The HOSS Tools Drip Tape Layer

[@kitti3571]

Daniel, I have thoroughly enjoyed watching all the videos you've done on the irrigation systems you use. This has helped me figure a lot of different things out for my plots this year. Thank you!

[@ArmsFamilyHomestead]

Awesome! I'm glad it's helped somebody!

[@bradvaughan4524]

I really like the Hoss tools makes everything look easy. I think the buried tape will work nice since it puts the water at the roots and shouldn't have as much evaporation.

[@ArmsFamilyHomestead]

I think that's the theory so we shall see.

[@Thefreemans-interesting-music]

Yeah, you need the water at the roots. Not evaporating off the topsoil and causing fungal problems.

[@tobylee4618]

I purchased a Double Wheel Hoe from Hoss Tools and many attachments such as the Drip Tape Installer which I am about to use in a day or so. So here I am checking out videos. I am very happy with the quality of Hoss Tools and after finding out they were just a 2 hour drive from me I paid them a visit to get my drip tape irrigation system. Greg Key was there and showed me his garden and answered questions on using my new tools. Greg would make a great neighbor. With the right tools and online videos we should all have a more successful garden. My garden is coming together after using my Cub Cadet Vertical Tine Tiller then the plow attachment on the double wheel hoe easily made the furrows for my drip tape to fall into. I also ordered a liquid fertilizing system that will be distributed by the drip tape.

[@ArmsFamilyHomestead]

That's sounds awesome. Hoss is a great company and like you said they are always very helpful. Good luck with your garden this year!

[@simplifygardening]

I love that wheeled Plough. certainly made laying out drip tape very quick and easy. great video have subbed

[@daviddean5392]

very good demo. will think on using drip tape on my cut flower rows. Thanks for the demo.

[@ToddBryantsr]

"...but streams came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground." - Genesis 2:6

[@carolyngaulin7822]

That's a good way of saving water ! I have a small raise bed ! I use the water hose or the water can ! I love watching your video with my parents ! I recall your a police officer that's a excellent way of relieving stress

[@ArmsFamilyHomestead]

Yes it is a great way to save water and still be able to water on days when you can't be in the garden. Yes I am a State Trooper here in Oklahoma.

[@bsk7125]

thank you for the honest review! i have the hoss Seeder and love it. deffinetly high quality.

[@ArmsFamilyHomestead]

You're welcome! They are a great company that sells high quality tools for sure.

[@jbbrown7907]

The Hoss system is not for me. I enjoyed watering the garden, going along and tending to the plants in each row, noting the gains, pulling the weeds and watching my vegetables grow so much faster than yours are going to using this system. Archie Morse, born in 1896 showed me how to water. He had a nice galvanized watering can, it held about 2 gallons. We had what he called the "poop Juice barrel" right at the corner of the barn and another one down at the other end of the garden fed by the gutter from the shed. Both the barrels were fed from the roofs. We could supplement them with a garden hose, adding fresh water if needed. The real secret to the poop juice barrels was the poop. Archie was big on compost. He liked to compost all his manure and barn cleanings. We had several compost piles working around the farm, one near the pig's winter quarters, one just outside the clean out window for the milking barn and another down at the far end of the pasture that had mostly spent hay and pigeon manure composting. I would water with poop juice in the morning. My carrots..... well I have never seen carrots like that anywhere else. They reached from the tips of my finger to my elbow. I grew a row of cabbages that were the size of basketballs. My sweet corn was well up over my head. My garden there was about twice as big as the one you were installing the fresh water drip tape in. Come harvest time I had pickup truck loads of peppers, squash, potatoes corn, you name is I grew it. We had a horseradish bed that had been going since the 1920's. We pickled horseradish and cabbage by the barrel. Back in those days, we could get barrels. I don't know where you would get them now. They were oak and held I think about 75 gallons if filled right to the top band. Each poop juice barrel had a few fork fulls of nice rich compost in it. when you filled the watering can there was a potato fork by the barrel, you churned up the goodness before you filled the watering can. I had that garden from 1976 until 1981. Twice my cabbage won at the county fair. I took a squash - pumpkin cross to the fair confident that I would win the blue. That squumkin was too big to fit between the weel wells on the pickup. It took six guys to lift it. I got a pink ribbon. I think it was sixth place, almost 300 pounds and I got a pink ribbon!

[@kk-lr5ud]

That's fantastic and inspiring!

[@jackicomber8534]

It's getting better all the time! Hope your family had a happy Easter!

[@ArmsFamilyHomestead]

We had a great Easter

[@harvestvillage695]

We use soaker hoses from Harbor Freight. Our rows are 50' long, we leave it on top of the ground and peg it in place w/ bent wires. We can get several years out of them.

[@jenniferstephenson]

Our problem with the soaker hoses... especially from HF is that we don't know what they're made from. Especially if they're from China.

[@pamjones6465]

I am with you. Never have buried my drip tape. But it looks like a good set up. Should be intresting to see how it processes. Wishing you success. :)

[@ArmsFamilyHomestead]

Thank you! It will be cool to see how it goes.

[@lindapetersen1800]

Dan, your like Houston haha that was funny about the goat am learning am listening but that was funny still laughing for a city lady like me hahaha!!!!

[@KeepingItDutch]

I was going to buy this setup you got but my garden is no where near that size, thanks for talking me out of it...lol jk. it all looks pretty good to me. looking forward to seeing how you like it.

[@ArmsFamilyHomestead]

I'm just here to help Dutch! lol

[@rocko777p.8]

I like the nail idea thank you for the tip!!!!!!!!!

[@richardr3178]

Awesome video and you have a nice garden!

[@ArmsFamilyHomestead]

Thanks.

[@mmangla5575]

Thank you for the information

[@unclevig7276]

it looks like you have planting furrows on either side of the drip tape after installation, alternate seed from side to side. I have a hoss wheelhoe but never used the drip tape, but I LOVE the wheelhoe!

[@ArmsFamilyHomestead]

That is exactly how it comes out after the tape is laid and I planted some purple hull peas in a couple of the rows just as you said. The Hoss wheel hoe is an amazing time saver in the garden for sure.

[@duckhunter2359]

did you make a follow up video regarding how burying the drip tape worked over the course of the season?

[@williambissell794]

I'll bet you can figure a way to off set your set up so that you don't have to straddle the row. It looks a little awkward.

[@raymeyer3011]

I've never used drip tape before, just wondering if you run your whole garden on one timmer or some how on different zones? I know you hear often but thanks for all you do, on the "homestead" and on the street. stay safe out there brother

[@ArmsFamilyHomestead]

In the past I have done the whole garden under one timer. This year I will have two set up. One to control the garden and one for the high tunnel since they will have different water needs. Thanks for the kind words! I do appreciate the support.

[@orreng]

Great review Daniel. Thank you!

[@ArmsFamilyHomestead]

Thanks.

[@erikferreira7310]

Boa noite! Seria bem interessante você trazer essas empresa que produz essas ferramentas para o Brasil.

[@phoebemckenzie5707]

there is a site that i looked at quit a bit last year and i was wanting to plant some potatoes in 5 gal buckets. it is hollis and nancys homestead he gets a lot of great things out of his garden you may want to check it out just though that i would tell you in case you are interested merry christmas again

[@markboland1181]

How do you take up your drip tape for reuse? Several videos on laying. None of taking it up and storing it. Put it back on the reel?

[@badrilaldangi4633]

Nice

[@leroyscncwoodworx841]

What do you do with the drip tape at the end of the season? Does Hoss make a uninstall tool?

[@meghamilton9234]

12/02/21 Just seeing this for the first time, question, how do you connect all the tape ends ??

[@user-dh5rt1se1b]

It good idea

[@arthurdewith7608]

No evaporation if u bury it

[@arthurdewith7608]

Can’t grow sweet corn without irrigation

[@MrCrash698]

how do you clean the emitters seems i have some that are clogged

[@aBuAraDaH]

Does that work with salt water.... I want an answer please

[@ArmsFamilyHomestead]

You would need to contact Hoss Tools. I'm sure they could tell you.

[@aBuAraDaH]

@@ArmsFamilyHomestead you know every cmp well say its the best I want who tride it thats all and thank you very much 🖐️

[@raspedroferrer1147]

Where did u get the roller I been looking

[@weetreebonsai]

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[@VastCNC]

How did the buried work out for you with buried drip? I'm considering it for this season.

[@ArmsFamilyHomestead]

It worked very well during the growing season. The only downside I found was that I had some rows get lots of weeds in them and that made it pretty difficult to pull up the drip tape at the end of the summer.

[@edsmith4414]

Do you use new tape each year, or try to re-use previous years ? Thanks !

[@waynehoch3009]

So what would you do next year do you have to pull up the drip tape to replant?

[@ArmsFamilyHomestead]

Yes

[@EchoesOfAnAngel]

Wonder if you can install the drip tape and plant seeds at the same time. I would be afraid that once I have put my seed to the soil and then go back and bury the drip tape I would mess up the seedlings that started to root or am I missing something?

[@ArmsFamilyHomestead]

I don't think you could do both at the same time. You would definitely need to install the drip tape first.

[@SWGreenDesert]

What size drip tape did you use? I see HOSS offers a couple of sizes

[@ArmsFamilyHomestead]

I don't recall exactly what size they sent me last year, but from looking at their website right now they offer a 8 mil and a 15 mil tape. The 8 mil will work just fine for most all of your garden crops. I've never used a 15 mil tape, but I'm thinking it would be for more permanent types of crops.

[@earlbelcher2615]

does it get buried by the plow as you go?

[@ArmsFamilyHomestead]

Yes

[@earlbelcher2615]

well water or city water?

[@ArmsFamilyHomestead]

We are on rural water, which is similar to city water.

[@NetsarimTheWatchman]

I was going to buy your product but for the wheel hoe and the drip tape layer its very expensive so I built my own for a little over 100 dollars. I love your videos but your prices are not justifiable.

[@coziii.1829]

Drip tape? Cheap an easier way is PVC pipe and pop in misting caps every so often and leave it . Don't have to bury it or move it last for years... Oh and I would use that wheel as a seeder I bet they got something for that . I have seen similar with stick tape for the seeds that role out.

[@Basertac]

How did it work ?

[@ArmsFamilyHomestead]

It worked great. The only downside that I found was the tape can be hard to pull up at the end of the season if you have much of a weed issue.

[@arthurdewith7608]

My dog can’t find the tape

[@khanta5875]

Make gip me ok

[@ezrabrooks12]

NEVER FOUND THE VIDEO WERE YOU ACTUALLY FINISHED THE SYSTEM,OR SHOWED HOW TO PLANT!!!

[@kk-lr5ud]

Dude your tone at this man is so gross

[@kk-lr5ud]

Dude your tone at this man is so gross

[@carminesilverado]

you are using drip irrigation as an amateur gardener would , this does not work for farms

[@ezrabrooks12]

WHAT THE HELL!!! YOU CUT THE VIDEO SHORT!!! YOU ACTUALLY COULD HAVE SHOWN HOW TO HOOK UP THE WHOLE SYSTEM, IF YOU REALLY WANTED TO!!!

[@kk-lr5ud]

You could look it up elsewhere once you had the thought, if you really wanted, instead of screaming at someone who provides a ton of free content and condensed experience. How do justify being so ugly to another human/who is already giving you something? He doesn't even work for you.. even that dynamic wouldn't justify your demanding tone. Got any new years resolutions?