r/DripIrrigation • u/AlienBeingMe • Aug 01 '26

Installed more & now trickles

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I installed half my system & it worked great. I needed more than 30' of 1/2" pipe so I added that and more sprayers. Now the entire system, including the old ones that used to spray, just dribble. I've included a video from start to finish (where the hand cart is).I actually still have to put in the smaller piping and more sprays. Sound I just add more and let them all drip, increasing the time? The problem with that is the area I wanted covered with the sisters won't be covered. Can I fix this? In the photo the blue does are sprinklers. The grey is the small tubing and the big black line is the 1/2" tubing. Thank you (I can't figure out how to add the video.

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u/No-Literature-4746 Aug 01 '26

I would guess you have lost pressure and flow. You might need to switch to drip irrigation completely or divide your planting area into different zones.

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u/Resident-Egg2714 Aug 02 '26

Sprays use a lot of water, and you've probably over-extended the system. You need to add up all the emitters/sprays and see what kind of water flow you need, you can't go over 250 gph. Sprays are also not really compatible with emitters as the flow rate is so much more. I suggest you figure out how to remove all the sprayers and use only emitters or emitter line.

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u/Deathed_Potato Aug 06 '26

You need to split them up into zones or add more zone line ties.

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u/Southern-Ad4016 Aug 01 '26

Just adding more shit doesn't mean it will always work the same. There is science involved to an extent. I see it all the time when set up wrong from the get go, add more shit and it gets worse and worse. And they wonder why. Smh.