Drip Irrigation For Raised Beds
www.dripworks.com – Patti Moreno, the Garden Girl, shows you how to set up a drip irrigation system for your raised bed garden using drip irrigation parts from DripWorks.
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It’s for those that are “city-folk” and think they are “gardeners”…. LOL…
seanVanHandel
January 5, 2013 at 10:04 am
Its her with a different channel! There should be a warning in the title.
SparrowSquad
January 5, 2013 at 10:23 am
Beautiful garden and really informative, but that’s a lot of effort just to water the plants. I found this little company from Florida who makes an irrigation grid called Gardeninminutes (that’s their url since we can’t post it) I love it! and they have expandable garden boxes.
BryanTraf
January 5, 2013 at 11:14 am
oh yea plants love the fluoride and chlorine in that greAT city tap water ????!!!! get a filter that cleans the water or use rain water that is treated to proper ph and checked for heavy chemicals
otisspunkmeyer2010
January 5, 2013 at 11:17 am
@rmsportsbrief – Thanks for your interest in Dripworks! The tool you are wondering about is our INSERT TOOL for 1/4″ Tubing and is available on our website – Note that this tools is ONLY used for inserting the 1/4″ transfer barbs into the 1/4″ tubing, it is not a punch. It also ONLY works with the short 14TB that we sell and not the longer transfer barbs.
DripWorks
January 5, 2013 at 11:47 am
I am installing a drip feed system in my school garden for my Eagle Project. I need to accomplish exactly what you are doing. Where can I buy that tool shown in 4:35?
rmsportsbrief
January 5, 2013 at 12:28 pm
This set up is fine for a permanent garden, but if you’re not sure where you want it, or for how long, you can plant in rows, get cheep 1/2 inch PVC pipe with connecting ends, punch or drill hole where you what it, & put a faucet spliter on your faucet, a water controller that goes right on the faucet spliter, hook pipe to control, set and go.
You can move it easily each year, & just fill any holes that you no longer want with silicone. Much cheaper for the temporary gardener.
applepiebetty
January 5, 2013 at 1:07 pm
Urban sustainable living garden. Sheesh! that’s a mouthful.
Next it will become her “Organic, natural, biodynamic, chemical free, fourseason, environmentally friendly, Urban sustainable, living garden.” LOL!
p.s. good job mamasita, you do an excellent job filming.
Uriah Smith
January 5, 2013 at 1:08 pm
@growingtuff – Thanks!
DripWorks
January 5, 2013 at 1:22 pm
Let us know how that goes for you! Sounds like a great idea.
DripWorks
January 5, 2013 at 1:27 pm
very nice! 🙂
growingstuff
January 5, 2013 at 1:45 pm
just ordered a solar powered watertimer and soilhumidity sensor for my rooftopcontainergarden. let summer begin! can’t wait to make trips, come back home after a couple of hot days, and see all plants alive and well.
Dailydose13
January 5, 2013 at 2:30 pm
Also…In our experience, gardens/needs vary widely and are dependent upon what type of soil one has, the time of day you actually water, your location and climate, and if using drip, what type one chooses (sprayers, soaker dripline, etc.). That said, depending upon where you are located, we absolutely agree that this type of drip irrigation sounds like it may not be the best or a viable option for you! Thanks again for taking the time to provide us with your comments. Cheers!
DripWorks
January 5, 2013 at 3:09 pm
Thanks for the feedback. Although we hear your concerns, we have provided drip irrigation products to our customers who’ve had positive experiences using our techniques and recommendations. We understand that not everyone’s needs/philosophy/techniques for watering are the same and use is always dependent upon climate, environment, time of day one waters, etc., for the majority of our customers our recommendations are the preferred methods by which they water their gardens with great success.
DripWorks
January 5, 2013 at 3:53 pm
inoculate i mean
TheRealTrojanGoat
January 5, 2013 at 3:57 pm
Not a drip irrigation system. This will cover seedlings with water which will scorch them in sunny weather. Rather than putting the water to the roots, this will directly innoculate the plant and topsoil with airborne pathogens. If the plants are higher than the sprinkler it will create a wet, stagnant space between soil and foliage for all manner of disease to fester. I suppose this system is ok if you want to grow mould and kill all you plants and have an interest in damping off and foot rot.
TheRealTrojanGoat
January 5, 2013 at 4:16 pm
$200 seems like quite an expense. 50m of hose costs about £18. Digital timer less than £25. 3 way hose connectors less than £2 each (use 1 for each raised bed). Make pin holes along the length of the hose that you secure into the raised bed. You don’t even need a timer if you use low pressure (ie. turn tap on low for constant drip feeding). Each 4′ x 4′ raised bed needs about 40′ of hose at 6″ spacing. Total cost including connectors to fit irrigation to a 4’x4′ raised bed is under £7.
TheRealTrojanGoat
January 5, 2013 at 4:39 pm
Most of these posts these people just want to see them selves on U tube!!
kelly8353
January 5, 2013 at 5:28 pm
Hipster bandana + fancy gloves + fancy tools + flipping your hammer around and almost bonking yourself in the head, under the pretext of “sustainability” = Yuppie Poser.
57t2
January 5, 2013 at 6:12 pm
I was wondering if you had a printed list of the materials that you used for your irrigation system in this video….
It would be a BIG help. Thanks!
atlladyleo1
January 5, 2013 at 6:48 pm
just love how you make everything so easy.even your other videos you make it easy for just about anyone to do or build.please keep your videos coming.again great job.
mountainhike100
January 5, 2013 at 7:48 pm
URBAN SUSTAINABLE LIVING GARDEN = A GARDEN.
amusingisthedawn
January 5, 2013 at 8:09 pm
Be honest, too many things can go wrong.
DCVU2
January 5, 2013 at 8:12 pm
I heard ‘Urban Sustainable Living Garden’ way too many times. It’s just a damn garden. If it sustains you in an urban location is still just a god-damn garden. How gay.
jasonlajoie
January 5, 2013 at 8:29 pm
Hand watering usually wastes water, while a drip system will deliver precise amounts of water directly to the root zone. Once the system is installed with a timer, the garden is watered automatically which will allow you to spend time doing other activities. Lastly, Urban Sustainable Living is the name of her publication, which covers many areas other than just gardening.
DripWorks
January 5, 2013 at 8:57 pm