How to Convert an In-ground Sprinkler to Drip Irrigation (Beginner's DIY Guide)

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Adam demonstrates two easy methods to convert your sprinkler system to an efficient drip irrigation system.
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00:00 - Intro
00:24 - 1st Method (Easiest)
02:46 - 2nd Method (Larger System)
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@affordablecoveragenow 26 дней назад

Great video man, this is exactly what we needed! Thank you!

@dripdepot 25 дней назад

Great way to start my Monday, thank you!

@wooleys715 21 день назад

Thanks for this well done and informative video. It helped me a lot!

@dripdepot 21 день назад

Thank you Andrew! On a Friday afternoon no less, perfect timing :) Have yourself a great weekend!

@dodomak9374 8 дней назад

Very informative!

@user-jn9rj7hm6u 2 месяца назад

i found in Aldi or Lidl workzone brand pants having large knee pockets for insertion of knee protectors for gardening or even MTB/motorbike riding of course they also have many other pockets for tools. advantage: no constriction of blood circulation around knees & they keep in place better.

@irreverentconcepts4089 2 месяца назад

@dripdepot with the manifold style head conversion, will I still Need to either cap off or also convert all other sprinkler heads on that zone?

@dripdepot 2 месяца назад

Great question -- it is generally recommended to cap off the other heads. This is because the run time of a law/turf system tends to be much shorter than the run time of a drip system. If you ran cycles for the lawn, the drip wouldn't put out enough, and if you ran the cycles for drip, the lawn would get way too much water. With that said, we have seen folks that run with it uncapped -- they tend to use higher flow drip emitters (micro sprinklers, spray jets, etc) or use a higher quantity of drippers so the plants fed by the drip system get enough water. It makes the drip lose a bit of its efficiency, but not extremely so. I'd say in most cases it's best to cap them off, but if that isn't viable, it can be planned around to some degree :)

@user-jn9rj7hm6u 2 месяца назад

some brands (toro?) have even an other option available just changing the headset inside the sprinkler for a sixtuple connection for 6mm microtubes i.e.

@dripdepot 2 месяца назад

You've got the right of it! Toro's, I believe, is called Spray to Drip Retrofit Kit and it works with their 570 Series sprays -- the current model includes a threaded 25 PSI pressure regulator that even allows larger tubing sizes to be used if it will be a larger zone :)

@user-jn9rj7hm6u 2 месяца назад

as of now, i found a new reason for gravity impulsed fertirrigation drip systems: i'll try to include a garden pond into it as a deposit because of my observation of how good plants & seeds do fertirrigating them by aquarium water due to its microorganisms making its fertilizer bioavailable inmediately. i'll just have to figure out how to use its water w/o losing its microorganisms stored in elevated deposits (or fertirrigation inyectors instead of?). anyway, inserted adjustable micro sprinklers need less pressure as the usual 16mm tubes w/ equalized valves (1,3 bar min.) for just 2m+ high elevated deposits. In aliexpress, i found solar pumps w/ panels for just 5,5€ (5V, 280 L/h in best conditions)

@dripdepot 2 месяца назад

Wolfgang, you've got the right of it with aquarium water! A colleague of mine has found a dual use that's interesting -- he's using his aquarium (it's a very large one) for his seedlings. The lights keep the soil warm so that they can sprout, and the aquarium water has enough nutrients to keep them growing after they sprout their "true leaves." It's a great setup that makes sense for the exact reasons you noted.

@user-jn9rj7hm6u 2 месяца назад

now i had idea how to grow parthenocarpic varieties outside of greenhouses, where they'd be polinated - IF WE DON'T CUTTHEIR FLOWERS OFF BEFORE leaving just their unpolinated fruits. on my balcony, of course, i'll also cultivate cucumbers variety puccini due to no one else would do so in the neighborhood. quite difficult finding such varieties , just found from ucraine by etsy,. ginoecious calypso has amazon i.e. for 1,5€ each seed!@@dripdepot

@user-jn9rj7hm6u 2 месяца назад

i'd fix a fuel saver (4€ aliexpress) around the filter's tube(s) even for more fertirrigation efficiency.@@dripdepot

@user-jn9rj7hm6u 2 месяца назад

james fry uses such system w/ water deposit below the soil w/ a pump working by a timer for moving the fertirrigation above through the tubes w/ valves@@dripdepot

@user-jn9rj7hm6u 2 месяца назад

other idea how to avoid polinization of parthenocarpic varieties (cucumbers...)by wind or insects: cutting their flowers off if not in greenhouses, but outside@@dripdepot

@siriusbusiness2351 2 месяца назад

Can this be used with a rachio sprinkler system? Is there a way to make a single zone run for as long as is required if it hasn't rained in a while?

@dripdepot 2 месяца назад

You bet, conversion is compatible with a Rachio system -- if you already have the controller and everything it works out great, as that zone can simply become your drip zone and you can adjust programming as needed. For the second question, is that in regards to smart watering, where the controller automatically adjusts the duration based on local precipitation? I haven't used a Rachio myself (they're good controllers though), but I have used some other smart controllers (Hydrawise and Bhyve) and the process is the same, so might be for the Rachio too -- in the app, you can turn on smart watering and this will adjust watering cycles, both duration and frequency, based on local cloud weather data :) You'll want to make sure to identify the various zones as either drip or turf, as drip will need longer cycles, but smart controllers should be able to recognize that so long as you designate the drip zone as a drip zone.

@siriusbusiness2351 2 месяца назад

@@dripdepot thank you so much for the detailed response! I just realized a possible problem I might face with this though. I have about four heads on the zone that I wanted to use. I planned on moving the other 3 heads to their own zone and converting the single head to use as drip irrigation for my beds. I'm no expert but wouldn't all four of those heads be hooked up to a single main line coming from the underground sprinkler control box? So basically I wouldn't be able to move the extra heads but would instead be forced to cap them off and figure out another way to water the lawn that that zone covers. Am I correct in my hypothesis or way off?

@dripdepot 2 месяца назад

@@siriusbusiness2351 You've got it all exactly right! Your instincts for this are good :) That means the options basically are: cap off all the heads or risers that you're not converting to drip, or dig install another valve and cut into the existing pipe to move the other sprinkler heads to their own zone. The second option is generally best if you want to continue to use the others for the turf -- this also allows you to run the drip zone longer while keeping the shorter lawn cycles.