipe, the trees or other perennials send their roots down to harvest the water resulting in a more drought resistant plant, over time. If the tree has been recently planted, it is possible to put plastic film over the open end of the pipe so that all the water flows out the holes. Once the tree is a couple of years old the plastic film can be pierced to allow the water to drain lower in the soil, and the roots grow down to harvest it. :-)

[@sucessmanpower3169]

@@underthechokotree2792 Thank you sir for your reply. I understood the reason now.

[@underthechokotree2792]

@@sucessmanpower3169 My pleasure! :-)

[@sucessmanpower3169]

@@underthechokotree2792 sorry to disturb you again, sir . After sometime don't you think , roots would have got entangled with the pipes and it holes . When we take out , say after two years, won't the roots be damaged .Typically how many gallons of water should be irrigated, if I have four tubes on four sides . These are my queries and Thank you sir.

[@underthechokotree2792]

@@sucessmanpower3169 In terms of removing the pipe, you don't! Just leave them there. In terms of how much to irrigate, it depends on such things as the species of plant, the soil type, weather at the time, stage of growth of the plant etc, so an absolute number of gallons would be meaningless (sorry) :-)

[@carynspohn9891]

How deep do you hammer the pipe in ground? Doesn't the end in the ground have to be pointed to go down in the ground?

[@underthechokotree2792]

Check out the next video on installation. You either dig it in when planting the tree or I made a steel tube into a device to allow a hole to be dug down into the soil to install the deep pipe waterer in :-)

[@rufochka1]

Can you install these for existing trees?

[@underthechokotree2792]

You can, but if the trees are mature, there is not much point, they should be well enough established that they are not necessary.

[@rosiedsouza2846]

Great idea thanks for that

[@underthechokotree2792]

My pleasure Ma'am! :-)

[@judewright6651]

Lovely, I have some scrap pieces of PVC pipe lying around somewhere. Off I go to drill holes in pipe.

[@cenanfruits8476]

great work.. thx you

[@underthechokotree2792]

My pleasure! :-)

[@YousifZahrani]

Great jiob thanks a lot for yoir time

[@underthechokotree2792]

No worries mate, I'm glad you got something out of it! :-)

[@carolinevanwinkle3755]

Why not put a long pipe so you can stand up and water plus put more water in roots.

[@Jimigunneful]

Is he saying 15 or 50 mm? I cant tell.

[@Wqghfxz]

50 mm or 2 inch pipes

You don't have to drill the holes, the water still mostly goes to the bottom. It will work the same without the holes.

[@underthechokotree2792]

It depends. If you are putting this waterer in beside a newly planted tree or shrub which is still quite small, and this is the ideal time to do it, and you don't put the holes in the side, all the water would be delivered to below the root zone and wasted.

[@dirkphilly]

Smart

[@underthechokotree2792]

Thank you!

[@rockhauling.d.4816]

I did the same thing he’ll no didn’t work at all Water did go through the holes at all!