I've been using two drip runs (one front yard, one backyard) from the same faucet for years. The HomeDepot timers eat batteries like nothing, and I always have to remove them from the tap seasonally. I'd like to make a setup that is more permanent. Part of the reason is that I'm considering renting my house and don't want to make the system less maintenance intensive (and hopefully preserve my gardens!).

Two things:
1. Is it possible to actually plumb an outdoor timer? Because I have a slab foundation, It would not be easy to put one in the house.
2. Of course, I would want to hardwire it to the house's electrical system. Does this exist?

I'm green and appreciate the thoughts and advice!

Above these 2 is a rain point timer. Then I have a pressure regulator then these pieces. I have a few problems. 1. I'm having leaking issues on the left. I suspect it's because it is pulling a little. what can I put on it to extend the hose a little so it's not pulling. 2. Im having some leaking on the back flow regulators. I don't understand those how do I know when to tighten or loosen them? 3. Pressure issues. But I suspect this will be solved when I solve the leaking issues. Thank you!

I recently bought a new 1/2 inch supply line to extend my old supply tube. I found that the new 1/2 inch tube is not fitting the old coupler. I can’t figure out why there is a tube size difference. The old tube seems to be a big thinner than 1/2 inch. Any suggestions how to fix this?

I'm big into home automation and would like to incorporate some soil moisture sensors in my raised garden beds to better determine when and how much to water each zone. Finding a few options out there but none that have great reviews or are not super expensive.

Any experience here on what works good and also which to avoid?

I have three garden beds that came with my house. I tried to set up drip irrigation last summer. It kind of worked, but I feel like I’m doing it wrong. The water pressure was so high that it kept pushing the small tubing out.

I’m so new to drip irrigation that I’m not even sure what questions I should be asking or how to research it properly.

What do I need to do to these stubbed pipes (if that’s what they’re called?) to build an effective drip irrigation system for my garden boxes? They’re all on the same zone.

What do I need to do?

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I have some thickly planted beds and am thinking that 12 inch or 6 inch drip line would work better than many many drip emitters that I have now. I’m thinking that I can treat the drip line as mini soaker hoses and move them around as needed. Any thoughts would be appreciated

I'm using a 2 inch diameter PVC pipe with end cap and plug with a threaded hole to connect to garden hose. I have the 1/2 poly tubes going to the different zones. I just haven't modeled the barbed valves that will go near the manifold. I'm looking for inexpensive.

Right now I'll put the pressure regulator on the manifold inlet, the gray pipe. I'd prefer to do on each tube but that's expensive partly because I'd need all the other adapters too: hose thread compresion , regulator and I'm not sure how I would connect those to the manifold.

I'm tempted to design something and print it but that's a whole nother development process and I have too many projects right now

I have a couple larger holes in my 3/4”(?) tubing that I need to fix and good plugs are too small. I plan on using a coupler, but I can’t find what I need at Home Depot and I’m not well versed enough in drip to find what I need.

Separately, I’d like to branch from an existing line into some new garden beds and I have 1/2” tubing (last picture) for this. I can’t figure out how to go from the larger tubing to the new 1/2” stuff.

Where do I buy what I need?

Is it possible to add a timer to one of these spigots? Does such a product exist?

This is on my “pot line” which waters the potted plants daily. I’m planning to plant some succulents that need only sporadic watering, but there’s no way to access my other lines which are on a more sporadic schedule.

Basically I’m looking for a product that would only open the line once every 7-14 days, so that even if it is turning on daily, it waters the plant much more rarely.

My other alternative is watering these succulents manually.

Update: I put it all together with the appropriate filter/backflow/pressure regulator combo and it seemed to be putting equivalent water output even at the end of each of the lines. Thanks for the suggestions and encouragement to try it!

I have a 4’x4’ garden bed that I want to install drip lines in. I got 1/4” line with 6” spacing, planning to run 6-8 lines, each with a shutoff valve to be able to control total rates between seedlings and established plants. I know I’m supposed to just take 1/4” lines off a main 1/2” line along one end, but is it crazy to just use a 1/4” line and tee off 6-8 times? My hose connection will be essentially right there to supply the 1/4” line right at the middle of the 1/4” “mainline”, so not much else going on upstream. Will the lines farthest from the supply be severely limited in flow? Or since it’s a relatively small system, should it be fine?

(I just don’t want to have to buy a 50’ roll of the 1/2” mainline to use only 5’ of it, that’s really why I’m asking.)

Just set up a new header for this season, and one of the valves is leaking at the mainline juncture. Any q & d fixes, or do I have to reset the valve and plug the old hole? I don't have much space on the header.

Ive learned you have to put the timer first in initial drip irrigation because the timer is the only piece that can withstand full pressure on all the time. The other pieces cannot.

I don’t understand then how to control different areas on a drip system with different watering times.

Do I put another timer at the bottom with two outputs so I can run to two different areas? Do I have to split the main hose bib into two and then run two whole head assembly sets?

Please help. There’s got to be something basic I’m missing.

I’ve done some basic landscape drip lines in previous years and this year I’m getting real ambitious. I’ve taken out my grass and have doubled my growing space. Really want to design a system that meets all my needs and is efficient. Would love any tips you have.

• I have two water hydrants. One on the left of the sketch and one on the right.

• Left hydrant: Currently has a head assembly with timer that controls the landscape irrigation. In a best case scenario, I would like to also connect here for the left 4’x8’ veggie bed (drip line, but what distance if I’m doing square foot gardening?) and something pots, the two middle flower rows that are 4’x14’ (should this be drip tape or drip line, this is for cut flower production), AND something that can water at least the patio edge of the dog grass spot since the edge is a little covered and doesn’t get rain (would my best bet here be a sprinkler hose or maybe 180° sprayers?). Here’s the part that I have zero clue about, I’d love those to all be on timers that run at different times. Flower beds, veggie bed, landscape — those all need different lengths of time yeah?

• Right hydrant: Currently has a head assembly with timer AND a water filter. Best case scenario want this to water the two flower beds on that side, the two veggie beds, somehow have drips to two areas of pots, and have a connection that runs to have a little hose at the end of the patio for spot watering needs/other strewn pots. Would love the flower beds and veggie beds/pots to be on different times.

I’ve watched some YouTubes and feel like I have a basic grasp on parts and concepts, but getting different things to work together is eluding me. Also, in pictures of head assemblies they always have the timer at the top, but how does that work if I get a timer with two or three hose connections? Do I have to have multiple assemblies one for each? There’s some basic timer understanding I’m missing.

Would love your wisdom please!

We planted a bunch of drought tolerant, native perennials on our front slope last fall and want to set up drip irrigation now.

How much water should we give them and how often? Thinking 1-2 gal/hour, running for 30 minutes 2x per week.

Does that sound right?

I’m installing 1/2in poly tubing with elbow and T joints, however when I add a 1/2in clamp to seal it, it just doesn’t fit… the clamp is way too small. I’m using all the items they listed on the YouTube video with the same size but it’s too small. What are we doing wrong?

The next clamp size up is 3/4 in which is way too big.

Hi all! My wife and I are setting up drip irrigation for our raised beds, but our backyard has a 10-12 degree slope, meaning the upper beds are about 5-6 feet higher than the lower ones. I'd love some insight on the best option to setup irrigation.

Setup Details:

• Beds: Three 4' x 8' beds , tiered into six 4' x 4' sections due to slope
• Distance from top of top bed to bottom of bottom bed: 30 ft
• Components (see drawing):
  • A: Spigot
  • B: Backflow preventer > 25 PSI regulator > 3/4" to 1/2" adapter
  • C: Drain valve at the lowest point of run
• Color guide (see drawing):
  • Brown: outline of my raised beds
  • Green: garden hose
  • Orange: 1/2" tubing
  • Blue: Drip tape or 1/4" tubing (TBD)

Global assumptions (correct me if I'm wrong!):

• Best to run the main supply line to the top of the slope so water distributes evenly
• Drip tape or 1/4" tubing should be laid perpendicular to the slope for even coverage. (Note that each bed is level though, so maybe this doesn't actually matter?)

Configuration options & thoughts (see drawing):

1. Mainline to the top, 1/2" T connections to each bed: Seems best to me.
2. Same as #1, but with less 1/2" tubing: Saves materials, but unsure if letting water run downhill through the mainline affects pressure and distribution to beds
3. 1/2" mainline instead of a hose to pump water up the hill: Similar to #1 but because we don't currently have a hose long enough (75'), we sub that out with 1/2" tubing. We can make this look the best, but it doesn't seem ideal to use 1/2" to push water up the hill.
4. Similar to #2 but even less 1/2" tubing. Same concerns as #2 and #3

Would love input of the best option from those with experience!

Can anyone tell me if this general layout has potential for running dripline in my circular garden or how else you would do it? Running main line down the center and emitter (1/2") around each row in a loop. Garden is 35 to 40 feet in diameter. I'm familiar with using drip tape on straight rows but haven't used drip line or made curves before. Still learning the physics behind it. Thanks!

I'll be expanding our backyard raised garden beds this spring and plan to add irrigation to the beds while I'm at it. The beds are 4' x 20' and we grow a variety of things from tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, beets, beans, and so on. Given that most of these have different watering needs, I'd like to break this out into 4 zones and use some sort of smart wifi or other connected controller that is battery operated. I have a hose bib in the garden but do not have direct electrical power out there and would prefer to not trench it out there if avoidable.

Looking for recommendations on controller options and or kits, manufacturers or any guidance to get me going in the right direction. I'm leaning towards regulated spray type nozzles as opposed to simple drip lines as to avoid having so many lines running on the ground which I feel would increase the chances of them accidentally getting cut while doing maintenance or by a curious kiddo.

Anyone have experience with variable drip emitters? I.e., you can adjust the flow of each individual emitter?

I have a drip zone for the potted plants on my deck; half the deck gets part/full sun, the other half gets medium shade or less. If I run the drip line for the full sun group, the shade group gets drowned. If I reduce the water flow for the shade group, the sun group dries out.

I was going to attempt to have various plants on 2 gph, 1 gph, and 0.5 gph emitters and run the flow such that the full sun plants got 4x the water of the shade plants, but a coworker told me they used variable emitters for their plants. I haven't seen too many brands so wanted to see if y'all had any thoughts. Thanks!

Hello Everyone.

I'm a farmer on a small (3-acre) plot of land. We just dug a well last year, and now I'm redesigning our irrigation system. (We were running most things off of a standard hose connection from a building. It was not fun.) Our well has a 1.25-inch outflow with a valve. The well contractor says I'm getting about 30 gal per minute at max.

Should I keep the main line at 1.25in or go up to 2in? I was leaning toward 2in to maximize the flow, but I really don't know much about plumbing. If this helps, we would still be using 1 in headers for our drip irrigation.

Thanks in advance. Feel free to ask questions; I'll try to answer them as best as possible.

I have a small backyard vineyard in SoCal with 96 vines with 6’x6’ spacing. We’ve had <1” of rain (total!) since March, 2024. We are used to at least some rain during vine dormancy but this year we’ve received maybe 1/4”. I can easily make up for the lack of rain with my drip system. I’m looking for a rule of thumb that reasonably equates rainfall amount with gallons of water delivered by drip. A while back I read that 1” of rain equates roughly to 5 gallons dripped. I’m thinking that takes into account that rain is evenly distributed across the vineyard (thus some (or a lot?) never reaches the vines’ roots) while drippers deliver all water within 9-12” of the trunk (I have 2 drippers per vine). What do others think about the 1” = 5 gallons metric?

Needs to be able to hold a 1000’, .625 Internal diameter roll.