The Gardener's Guide to Drip Irrigation (+ Video Installation) | The Southerner's Northern Garden
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I garden in Zone 6, Southwest, Ohio.
🌲Organizational Items and Tools (Recommended):
🌱The Milwaukee Packout System of Tools can be ordered directly from Home Depot or picked up in the store.
🌱Bucket Boss (organizes tools/materials in a 5-gallon bucket): amzn.to/35uJiAZ
🌱Craftsman Organizer: amzn.to/3guWDjc
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🌱B-hyve Smart House Faucet Timer: amzn.to/35srvug
🌱Eley Splitter Valve (Solid Forged Brass - 10 Year Warranty): bit.ly/3gzKysW
🌱¼” Hose Fitting Insertion Gun: amzn.to/2S3EK1o
🌱½” Hose Hole Punch Tool: amzn.to/3q3ahwV
Note, some of the items below will need to be purchased from 3rd party sellers on Amazon. Be sure to check that option at the Amazon links if it states it is not available directly from Amazon.
🌲Drip Pieces/Kits:
🌱Root Quencher: thegardencalls.com/rootquencher
🌱Newer Vendor Where I Purchase Fittings (not emitters) in Bulk: amzn.to/46Bw7Mj
🌱Rain Bird Drip Irrigation Amazon Store: amzn.to/2S5HbAH
🌱Rain Bird Drip Repair Kit (helpful to get a variety of items in your inventory - everything can be purchased separately and is listed below): amzn.to/3wzdWFb
🌱Raindrip Starter Kit (if you only need to do a few containers or hanging baskets - includes manual timer): amzn.to/3vyxc4C
🌲For the Sprinkler Head Conversion Method:
🌱Sprinkler Conversion System: amzn.to/3gDU792
🌲For the Hose Bibb Connection Method:
🌱Rain Bird Backflow Preventer, PSI Regulator, and Filter (Combo Kit - Recommended): amzn.to/3wCjJKd
🌱Rain Bird Backflow Preventer (to purchase separately): amzn.to/3gycf5v
🌱Rain Bird PSI Regulator (to purchase separately): amzn.to/2S2vf2q
🌱Rain Bird ½” Tubing Connector for Hose Bibb: amzn.to/2S5HbAH (purchase directly from the Rain Bird Store)
🌱Rain Bird ¼” Tubing Connector for Hose Bibb: amzn.to/2S5HbAH (purchase directly from the Rain Bird Store)
🌲Tubing Options:
🌱Rain Bird ½” Distribution Tubing (No Emitter and Emitter Options): amzn.to/3q1pmz4
🌱Preferred Rain Bird Emitter Tubing for Landscape Use (18” Spacing): amzn.to/3wAbU7X
🌱Rain Bird ¼” Distribution Tubing (No Emitter and Emitter Options): amzn.to/3iNfY0p
🌱Preferred Rain Bird ¼" Emitter Tubing for Raised Beds/Containers (6” Spacing): amzn.to/3xwdjw6
🌲Tubing Connector Pieces:
🌱Rain Bird Tubing Connector Pieces (½” and ¼”): amzn.to/3vC8aRU
🌱Plugs for ¼” Emitter Tubing (also used as “goof” plugs for ½” tubing holes): amzn.to/3vx3EUP
🌲Emitters (for black distribution tubing or emitter tubing, if you need an extra emitter):
🌱Preferred for Shrubs (2 Gallon Per Hour - I typically use two per shrub depending on water needs): amzn.to/35vyz9G
🌱Preferred for Perennials (1 Gallon Per Hour): amzn.to/35stoab
🌱Preferred for Low Water Need Plants (½ Gallon Per Hour): amzn.to/3xrMrNZ
🌱Preferred for Spray (pop up): amzn.to/3vwZQTG (Note, you will need to purchase separate heads depending on if you want the spray to be 90, 180, 270, or 360 degrees around the spray head and the distance of the spray. The larger degree of spray and distance results in a larger reduction of pressure in your system. You can find those heads here: amzn.to/3vxSwXT and they are called MPR heads. They’re also available at Sprinkler Warehouse.)
🌲Landscape Staples (preferred for large jobs to reduce cost, otherwise pick up in your landscape fabric section at your local hardware store): sandbaggy.com/collections/lan...
Hi, Matthew. I really enjoy your videos. This will sound funny, but I'm a drip irrigation gardener, formerly in drought stricken California. I love watching drip videos because you can always learn something new. One thing I noticed, and I did some checking, is it seems that you installed the Backflow preventer before the timer. All my research says it should come after the timer, which in your case (and mine) would mean a preventer attached to each output from the timer. Did I just not see your installation correctly? Anyway, I ordered this BeHive and I'm excited to try it out next year in my garden. Believe it or not, they had it on sale for Prime day, so I saved $50. Thank you again for sharing all your knowledge!
If you want to spend the money on the extra backflow devices you can, but I would put mine closest to the faucet as possible where the water source originates. The premise is the same as in ground irrigation. For example, the backflow device that a county may require inspection of for an inground system is before the actual timers and irrigation valves on a system. I don’t see a benefit in putting the backflow after the timer.
Thank you. Maybe the companies are just trying to sell you extra parts. My concern would be that if you have the preventer before the timer, will water not even reach that high because the timer is closing the valves as it finishes its cycle? I guess I'm overthinking it, as I do just about everything. Thanks for your response. Most appreciated!@@TheSouthernersNorthernGarden
@@FrediOlson I did some looking around online too and it appears some of the backflow devices for hoses like this are not supposed to be under constant pressure or they could fail, which is why it’s recommended to place it after the timer. So you can place it after the timer if you like, particularly if your water pressure is high enough that it’s causing them to fail on you. I’ll pin this comment so others can see, but I’ve not experienced this issue myself. Result may vary as they say.
I'm relieved to know that I wasn't the only one who found this stuff to be overwhelming enough that I avoided it altogether. 😅 Good grief! 😂 I've watched several "how to install drip" videos but I ended up more confused and had more questions than answers.
Thank you so much! 🙏 You are awesome for being so generous with your time and having the patience to break down the topic so thoroughly. I'm ready to go lay down some drip! 💪 Who's with me? 🙋♂️
I'm right there with you. I have been to intimidated to tackle this as well. Now I will be doing it, finally. 😊
Anytime you want to make a longer video I’ll be happy to watch because your knowledge is invaluable. This was particularly important to me as I’m thinking of putting in a drip system next year. Your videos are easy to watch because your voice is soothing and we need a little less stimulation sometimes so we understand what you are teaching us. 🌻
I have spent a good part of the day looking for how to do a drip system in a perennial garden. They were mostly on raised or container gardens. This was exactly what I was looking for. Thank you for taking the time to break it down so it could be understood by beginners.
Thank you for this information! Don't mind it was long, makes the process not so intimidating.
This was a great educational video, thank you. What I like is that you don’t rush and that you review, so important! I am 75 and need slow and thorough explanations! 😂❤😂
Thank you!! This was so helpful. My husband and are planning to do drip this next year and it was great for the two of us to watch this together. ❤
Best drip video I've ever seen. Just got into gardening a couple of years ago and had to learn drip on my own through trial and error. This would have saved me some headaches for sure. You covered everything very well and this will be the video I recommend that people watch if they want to learn how to do it themselves.
Terrific video Matthew! Thank you for taking us through the process step by step. Feeling a bit more confident about putting in a new drip system after watching this. Looking forward to your next video.
I finally had time to watch this video. I will use this as a reference when I try to redo my cobbled together system I tried to create last year.
Great video! Thank you! Clear instructions and explanation of parts needed.
Really enjoyed watching. Looks pretty simple.
I've been saying for years, "THIS spring I'm going to install irrigation." Hasn't happened yet. But honestly, after watching your video, I have so much more confidence and I know I can do this. I have 3 hose bibs and they can reach the areas all around my house. THANK YOU SO MUCH! I'm going to go watch the first video and save both for future reference.
Fantastic detail. Glued to the screen.
Thanks Matthew 😊
A box of keeping all the items, in one place is very important.
You really helped me understand drip.
I've been following Laura for probably seven years and you for a few too.
You
actually summarize drip in a way I can follow.
Thank you.
From a FloraBama girl
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. You've given me the confidence to set up my own system.
Much appreciated video Mathew. I am going to give this a go in my front borders next spring. Thank you for all your wonderful and helpful advice!
I don’t have a sprinkler system but have wanted to add drip irrigation. Thank you Matthew….these videos are so helpful! Planning to add a simple drip system to my planting beds.
Excellent! You did a great job of explaining the parts and pieces. I am exhausted from dragging hoses around my 1/2 acre watering my beds. I am so excited to know that I can do this. I didn't know that you could use a timer to create several watering zones.
Oh my goodness! This came at the perfect time for me. I live in Oklahoma and spend an hour watering the garden and flower beds. Although I don’t have an extremely large area, It’s overwhelming every day in 100 plus degree heat which even at twilight it’s still humid in the 90’s. I was considering having a sprinkler system put in but my Bermuda grass doesn’t require much water. Thank you so much! Your a life saver. You took the time to give clear and concise instructions unlike many other people putting in drip on CZcams.
Best drip instruction and video ever! Thank you Matthew. I have hesitated to do for years. I am sure I will rewatch your original and this video several times. Love learning from you.
I needed 8 zones plus lawn sprinklers so I hired an irrigation installation company. I have about 4 valve boxes in the ground around the property and a controller on an outside wall. They ran solid black underground and attached brown 1/2" with emitters 12" apart which I like as I know I'm going to get good coverage. The 1/2" was installed very similarly to yours with only a few "dead ends". Since installation 18 months ago, I've made lots of adjustments myself. I have a lot of Rain Bird parts and tubing. I could have laid the tubing myself for each zone but ask an installer just to do the infrastructure and they look at you funny. I find these installers (at least mine) no little about plants and they lay out the tubing in a prescribed grid plan - often getting too close to plants that are going to increase in size. Thus the many adjustments I have made.
I love your channel!!
Loved this video, thank you for going into all the things we need to know about drip irrigation 🙌🏻❤️
I have been waiting for a detail lesson. It could have been a two part, I would watch it all. This was the best n detail on the drip system. I'm learning so much. I'm preparing to have a drip system. Thank you for being available for questions. 😊
Good morning Matthew!
Such great content. I have been looking for a detailed description of how to get started. Thanks so much for sharing!
Mathew, thanks for sharing this informative video. It was comforting to hear on your previous drip irrigation videos that the maximum length can be compensated by running the timer longer as needed. I also make sure to run one zone at a time to prevent any decrease on water pressure.
Awesome video Mathew! I have to admit that I am not a stranger when it comes to sprinkle system, I installed it myself on couple of houses but I had a hard time finding the right fittings and my husband and son said that they will never do it again. Of course I will have to convince them to because I can't do it at the moment! Will see, but somehow I need drip irrigation system to water my vegetables and fruits and flowers during the summer! When we moved they threw out some of the tubing and now I have to buy it again! I have a very high pressure here from the county so a pressure regulator is a must for me! I kept your video! Thanks a lot Mathew! Blessings 💕🤗💡
Thank you so much for this video. It's the best one I've watched on the subject by far. I pretty sure I can tackle this now. I can put a jigsaw puzzle together, so you said I can do this too, lol. 😊 I'm excited to get mine done finally.
I have such a love/hate with putting in drip. It's so damn tedious...but the results are so much better.
Thank you so much for all your time showing and explaining to us how to layout and run drip irrigation. I will say it looks easier then it is to try to connect the 1/2” connectors (the L , T, and straight) need to have a lot of strength in your hands.
They have to be a bit difficult because they’re only held on by the barb and pressure from the tube. I’d recommend using gloves, but you may also find sitting the tubing out in the sun or using a hair blow dryer on the end of the tubing helpful to warm it up and make it more pliable before inserting the barbs. The sun definitely helps a lot.
Thank you so much!!! Now I feel confident enough to set up my flower beds and bushes on irrigation. I’m looking forward to saving so much time watering. Your the best!!
Thank you Matthew. Great video.👍🇨🇦
Matthew, you gave me exactly what I was looking to learn about drip irrigation in your excellent video. I will reference this video again and again until I get my drip irrigation going. After our oppressive summers here in North Texas zone 8a, I am determined to save my hydrangeas and other plants from burning to a crisp. We have heavy clay here also, so thank you for the excellent tips and showing us exactly how to install and tips on where to get the best deals and best products. Thank you so very much! ❤
Thank you so much for sharing your Knowledge and experiences with the drip system, we are looking to install it next spring. This is so helpful, thanks so much!
Thank you for this information. I didn't understand that the 1/4" wouldn't be enough to supply all my garden water needs. I did get the 1/4 inch soaker hose for my raised bed to water my veg since the beds are only 3 1/2' x 12'. Your explanation covered the need for a 1/2" supply to get water up the 27" rise and the 1/2 drip line to water the tomatoes and other inground plants. I have Brugmansia that requires much more water and the split 1/4" to the hydrangea showed what I need for them. Again thanks for this video!
Super helpful video. I am saving it for future reference. Thank so much!
Thank you Thank you thank you! I needed to see a detailed video showing this for next year. This year I did a 4 zone timer attached to a hose then attached to a soaker hose. It worked well but next year I want to do the drip system with emitters! Appreciate your sharing your knowledge ❤
Hi Matthew! This was a very nice and precise video on setting up drip irrigation. Our sprinkler guy set up drip to our 2 raised beds and 5 whiskey barrels last year, but I'm wanting to redo parts of it, so this was very helpful. Ours is hooked up to a hose bib, so, again, very helpful. We use irrigation water, which has been turned off. ;-( I really appreciate the list of parts, and where to get them, in the description. I'm saving this for sure! Thank you so much for sharing!
💐Awesome information very helpful saving this video for later, thank you for begin so thorough in the information I needed it.🙏🙏
Thank you Matt. Very good explanation.
Hi Matthew! For the first time I understand what 1 or more gallons per hour means! I never made the connection to the size of a watering can to determine how much drip to use. Thank you -- thank you!
Looking forward to watching this video in its entirety later today when I have a break. I consider you a home drip irrigation expert, so as always, thanks for the education and inspiration!
Thank you so much for this video. I’ve always been unsure but wanted to do this.
I dont know why I have such a difficult time with drip ....I need to just physically do it ....this was very helpful...ty
😊wow! Thank you for sharing your knowledge
THANK YOU! ❤ This was so informative and exciting me for saving time next garden season 😊
Very informative. Our climate here🏴🇬🇧 not many use drip irrigation but with climate change I reckon we soon will. Thank you for all the info 💚👨🌾💚
Thank you so much ❤. Very educational 🎉
Great info thank you and next to watch the pair irrigation video
You are very good at explaining drip! Thank you for this video! Hope to put drip in next spring.
Thank you so much for this! Irrigation is on my winter project list and I had no idea where to start.
This is so helpful to figure out my drip system, thank you!
Thank you so much! Thinking of doing drip next spring for my many pots in my backyard. Great tutorial!
So helpful! About to set up drip for the first time and have been really nervous about it.
Thank you for this very informative video!
My irrigation is hooked up to my sprinkler system which runs on a well. I haven’t put any pressure regulators in anywhere. This summer I have had too many leaks, and by that I mean water spraying up about 8 feet in the air. One raised bed completely deteriorated from too much water. Any suggestions on where I should install the pressure regulators-I’m thinking about the pressure regulating couplers? Thank you, Matthew, for being so thorough!💖
Do you have drip valves or have you converted sprinkler heads to drip heads? At my last home I converted my overhead sprayers in my garden beds to drip with a Rain Bird sprinkler head drip conversion kit. That conversion head had built in pressure regulators at every head. If you don't have any of that scenario, you would need to look at integrating a pressure regulating device someone at the beginning of the system (near to where the water source comes from) to reduce the pressure overall.
@@TheSouthernersNorthernGarden I converted the sprinkler heads to drip using Rain Bird-well, my sprinkler company did. I forgot about that, but I also bought valves to shut off certain beds if they don’t need the water. Thanks, Matthew, this was so helpful. I can feel confident that I just need to patch the lines.
Very helpful! Thank you!
Thanks. Very informative
Thank you
Great video! Is there a starting kit that you would recommend? Thanks!
Not for 1/2" drip. If you're doing 1/4" drip, there is a link in the description for a kit that contains various parts.
Excellent video, clear and concise. Your legal education serves you well. I have an existing sprinkler system. If I convert some of the sprayers to drip, as you explained in your video from two years ago, do I have to disable all of the other overhead sprayers in the system?
I would cap the other heads in the ZONE, not the system. Or, as I did in my case at my last home, convert every overhead sprayer to drip so you have more volume and pressure overall. If you don’t, you’ll severely limit the amount of pressure and be overwatering areas with sprayers because of how long you need to run the drip.
I just recently found your channel and am so glad I did. You have a way of explaining things in detail that others don’t. Not intimidating. Makes one realize that gardening is really easier than we think sometimes. This was perfect timing because I am revamping my drip system and have learned a few tips to help me. Will definitely be adding a timer! Thank you.
What a great video. I’m still confused on 1/2 vs 1/4 and when to use them
I don’t recommend 1/4” drip irrigation in landscape beds at all unless it is in areas where the 1/2” would be difficult to maneuver due to its more limited flexibility. 1/2” is always going to provide the best flow, pressure, and future proofing for expansion. 1/4” is great for raised beds or containers.
Thank you so much!! ❤
Can I attach the black distribution tube to a hose end instead of the hose bib. I have extremely high water pressure at my home and I cannot leave my water turned on all the time. If I do I hear a high whining noise in he house and frankly it concerns me if the line.blew it would be a disaster. SoI would like to run the distribution tube to the shrub border at the top of a tiered wall and just connect it to a hose end when I want to run it. Is this possible?. Loved the extensive coverage; especially for a newbie like me. Thanks for your help
Yes, the connections are the same.
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Thank you!! I was just wondering how to do this. Does the lines need to be cleared in the fall? If no will the lines leak the following year??
I addressed this in the video. No, but you should unhook the water from your hose source and bring any timers inside to prevent damage.
Any chance this Bluetooth timer works with the 1st generation hub? Or does it require the new 2nd generation hub?
Matthew I do have one question, have you experienced any critters chewing on the tubings? Any solutions to this that you are aware of?
I've never had that problem. The only critter damaging the tubing is usually me. :) I don't have any recommendation other than an organic repellant like Bonide Repels-All. But, that may not be workable if you have a large area.
Matthew-
You’ve sold me on drip irrigation!
I currently have a sprinkler system with 3 heads per zone. Can I convert all 3 to drip?
Joel - MN 4b
You should convert all heads, or if you’re not converting all heads, cap all other non-converted sprinkler heads in a zone. I’d recommend converting them all for best pressure throughout the system. You would not want to or need to connect the drip tubing between heads. Think of each head as its own mini zone to water a certain area of the flower bed. This is what I did at my prior home with my sprinkler system.
Thank Matthew!
Can you give me an idea of how much drip can you run off one zone I am just using the 1/2 inch drip with 12 inch emitters holes on brown tubing I have a total of 8 small garden beds three of which are long narrow about 3 ft wide by 90 ft long if you were to combine them 3 together than I have I garden bed that’s about 20ft long x 8ft wide I also have two other beds that are 10 ft long x 7 wide and the last two are 8ft long x 5ft wide the last one is only 10ft long by 2ft wide . Thank you for any response. Also I am running from my home spigot I did by the b hive timer I am waiting for everything to come in again thank you
The packaging or manufacturers website should mention it. It’ll depend on the PSI as well. I’ve never used the 12” spacing tubing, but I imagine it would be somewhere around 250-350 feet because there are way more emitters than the 18” tubing.
My on off valves keep leaking. Any idea why?
The manual plastic turn valves? If so, they’ve just failed and need replaced. They could also have also been manufactured incorrectly. I’ve had it happen a couple times.
@@TheSouthernersNorthernGarden ok thanks. thought I did something wrong.. I used the green rain bird ones brand new .. both leaked from bottom. I will try a new pair
@@deadpool_exe2614 I’d recommend you get them elsewhere in case it was a bad batch or try a different brand.
@@TheSouthernersNorthernGarden yea I like the blue ones you showed in the video. Are those from Amazon?
@deadpool_exe2614 these are the last ones I’ve purchased so those were the ones likely in the video amzn.to/3Kbf9Lx
William, Millenium allium is sterile!!
I see online it says they are sterile, but I have purchased Millenium Allium for years and it does and has reseeded in my prior garden.
@@TheSouthernersNorthernGarden I have three clumps and no seeding however I love to weed so perhaps pulling them up!