How to Install a Drip Irrigation System for Landscapes (Complete DIY System Guide)

Are you tired of the hassle of hand watering your landscape? With plants spread out over the yard and some with different water requirements, it may even take multiple trips to get them watered.

Adam shows you how a drip irrigation system can keep your landscape plants watered effectively and efficiently – you can even have plants with different water needs in the same zone without overwatering some plants or underwatering others. This is because the kit comes with a wide variety of emitters meant to work with landscapes that have plants of different watering needs.

*Tools we used:*
- ✂️ Scissors
- 🔨 Hammer

*Drip Irrigation Supplies we used:*
_Head Assembly_

_Emitters_

_Tubing & Fittings_

_Stakes_

_Misc._

*Helpful Links*

TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
0:41 - Parts Overview
1:49 - Soften Tubing in Sun
2:05 - How to Install Head Assembly
4:01 - Connecting Tubing to Head Assembly
4:52 - Installing Mainline Fittings
6:06 - Understanding Emitter Types
6:46 - How to Install Adjustable 360° Dripper on 6” Stake
7:37 - How to Install Adjustable 90° Spray Jet on 12” Stake
8:45 - How to Install Dripline Tree Ring
9:30 - How to Install Button Drippers
10:58 - How to Fix Punching Mistakes with Goof Plugs
11:30 - Splitting 1/4" Tubing with Tees
11:57 - How to Install a Micro Sprinkler
12:54 - How to Install Dripline
13:49 - Flushing your System
14:40 - What to Watch out for on Your First Watering Cycle

*FOLLOW US*

[skyistooblue]

wow great video sir I have learned a lot

[helqnyv]

1. Ok to bury or trench the main line?
2. Can you bifurcate at the water source to two main lines if going to vastly different areas?
3. If you need a very long main line (ex 300 ft) is their any issue connecting two long main line tubes together?
THANKS

[maddymiller]

13:58 Is it better to terminate the emitter tubing back into the head row of blank poly rather than with a goof plug? Wouldn't that decrease the pressure required as long as the run isn't too long?

[raihankhan]

in winter do these tubes burst when the water inside freeze?

[listdoludzie]

I have drip line on raised beds and spike emitters on my landscape plants. Beds are too wet and landscape plants are too dry. Water for 20min every morning at 1 bar. The spike emitters only give 2 litres per hour. Should I double up on each plant or change to button emitters?

[rnguyen]

Due to time constraints, I’m installing this after I have already mulched. Made it harder for myself, lol. Should I move the mulch or can I just put it on top? Will the water be able to reach the plants roots if I lay it on top of the mulch? Thank you!