Greenhouse Irrigation Completed - Full auto, driplines, pot drippers, 5 zones, timers, wifi, & more.
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- čas přidán 10. 05. 2023
- I did a complete greenhouse irrigation system, complete with 5 zones, automatic timers, wifi connected, drip lines, pot drippers, hoses everywhere, with multiple water sources and pumps. Even the start of an electroculture system.
Resilience!
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Southern Irrigation is where we purchased all of our irrigation supplies: our new one stop shop for everything farm and garden irrigation.
Locations in Saskatoon, Chilliwack, Oliver, Kamloops, Williams Lake, Lethbridge, Red Deer and Woodstock.
Check them out at southernirrigation.com/contac... or download their catalogue at southernirrigation.com/gate-c...
We also used a Vevor pump from Vevor.ca
Vevor water transfer pump: amzn.to/3JiqCIn
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This is my dream set up! ❤
You are more happy grower in the word
Amazing Video! Will be rewatching multiple times to get it right.
another excellent tutorial Thank you Dean
Also, install an inline backwater valve for your well pump, keep your "grey water" pond water or rainwater from contaminating your well water 😇
We will definitely check out Southern Irrigation. Thanks for another great video!
Highly recommend them. They know their stuff. ✌️
incredible! you must be an engineer
That is so bad ass! Well done!
Awesome video as usual
Great cover. Loved the little ditty 😅😊😊 love this chanel and allthe great info and advice
Appreciate that. ✌️
Wow😮 very complex irrigation system! Make your life more easy, at this point next project is make a solar farm because the green house like completely finished. Good job Dean 👏
P.S. I like the musical ending 😂
Looks awesome Dean! Glad we could get you all setup. Thanks again for coming by.
The system turned out great. 🙂✌️
Nice set up Dean!
phenomenal
if you want auto irrigation of the seedling area check out Autopot's tray system, its gravity fed
Almost clicked away before you started jamming on the guitar. Glad you can put the extra watering time to better use, lol :-D !
It takes me an hour and a half to water with 150 ft hose but I have very few other projects. It gives me time to look at the plants and see if there's infestations or harvesting opportunities. But since there isn't any rain scheduled for the next 10 days I'm afraid watering is going to be the new normal... Good luck with this El nino summer wildfire season.
The ending is epic, and so Canadian, well done!
Maybe put a check valve on the well /house line so somebody doesn't accidentally send rainwater back during maintenance of the house water or someone opens house valves all the way that it allows that low-pressure to enter your drinking water? Also once in awhile there will be places where you can eliminate an elbow and just have a curved black piping. It's surprising how much more water flows in a low-pressure situation when you eliminate an elbow or two. If you need it that is.
I want to see how deep the electroculture rabbit hole goes 😂😂
I would not install one of those frost free taps. They were installed in my house and the first winter they froze and broke. My super intelligent plumber buddy came in and plumbed my house the old fashioned way. He set up my outside taps with a shutoff valve then after the shut off valve added a three way splitter and one line came from the main line with the shut off valve, the second line went to my outside taps and the third line went down to a second valve. Once it gets cold out i shut off the main water supply to the outside taps... Then i open that lower valve which drains the water out of the outside taps into my basement floor drain by the furnace. I can then open the outside taps and if the hoses are removed the water drains out of the outside taps protecting them from freeze in the winter.
In spring i just close the drain valve and open the main supply line. Its a simple system and works perfect. Since he added the shut off and drain valves ive never frozen my plain outside taps again. But this is the same system my parents house had when I was a kid and i remember my parents draining the water lines in fall when i was a kid.
Ausom job, dude!!!!
As always, awesome! Thanks Dean!
Lookin great Dean, serious progress! Love the ending lmao
The whole song and dance. 😂✌️
Congrats! I am so far behind you. Can even imagine getting there. But you are inspiring.
Awesome song! 🤩
Being behind just means you get to learn from my mistakes. 😂 There are other people really set up with their homesteads and are further along than me too. Just keep on keeping on, ✌️
Your little indoor oasis is getting nicer and nicer! Good work, it's motivating me to get a few garden projects going!
There is a thin line between genius and insanity. As usual, Arkopia has erased that line.
😂🙏
This is awesome. A fascinating video of a sustainable Food machine! Thank you!
You’re an absolute stud and an inspiration for anyone who is passionate about doing things the right way the first time around. Well done,
Haha. Thank you. ✌️👊
Excellent job buddy. The system looks fantastic. Saving time with watering is a great investment.
Wish I did it sooner. One project down for the year. Yay 😃
Cool
Excellent video. I'm building a new smaller greenhouse but can't be there but one day a week. This is perfect info. Oh, and love the song!
Shur-flo has a small pump with the pr sure switch built in, designed for RV's (12vdc) and 120vac.
You're welcome 😊
(Shur-flo is a well known brand in the small pump industry.... Not your typical han wan low brand whose seals or diaphragms wear out: and no replacement seals are available... You know, those cheapo brands.)
I’ll check it out. Thanks. ✌️
These videos are going to hit a momentum and go from several thousand views to several million. Just you wait and see.
Who knows. 🤷🏻♂️✌️🙏
@@ArkopiaCZcams Iknow, because once people wake up to the holoclaustl from the hyldrolgeIl needles, the people running the operation will end food production and those of us that are actually in the loop of what is going on will grow. As that number grows, so too will peoples' need to pursue personal food production.
I’m always super early to the party. Setting up chairs and decorating🤪😂✌️
Man, that's a well thought out system. Good job explaining your setup. I'm working on my electroculture antennas. The copper wire for tomato runners is brilliant. I'm going to try that. What a great resource to have with Southern Irrigation. The song at the end gave me a good laugh. Perfect. Take care Dean.
If electroculture works , might as well get some small gauge copper instead of twine for the tomato climbers. And wire everything together makes a lot of sense. ✌️
@@ArkopiaCZcams Definitely worth a try.
The video is great! Ending is epic!!. The system is awesome!!!.
I have a concern, though. Old timers once told me to keep a yucca from growing back, drive some copper wire into the root. It supposedly will degrade over time and produce copper sulfate, killing the roots. I've done this, and it worked every time. I also know that nothing grows near my copper ground rods. I am not a scientist and have no idea if the soil or climate plays in, but it might be something to look into.
Great job, as always.
Thanks. Never heard that about copper. Copper is an essential nutrient for plants, and never heard anyone say a rod would be bad. I have heard other metals might not be good for plants. People even switch to copper gardening tools for the health of their plants 🤷🏻♂️. I’m no scientist either ✌️
@Arkopia I sent an email to you with a little bit more background. Stay safe
What are your thoughts on electroculture?
@Arkopia I haven't heard of it but I look into it
wifi cool, quick... but when you own the property and data-rate/dependability are important...you are better to deploy fiber (no complicated permitting required), It's surprisingly cheap, especially in environments where line of site is difficult (think 80+' trees).
Great overview and advice!
Thinking a second passive solar greenhouse together with your great idea of solar power along the shop south wall would be an ideal investment and could use your existing water/fish tank system.
Fantastic! Would a greenhouse like this work on other planets you'd think?
Human can’t figure out what bathroom to use, let alone try space travel. Works in Canada though. 😂
You would not Evan need a pump if you had a water tower 😉 just for summer and fall 👌
D🖕n't forget too keep those lines from freezing in the winter 🤘🤙✌️
The short hose pipe idea is great, i have the same issue, my current hose is always trying to take me out. What kind of pressure do you need for the drip irrigation to work correctly?
One of my favourite parts. No more tripping and tangled messes. 😂
Impressive, congrats!
How much did it all cost?
Just over $2000 Canadian for parts, and 20-25 hours for me to do it.
How about a small ram pump to boost your drip systems
That could do it. The smaller the better. Less electricity and smaller zones. 🙂👍
Are you able to grow enough in there to sustain a small family?
Not our goats, eggs, chicken, pigs, cows, and potatoes. Otherwise, yes
What about next time, instead of cutting your pump plug off we just wire a female plug into the pressure switch and plug the pump into it. That way if the pressure switch fails you just unplug the pump and plug it in direct
That would work good too. This was quick and easy ✌️
@@ArkopiaCZcams I drafted a similar greenhouse years ago. All I have is a floor so far. We should chat sometime.
What zone are you in?
3a
Thanks again Dean for another great video.
Proper/ complete planning will save time and money.
Adding passage pipes with the right size at the time of concrete laying would help a lot for any future additions.
If your system was aquaponic, your could have done this with much less effort, less cost , no fertilizers and higher plant/ meat/ fish yield.
Good luck 👍
My big fish tank system and a little hydroponics is on a long list of projects for the back side of the greenhouse. I prefer growing in really good soil for most things though. ✌️
i would love to subscribe to your channel but CZcams has removed your subscribe button
Really? I’m getting new subscribers every hour; I wonder why that’s happening for you. 🤷🏻♂️✌️