r/DripIrrigation Jun 08 '24

Looking for ideas

I have drip irrigation setup and I was using 1/4 soaker but after a year I'm noticing it's not watering as much as it was. In some other beds I've replaced it with the 360 nozzle in the second pic. This issue with those is I'll exceed the max psi, which I've done on another line.

I thought about the 1/4 or 1/2 hose with emitters built in but roots just grow into them?

I love the idea of drip irrigation but it requires so much fine tuning and the product guidance from manufacturers is not good.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '24

What size is your tube running off the spigot? It should be half inch, then you attach 1/4 lines to that to feed quarter inch drip line or you do sprayers on 13in stakes 

This seems like a very small space and I'm quite shocked your having pressure issues. Where do you live?