[Red_Devil 232]

Weekly Gardening Ping

[MattinNJ]

Thanks-Im printing our and keeping for reference in case of a total economic collapse

[elpinta]

Good info indeed.

I have used drip irrigation on a raised garden for a few seasons; I find it very efficient as it wastes practically no water.

My set-up uses flexible hoses instead of PVC because I wanted to have the ability to move the lines any-place any-time, but otherwise is the same concept.

I have 4 controlled zones that I have automated, and are programmable depending on what I want to grow.

Looking forward to nice tomatoes in a few months!

[yazoo]

Not sure about the drip system, but I used a porous hose you can buy at any Home Depot or Lowes. The water sweats out of the hose and provides coverage where ever you put it no mater how long the hose. Plus, in the fall you can coil it up and save it for next year. You can also run plant food through it.

[WellyP]

This works and it saves water!

[Claud]

ping for later reference

[GatorGirl]

I am considering doing this, unfortunately my builder only placed one faucet on each side of the house and I would need to install one closest to my garden plot. Does anyone have any idea how costly this would be? It would be near a bathroom if that matters!

Thanks in advance—GG

[Tijeras_Slim]

I’ve used these both above and below ground. If you have hard water they can be a nightmare, the emitters or lazerline clogs up. If you don’t drain everything well before a freeze, all manner of stuff can break. Pocket gophers find the line tasty on occasion.

Don’t think for a second they are worry free.

[GatorGirl]

OK Red Devil—pls. put me on your ping list. My gardening challenges here in Florida will be different than most but I’d like to learn from y’all.

Also, Loved the dog and garden photos but you lost me with the electronics! ;-)

[AuntB]

Thanks for the post, I will look at it. A couple years ago I bought one of the kits....very flimsy, and I made a big mess of it!

[martin_fierro]

How crazy is this.

[LucyJo]

Please add me to your gardening ping list. Thank you.

[BenLurkin]

bookmark

[mad_as_he$$]

dripdepot.com

[Gorzaloon]

Way back in the 80's I started using drip irrigators..they were the ones Burpee sold. I do not know if they still sell them, but I cannot say enough good about them. I had a regular plug-in light timer connected to a solenoid valve. I would work hard in Spring to set it up, then, using black mulch, I never did anything afterward but pick vegetables and eat them. As the season went on I had a very high density garden with embarassing surpluses of tomatoes, eggplant, squashes (winter and summer varieties) green beans, radishes, turnips, broccoli, sweet and hot peppers, and cucumbers. You can add an aspirator to the line and have it sip from a tank of Miracle Grow when it waters.

We had vegetarian friends who would come for the pool, and we would just open the garden gate and let them graze while we barbecued a steak, and everyone was happy.

[Danae]

Thank you for posting this! I have been thinking of a DIY drip system for a tiny little patch in my backyard for the kids to learn about planting foods and flowers etc! This is just what I needed!

Thanks!

[SunkenCiv]

Along these lines, but requiring more work — at the local gardening store I saw little gizmos which screw onto (for example) milk bottles and then stick into the soil near the plant to drip water. There were also purpose-built bottles that did the same thing. Your PVC system is probably cheaper though. :’)

[GreyMountainReagan]

We switched to drip last year for our 1/4 Acre garden. Our flood irrigation from the ditch was removed due to subdivision being built upstream. (what a waste, like those lots are ever going to sell.)

Anyway, it works quite well. I just miss all the water flooding the garden and yard.

Oh well.

[teenyelliott]

Did you see this?

HR 875 The food police

May be nothing, but these days, who knows.....

[Marie Antoinette]

Thank you! I printed that out. I am a lazy gardener, and by harvest time, it shows. So I’m always looking for a better way to do things, with the least work for me. LOL

There are some other neat things linked in this thread.

Pinging DH.