How to Install a Drip Irrigation System for Small Farms (DIY Beginner's Guide)

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Adam walks you through installing a drip tape irrigation system for small farms.
If you want to use the exact kit we used in this video, we used our Premium Small Farm Kit: www.dripdepot.com/drip-irriga...
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Special thanks to our friends at Mama Bees Flower Farm in Applegate, Oregon. mamabeesfarm.com/
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Tools used:
- 🔨 Hammer
- ✂️ Scissors
- Drip Tape Hole Punch - Size : 0.345 Barb (Red): www.dripdepot.com/punch-size-...
Parts list:
Head Assembly:
- Hose End Irrigation Timer - Outlets - Two: - www.dripdepot.com/hose-end-ir...
- Hose Vacuum Breaker: www.dripdepot.com/bros-j10-ho...
- 3/4" Hose Thread Filter: www.dripdepot.com/three-quart...
- 3/4" Hose Thread Pressure Regulator - PSI : 15 PSI: www.dripdepot.com/three-quart...
- 3/4" Perma-Loc Tubing x 3/4" Female Hose Thread Swivel (FHTS) Adapter: www.dripdepot.com/perma-loc-t...
Tubing:
- Polyethylene Tubing - Size : 3/4" - Length : 250': www.dripdepot.com/polyethylen...
Emitters:
- P1 Ultra 5/8" Drip Tape - Wall Thickness : 15 mil - Emitter Spacing : 12" - Emitter Flow : 0.25 GPH - Roll Length : 1,000': www.dripdepot.com/p1-five-eig...
Fittings:
- Perma-Loc Tape x Barb Tubing Takeoff Adapter Valve - Barb Size : 7.0 mm - Perma-Loc Size : 5/8" Tape: www.dripdepot.com/perma-loc-t...
- Perma-Loc Tape End Cap - Perma-Loc Size : 5/8" Tape: www.dripdepot.com/perma-loc-t...
- Perma-Loc Tubing End Cap - Perma-Loc Size : 3/4": www.dripdepot.com/perma-loc-t...
- Perma-Loc Tubing Coupling - Size : 3/4": www.dripdepot.com/perma-loc-t...
Misc. Parts:
- Goof Plug - Size : 0.388" - 0.440": www.dripdepot.com/goof-plug-s...
- 6" Heavy Duty Wire Staple: www.dripdepot.com/6-inch-heav...
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@CastBlastCamp 3 месяца назад

Another great set up Adam, that farm will make some great produce! Hope your staying warm up there!

@dripdepot 3 месяца назад

Thank you Sam! It's always great to hear from you -- we've been hitting the mid 50s for the last couple weeks, looking to get up into the 60s today. Strangely warm year, but I'm not going to complain. I hope your'e staying warm down there! I think your area got all of our cold weather this year :)

@GardeningwithDave 3 месяца назад

Hi Adam, I will be emailing you soon regarding my drip irrigation fix + expansion. Give me a few weeks to complete a massive backyard makeover.

@dripdepot 3 месяца назад

That's fantastic Dave, I'll be happy to help! Will you be using the "Contact Us" part of our page for the email? If so, just put "Attn: Adam" in the title and they'll get it right over to me, I absolutely look forward to assisting :)

@chriskellum5100 21 день назад

Thank you for the informative videos! I have a few questions where I hope you can help. 1 - what do you do each year if you end up putting mulch over your beds? Do you bury the drip tape or pull it up and put the mulch under? 2 - would it better to install the drip-tape adapter fitting or break the main line with a T and use Perma-lock fittings everywhere. 3 - and finally, is it better to use hose thread or pipe thread for the fittings after the spigot (meaning, get an adapter)? It seems like all of those rubber washer fittings are just going to wear out over time. Thank you for your help and all of the great videos!

@dripdepot 20 дней назад

You bet, happy to assist! 1. To some degree this one is personal preference, and we see both done frequently. With drip tape, if it's not a large application I like to place the tape on top of the mulch. This makes it easier to identify leaks or drippers not dripping. With larger applications (large gardens, small farms, etc) it may not be practical to pull it all up. Some people also like to bury it to increase water efficiency, but even on the surface drip tape is very water-efficient. 2. Using a Tubing x Tape tee is the most durable/permanent choice, but the barbed takeoff adapter method should still last for years and years with normal use (heavy foot traffic, dogs, raccoons, etc, are the real danger to tape connections). 3. You are correct that the washers in the female hose connections will wear out after some time, but I still generally stick with hose threaded items when running from a hose bib. The washers are very common and inexpensive and there typically won't be too many hose connections after the head assembly parts. If any follow-up questions come, please don't hesitate to reach out at any time! :)

@chriskellum5100 20 дней назад

@@dripdepot Thank you! One last comment... The description details might have an error in it. It says, "Perma-Loc Tape x Barb Tubing Takeoff Adapter Valve - Barb Size : 3.6 mm - Perma-Loc Size", but I think you used the 7.0 mm version.

@dripdepot 17 дней назад

@@chriskellum5100 Thank you for the good eyes Chris! Fixed and updated :)

@AbidAli-bv2gl 3 месяца назад

Excellent video. lot to learn. You have any moisture sensor with it .

@dripdepot 3 месяца назад

Thank you for the kind words! You bet -- we have a couple manual ones (that you simply push into the soil and wait a moment or so for the reading) and one wired one that works with Hydrologic timers. Some of the manual ones are combo sensors and can test pH, light, moisture and soil temperature -- here's a link to our manual ones if you'd like to have a look at them: www.dripdepot.com/gardening-soil-testers We're hoping to bring in some automatic ones that work with irrigation controllers as well, such as Hunter's Soil-Clik -- these are pretty nice because they can automatically turn off the irrigation when moisture levels are where you want them (if you don't already have a controller they can require quite a bit of setup time though).

@OutdoorsIsFun 2 месяца назад

Is it better to leave the non-farmed rows as grass or to plow the entire plot?

@dripdepot 2 месяца назад

This is a great question -- like all great questions, there's no one right answer, but I'm happy to expand on that below :) In the video, non-farmed rows were left grassy because it's going to be a "u-pick" flower farm, so people will need to be able to easily walk between the rows. Leaving natural grasses in un-farmed rows or between rows can also help with things like erosion control, minimizing soil disturbance, and soil ecosystem (native grasses often provide a habitat for beneficial insects and bacteria). Tilling the un-farmed rows or area between rows can provide better weed control by cutting them down early in their growth, tilled soil is better at absorbing water (soil infiltration rate) so can reduce run-off/evaporation with some watering methods, and tilling can help with aeration, and to some degree, overall soil structure. It's a lot of weighing the pros and cons of each -- with drip irrigation, the soil infiltration rate the soil isn't as big of a concern as it's likely the application of water won't exceed the soil's ability to absorb it, but still worth accounting for if the soil is particularly dense :) Thank you for the great question!

@OutdoorsIsFun 2 месяца назад

@@dripdepot thank you for the great response!

@patrapper7367 2 месяца назад

No, you can't see how easy it was to unwind the outside tubing. Why? Because even though it was sitting in the Sun and most likely, this was done during the really heat of summer unlike most of us who do it in the Spring when it's still quite cool out even in the full sun like I am to day you're going to get kinks and you need. More than 1 person he was showing it like himself, but you know he had help. Because there's no way you could do this by yourself. Without getting kinks and these kinks get memory. And you gotta really push hard on kink that I even had to Bury mine and use a bunch of stakes but this part.I wish they would had a little more pliable tubing

@dripdepot Месяц назад

It was in September that I did this one -- I don't fully recall the temperature, other than it wasn't hot, but it wasn't chill either. I did indeed install the mainline myself in this one, but as you can see it came off the spool reasonably easy at about 8:26 in. When you unroll coiled tubing like this, unroll it in loops like I did there, and then, as you mentioned stake it as you go. You can even gather up most of the stakes a day or two later to re-use, as the tubing will keep its shape after some thermal expansion/contraction cycles (it does indeed have a memory as you mentioned). There is tubing that's made of a more pliable material -- vinyl tubing is available in sizes right around the same as poly. Vinyl just doesn't stand up well outside though, it's additional pliability also makes it more susceptible to damage from foot traffic, thirsty animals, etc. It's also more vulnerable to UV exposure and will get brittle many years before poly tubing will. Vinyl is great for indoor applications though, where UV is minimized compared to sun exposure.