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In today's video we will see a couple of drip irrigation tips
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So in the first section we will see
How to tap into the drip irrigation mainline
And provide drip irrigation to a container that
you want to add into to your system
So this is the main drip irrigation tubing line
Which is the half inch tubing
And what you want to do here is
Punch a hole
Right at the place where you want to get the 1/4'' tubing out
So I'm just using a simple punch here
Which is more than enough to punch a hole in this 1/2'' tubing
And once we're done with that
What we're going to do is
Use the quarter inch tubing
I have connected one end of the tubing to an emitter
That you see here
You could use any emitter that you want
The one I'm using is a fan emitter
On the other end I'm going to attach a
Barbed connector
Which connects to the 1/4'' tubing on one side
Just like that you just push in the barbed connector into the
1/4'' tubing
And then you connect the other end of the 1/4'' tubing into your main drip line
And on the other end you connect the emitter
Now once this is done, all you need to do is
place this emitter
In the container that you are planning to add
Just like that
And turn on the drip irrigation line water supply
To test the drip irrigation system
And it might be possible that if this is a new emitter it might be turned off
So just rotate it in anti-clockwise direction
To turn it on
And this is a RainDrip fan spray emitter
It's one of my favorite emitters that I use in my container gardening system:
It provides a little bit of water all around the container
So once you've tested your drip irrigation line
You're successful at your project
You have successfully added a new source in your drip irrigation line
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Now the other tip that we're gonna discuss today
Was actually requested by a lot of users
So this is how I use a soaker hose around my container
So I use a barbed tee
Which connects to the 1/4'' tubing
We already saw how to connect the quarter inch tubing
Using the barbed connector to the main line
And what we're doing now is just taking a soaker hose
This is a 1/4'' soaker hose
Remember not to use a large soaker hose
This is a 1/4'' soaker hose that goes around your plant
And because it's a quarter-inch soaker hose
It connects to the barbed connector very easily
So you just measure it out
And then cut it to the desired length
And then what you do is
Attach this soaker hose to the barbed tee
In a circular fashion
Now the benefits of using a soaker hose is that it waters
The container more evenly
Its got a little bit of better reach
Than just using a single emitter
So this is how you connect the soaker hose Using the barbed tee
So I know this ginger plant is going to send out a lot of tubers
And I need to ensure that the entire container is well watered
So this soaker hoses really does a good job
As you can see her once the water supply is turned on
The soaker hose weeps all around the container
Evenly wetting it in a large area
So I find this option a lot better
Than using a single emitter
And I'm converting some of my single emitters
Into this soaker hose system
And this soaker hose system is really good for
Plants needing a lot of water as well
For example tomatoes,peppers
They soak up a lot of water
So you can increase the surface area that's watered
By using this soaker hose
So you can see the soaker hose in action here
This is around a Tomatillo plant
Now the Tomatillo plant actually needed a lot of water
So what I did is in addition to the soaker hose
I also added a single emitter
That you can probably see here
Right there
So its a very flexible system
You can add multiple emitters on the same system
So the drip irrigation method is a really efficient way to water your plants
And you can use the soaker hose method in different sizes
This plant has a small stem
You can also use it in different shapes
For example this is a rectangular pot
And I've used a soaker hose which is kept down by
Some garden pins
So I hope you liked this video
Most of the products that you would use for this project
Are available on Amazon\
And I have provided the links to
All the products in the video description
So do check it out!
And let me know if you use a drip irrigation system how do you like it?
Whether you need to make any improvements or if you have any tips
Do share them
And I'll see you again soon
Happy Gardening!
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