2 Biggest DIY Drip Tape Mistakes to Avoid

There are two huge mistakes often made when using Drip Tape that may end up costing a significant amount of time and money to fix.

We sat down with Ed Powers from Irritec, a leading manufacturer of Drip Tape, to tell us more about how to avoid the two biggest mistakes he sees DIY gardeners commonly make when using Drip Tape.

TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Intro
0:42 - Too much Pressure
2:06 - Forgetting to Filter

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[JimJWalker]

Intense summer sun in the south can deform drip tape and main lines causing stress and blow outs as well. I always run my system on a 5 minute manual every afternoon and check for problems.

[jeremyclarke]

I have recently planted 10 small fruit trees, is drip tape suitable for trees and also can it be placed under tree mulch ? Thank you

[intertrads]

I just order an irrigation system from you. How height I will should put the water tank if I need to irrigate 18 line for 208 feets long?

[nganeelvis]

Hi you are doing a great job. What is the cost of a role of your drip tape I need to make demands for it

[gracieshepardtothemax]

If you could recommend one of your videos that could be a “follow along” type for very new to drip irrigation. WHat would it be?

[LeiNaniAdams]

I'm wondering why the Premium Drip Irrigation for Row Crops System which I already purchased has a 15 PSI flow regulartor if it's not the correct one. This video states we need a 10 PSI flow regulartor. I haven't set it up yet. Do I need to have it exchanged?

[rickraub]

Do you face the emitters facing up or facing down?

[danholzinger]

Hi I'm new drip irrigation. I have run 1/2" pex pipe to my raised beds. Now I think I may have a problem addapting pex to your tube to tape. is there someone who can help. I have watched several videos' but im still confused and unsure of how to proceed.

[danharbin]

how long can you run drip tape and it still work correctly?

[victorestrada]

I had a new system in my greenhouse with a filter and my lines still get clogged how do we fix this his issue

[steevi]

I want adaptor to connect the following.
1. My home tap of 1/2” with male adaptor attached to it. So i want 1 Female adaptor for this which can connect to my 1/2 hose pipe.
2. At the end of the hose pipe of 1/2” i want a female adaptor which can connect to my 16 mm Jain Irrigation pipe.
3. I want a male adaptor for my 16 mm Jain Irrigarion pipe.

I am open to a new idea if you can suggest somethimg. I want the system to be manual without any electric device in between.

[plasma]

I have an entire kit from drop depot. My drip tape pops off my permaloks constantly, despite the fact that I have the 10 psi flow restricter just after the filter. I found this video looking for a fix or a reason why this continually happens. Just as described it’s a real problem until someone notices. It happens every watering to at least 2 sometimes 5 tapes

[Anna-wwpv]

O, you can’t hook it up to existing sprinkler.