Always great to see you working in the garden and yard. You should really start a vlog -- just a normal day in the garden/yard, etc. I think a lot of us would love to follow.
I have two 4x8 raised beds hooked up to this same timer and 1/4” drops with 6” emitter spacing. My struggle is how long and also the layout of tubes within the beds. I have 3 “lines” per bed, each the full 8’ long and I have the timers set to 45min/day 🤷🏼♀️ who knows if that’ll be good for my stuff yet or not haha. I wonder if I should instead snake the tubing around all my plants within the beds?
Doing in lines is best in my opinion but I have 4 or 5 lines in my 4x8 raised beds - it depends what I’m growing, how many plants and how close together. Winding around is okay but I find lines more flexible. When it comes to how long to run, you have to experiment - there is no standard time.
I think the layout is irrelevant as long as emitters are close to the base of the plants. But like the comment below, pressure will drop after a certain length
I researched weeks ago & bought 2 timers. It doesn’t look like you have a backflow preventer? I bought new ones & so glad I stumbled on videos as they are tricky to remove. One can strip their spigot if removing a backflow preventer wrong. If one never uses fertilizer spray or if no underground sprinklers, then prob ok to go w/o one. 😊
I may have missed it in the video but is the tubing plastic? And will it survive through the winter? In zone 6-6a. Am anxious to try this as your explanation was very clear and simple. thanks for this info
I thought this would be expensive and difficult, but your instructions are so clear that even I can do it! And no guessing on timing and the amount of water. Thanks!
I bought the black tube soaker hose that drips from the seams. Heard that more watering = bigger hostas. Probably more neg reviews on the black hose than the drip lines. Our soil is full of rocks, so need to amend & add soil before I’d go this route. (60 mi. from Mt. Rainier, & rocks are from pre-historic? volcanic explosions). 🫣
