5 Drip Irrigation Mistakes to Avoid

Having an issue with your Drip Irrigation system? Adam covers the top 5 mistakes to avoid when planning or using your drip irrigation system.

Avoiding these mistakes will help see your plants happy and healthy and your irrigation system efficient and effective. When done right, drip irrigation is a game changer for your garden or landscape. When done wrong, it can spell disaster for your plants or your wallet.

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[mistymountaintraveladventures]

I put mine in 3/4 of my yard two years ago and I love it! I water only every 3rd day and it is plenty! It is easy to use, saves us a TON on our water bill during dry months, and plants love not getting their leaves wet like they did with a regular sprinkler. I have 1/4 of my yard left to do this year and can't wait to have it all done! Your products are of the highest quality and thanks for all the how-to videos, they are a blessing! Thanks for such an awesome line of products, service and business!

[harryl]

Builders landscaper installed the drips in the front bed and it is currently running off of the zone along with the front yard. 3 heads plus approximately 11 emitters on 11 plants. My plan is to add a zone for just the emitters and thus get the correct amount of water to the bed. Adding a zone will give me complete control over these emitters and keep my Radian Gardenia plants happy 😊
Wish me luck!

[melissaanderson]

I put my system in last year and loved it. Your videos are great! Now I want to add to it. When you say 200' for 1/2" tubing, is that 200' for a single run, or 200' for the full system? Mine will come off the spigot (with all the appropriate fittings), and then branch into three directions. My longest run is 110', however all three combined are getting close to 200'. Am I good? Or do I need 3/4"? Or do I split into 2 zones?

[KKinTex-pi]

Your channel is very helpful! I am trying to decide how to lay out 1/4 tubing (with drip holes every 6") in my garden beds. Is it better to have several 1/4 lines coming off of the 1/2" header tube, or could I simply connect one 1/4 line, and snake or curve it around the bed where it is needed?

[tobythewhale]

I've been attempting a drip irrigation system for raised beds using 7 gallon buckets and yea, it kinda works (bed is about 3 foor high) and the highest point of the bucket is 6 feet) but I wanna increase pressure

[Johnnysokko]

So drip tube already has holes at predetermined lengths? So you cant add or remove as you see necessary? What i mean is, can you decide the spacing for the emitters?

[baileylarsen]

I have a five foot wide section. I split it into 11.5 inch sections via 4 drip tubings. I’ve heard two ideas. Should I place emitters pointing up every 12 inches, or should I run emitters to each plant base directly? The first means you dig and move plants anywhere without having to move emitters, but it doesn’t seem to cover the area. Are the roots getting water? The second requires moving emitters every time which sounds tedious.

[ryam]

Is there any advantage to placing dripper at top or side of mainline?

[Spinacoli]

My raised beds are far from the faucet. So I have a 3/4" (or maybe it's 1") hose going from the faucet for about 30 feet before it splits into 3 separate runs, one for a in-ground bed, and 2 for 2 separate raised beds. What size of hose should I get? What other factors do I need to consider for my set up?

[tobruz]

Can the recommended maximum length of 1/4 inline drip line be extended beyond the recommended length by attaching the 1/4 inline tube to the main line at both ends ?

[ThaSwitch]

What size dripline should we use if our mainline size is 3/4 inch? (Assuming 3/4" is what i'd use for 240 GPH rate).

[wstt]

If I want to drip irrigate ground cover on the side of a hill, because it’s so incredibly windy, I read that for half inch brown 18 inch spacing, built-in emitter tubing, you can’t have a run of more than 200 feet. Is that because by the end of 200 feet so much pressure is lost in friction of the long tube?
My water psi is 60, and flow rate is 600 G/HR. If I used .6g/hr emmiter tubing could I have it branch off after the valve into 12 T’s, each T, having 100’ tubing length? so I would have total 1200 feet of emitters, spaced 18 inches apart, and each no longer than 100’? (So no tube over 200’ run ). Total water flow with then be 1200 feet divided by 1.5 feet between meters times .6 gallons per hour = 480 gallons per hour (less than my 600 tested at spigot. Thanks for any help on this.