What I've learned about burying drip tape in the soil is that the emitters will much more quickly clog. When the water is shut off, there is a slight vacuuming action that's occurs, and it briefly sucks air (and soil, if it's against the emitter) back into the tape, and this causes them to clog sooner. I've read that you can cover the tapes with something like woodchips without that same risk, if you want the protection from evaporation, although I haven't tried that myself yet.
For all you single string guitars laying out drip tape by yourself. Get your wheel barrel and put some dirt in it for weight. Position it at the end of the first row with handles pointing down the row. Attach two "C" clamps at the very end of the handles with the tightening clamp handles pointed up. Get yourself a long broom handle and put through drip tape spool and drop behind "C" clamps. Away you go down the line. Get to the end..close off end and anchor. Back to reel..cut to length and tie into mainline. Move wheel barrow to next row. Easey peasey and quick.
Great video Travis. Your detailed explanation of how to install the drip tape was excellent for a blind gardener. Thank you so much. Ken the blind gardner
What an informative presentation . I’m in Minnesota and have purchased from you guys; seeds, a golok, single wheelhoe with all the nice attachments. Next is a watering system. A little elbow grease and you’ll be feeding yourself with ease! You guys peddle very nice gardening materials!! Best to you guys!
USA Zone 8A - I had trial plants of collards, turnip greens, kale and bok choy direct seeded into garden back 3rd week of July. 95+ degrees every single day until Oct 4th. They came up fine. Plants would limp over every single day and perk back up when sun passed by. Watered late afternoon so they could better recover from heat and leaves could dry before dark. Moth worms were bigger problem/should have netted the plants. The plants that survived worms are progressing nicely and really taking off this week in first break in heat (Oct 8)! Collards and kale almost a foot tall. Already harvested baby bok choy and succession harvesting turnip greens (4 harvests so far). Everything wilted every single day, but did fine. Just give them plenty of water as soon as sun is past to help them perk back up. Main crop in new Hoss seed trays is almost ready to plant. Anxious to compare when both old and new plants are in harvest stage. The July plants probably have been weakened compared to new ones planted in cooler weather. Will soon know. ****** People posting PLEASE GIVE YOUR GROW ZONE so we can better interpret/learn from your suggestions/experiences. ******
Travis, great video, can you explain once everything is installed and you plant all your rows with crops, what is your procedure on how often you water and how long would you leave it running before turning the water off?
It's a feel thing. It will depend largely on your soil and what crops you have planted. You can easily see when the soil is saturated and sufficiently watered.
It's a feel thing. It will depend largely on your soil and what crops you have planted. You can easily see when the soil is saturated and sufficiently watered.
I was just about to ask - (what if I don't want to water all my rows every time I turn on the drip system) Nice to know y'all sell a row start with an individual shut off valve, very nice.
Yes. We have valves for the mainline or the individual rows. So you can create watering zones, or just control the flow at the individual rows or lines.
Once you bury drip tape, you'll be sold! I don't have the wheelhoe/layer combo, so I have to do it by hand...hoe out a trench (if your soil is bone-dry, wet it down the evening before so the trench won't collapse AS you pull it!), lay/hook up the tape, turn the system on so the tape stays in place as you backfill...done! I did five 32' rows this morning (by myself) and it only took a little over an hour. I "won't" bury it in my new asparagus beds, though...will lay it on the surface, staple it down, and mulch heavily (seems logical to me for a "permanent" crop).
Excellent informative video. I put mine in & love it but maybe I screwed up? I put my plants right next to each emitter that are 6” apart. Should have placed the plants in the center of each row 2-3” away from the emitter?
I just walked in from planting the last of my starts... Green and Red Cabbage... so everything I started in the seed trays, except the onions has now been planted... man I hope the high temps are over!
I've got to get this system applied to our plots, obviously more sufficient and effective than overhead sprinkler systems. I'm on well water, and it's comical setting the pressure. Turn it on, perfect at first, come back in couple mins., you're watering the folks across the street yard, car wash for all passing by, hanging ferns on the porch is watered, and the mail lady waits to make a dash for my mailbox with just one flier for Hoss Drip Irrigation Systems 😁😂🤣😇
I used my hoss double wheel hoe for the first time today to "make a row"... worked just fine. I have to use the heavy drip tape because of "wire worms" and so I have to lay it by hand any way... it's a little work, but I've learned the payoff is well worth the effort. I've only been using drip two seasons, and I will NEVER go back! I do it right by myself, and up until today I did it with a long handle hoe, and a rake... it's only work... you can do by hand by yourself, until you can get the tools... or you can just decide it's fine to do it by hand... again it's only work, it won't kill you. Ge you some of their row starts with shutoff valves... it's great for different types of crops that have different water / feeding requirements.
I agree! Just go ahead and get the shut off valves for each row... I use the v shaped hoe to bury it manually and works great instead of changing the plows back and forth... actually gets it down deeper, faster
Ever wondered how farmers back in the day got water they Had to rely on rain and all that no wonder they starved lol. What would we do with out all this water supply? Thanks for the video here
I’m so excited to start gardening next year. I just got the Hoss deal, irrigation kit, dribble wheel, etc. I do have a question. I’m interested in growing grains...wheat, oats, etc. unfortunately the harvest for these crops is labor intensive. The only threshers I’ve seen are from China, India and the like. Do y’all ever foresee offering a small scale, USA made, Affordablethresher for small scale grain production?
Hoss Tools thanks for the quick reply. You should ask on your Row By Row if their is a need for these, besides me. At any rate, I’m unboxing my wheel hoe and am so amazed at the quality. Thanks again.
Would/Could you include video of suggested method(s) for planting transplants on top of drip tape? Able to pretty well visualize planting seeds on top of the drip tape considering depth required for seed(s), but a little concerning when transplanting plants on top due to depth required for transplants vs seeds. I suppose you intend transplants to be located next to, or just beside grip tape? Thank You!
If planting something like tomatoes, which are traditionally planted deeper than most transplants, you would actually plant them right beside the emitter as opposed to directly on top of it.
Travis On your web sight it states the drip tape implement for the wheel hoe is only for the smaller thickness tape but you are using the bigger thickness. I have the wheel hoe and attachment but haven't ordered the tape yet. I would prefer to use the larger thickness tape because it last longer.Did something change in the implement ? Mine is less than a year old now.
We're using the 8 mil thickness in this video, which is what works with the Drip Tape Layer and what we recommend for annual vegetables. The 15 mil is better suited for areas where you're going to install it and leave it for several years.
@@gardeningwithhoss ok it looked like the 15 mil role. What you may want to think about is a way to role up the tape with the attachment at the end of the season so the attachment can be used every year with the same tape.
So I’m almost ready to order my drip tape system, my question is when planting seeds or transplants or even potatoes do you plant on top of or next to the tape?
We've got several videos showing how we use our EZ-FLO injector in conjunction with the drip system. If you search our videos, you should be able to find them.
Install? Typical first frost here is 10 Oct thru 20 Oct (Ohio River Valley (Cincinnati-ish)) - we're lookin' to pull everything up and flush/blow the lines for winter in the next 2 weeks or so.
Sorry I wasn't clear - not the drip lines themselves. There's almost a mile of poly getting water out to and around the plots ... and the plots aren't at all level. There are ... collection spots ... where the water collects in the mains (uphill on both sides) and the whole system needs drained and blown out or we'll be replacing them in Spring.
Oh my goodness can this be done in raised beds? It would be so great for this hot south carolina heat.. go outside and melt.. any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for sharing
I’ll be adding mine on top of the soil but under a landscape fabric. My last drip emitter tubing got clogged and water patchy. The holes on this seem bigger so maybe that won’t happen as easily.
The vast majority of our customers are backyard gardeners. That is who we designed the kit for. Unfortunately, 1640 ft is the smallest roll of drip tape we carry. But it doesn't go bad or expire. If you get the kit you'll have plenty to use in future years.
"How ya doing" is Southern also. There is no translation for either in New England because we generally don't speak to other people and if we do, we certainly don't want to hear how anyone else is doing. This causes confusion when interacting with Southerners because 'y'all' think we're being rude and we all think you're being wicked nosy. I go down south (anywhere past Philly) and I get nervous because going into stores, restaurants or even out on the street and everyone is all "Hi, how are you?" and I'm thinking "what's it to you? mind your own business" but I know I'm in a different culture so I practice at home in front of a mirror making eye contact and saying "Fine how are you?" with a big fake smile. But please when you come up to Boston have the courtesy to look away when passing people on the sidewalk and no small talk when stuck standing in lines or where ever. Thanks, and 'bless your hearts."
Looked at the comments below but did not find this question: I want to add a weed barrier cloth then add mulch on top for aesthetics as well as keeping the soil and roots cooler, do I put the drip tape on top of the cloth or under the cloth? Thanks a lot !
I have two questions for Hoss about the drip irrigation system. 1. if I have the 8ml kit and later want to use the 15ml tape, will all the connections in my 8m kit still work for the 15ml tape? 2. Can I bury the main line as well as the tape? Thank you.
Thanks we have a small garden just have one question, I especially wanted drip tape for corn so should I plant the corn directly on top of the drip tape that’s buried in the ground or to the side of it thanks for your help!
I was told to put drip tape on top and sideways so the emitters don't get clogged and they can be used for a few years. Do you toss yours every year or planting?
We used to print a catalog, but we found that a vast majority of our customers were not using it. So we decided to save paper and resources and no longer print one. The catalog only had a small subset of our product line because there's only so much you can put in a paper catalog. But our website has everything we offer.
We live in south central texas and have sandy soil that requires a lot of fertilizer. About to install your drip irrigation system. Do you drip irrigate potatoes? Thanks
I've got two gardens to work myself this year. One was dads that he used his tractor on but he passed so I will have to hoe and rake that one. It's about 150ft long by 97 wide. I just finished setting poles and running electric fencing for it. My garden is only 54x40. Setting these up as small plots within sounds good. So would I need to get enough tape to have in all the plots to only pull back for cleanup and lay back down ? He had 3 sprinkles running from his well a good distance away and no other water source or hose. I'll have to see if it's possible to convert one of those so I can have a hose attachment!. His was an unlevel hot mess and he was going to teach me how to run that tractor but he ran out of time😒 hoping to get a tiller still and soon! This drip tape would save me this year as I'm running between two houses to do these👍
I did mine right on top and worked great... you can actually cram more crops on this stuff..... the water and then the fertilizer injector is just awesome.... if you check out more video they bury it , then turn the water on and look for the wet spots in the dry dirt.... every 12" .... then just place a transplant or pop a seed and your done... no measuring etc...
I have been using drip tape for 10 years now. I started not burying the tape, had problems with animals chewing through the tape for water. The only time I lay drip tape on top now is when I plant seeds like carrots beets etc. that need to be kept real moist. I lay a line buried seal each end and use a line laid on top until the seeds sprout. When the seeds sprout I start using the buried line.
@@abdisalamfarm4115 I start my tomatoes in trays, watering them with a wand on the end of a hose. When they are large enough I transplant them in the garden which has drip tape installed underground and use the tape.
I am thinking of spending a little more for the tube rather than the tape, because it will last longer. Is installing it the same technic used for the tape? Do you have similar fittings for the tubing like you used with the tape and how deep can you bury it?
Rod. My tape does not water evenly. Some squirt 5 8in. and some just barely leak some places nothing comes out. I have 4 rows 30 ft long one works ok is it possible the tape is defective
Sounds like you may have too much flow. What is your flow rate in gal/min? If your flow rate is greater than 8 gal/min, our pressure reducer will not work and your lines can "blow out" as a result.
Hi Travis! Few quick questions as we're planning to do this next year ... (1) Are the emitters simply holes in the drip line that have been pre-punched in the tape before you roll out / bury the role? (2) I followed the link on your video which says there is one emitter per foot. In another video where you're planting corn I believe you put 1 plant every 4 - 6 inches ... Is one emitter per foot sufficient to feed corn in this spacing, or does one need to punch additional holes before burying? Thanks, MIchael
1) Yes the emitters are pre-punched in the tape when you receive it. 2) The emitters output enough water to cover the gaps. You won't notice any difference in plant size from beans, corn, etc., planted on a spacing closer than 12".
We are in zone 8 as well. We let it run overnight on some crops like onions, carrots and corn. For other crops usually a couple hours every other day is sufficient. Works much better when buried.
Yes but if you have rocks in your dirt you should go with the thicker tape in my experience.... should last 3 or more years.... I haven't seen how it holds up to freezing temps yet as I just put it out this spring
Yes, we will reuse the tape 3-4 times before replacing it. We don't save it from one year to the next because we grow food year round. We just pull it up (leave it connected), cultivate the area, put it right back down and replant.
How do you remove the drip irrigation from beneath the corn stalk roots? Do you have a particular way to remove the stalk roots before you remove the drip tape?
I cut the stalk close to the ground after I harvest the corn, then wait and let the roots rot some and then you can pull up the tape. This year I am leaving the tape and planting peas on the same tape.
Why are the emitters always facing up? I put mine in before I saw your video and it seemed more intuitive to have it 'drip' down so that's the way I installed it. It seems to be working just fine. Am I going to face some unforseen problem?
Yes we do. We have several videos showing the injector, and probably will be doing another one soon. The injector is located at the spigot/well or water source. It injects water + fertilizer into the water hose running to the drip system at the garden. Works very well.
If I’m planting corn at 20”-24” rows spacing, can I bury a drip tape in the middle of two rows, or would I need to do a drip tape right below each row.
I would do a line of tape for each row and plant on top of the buried tape. But be careful spacing corn that close. I tried a 24" row spacing one time and got very poor pollination. Because the plants were so close, the foliage prohibited the pollen from getting to the ears.
We could if all raised bed gardens had the same design. That's the tricky part. Everyone's raised bed setup is a little different. In a raised bed situation, you'd basically run the mainline tubing along the ground to connect each bed. Then at each bed, you'd have a tee or elbow that took the mainline to the top of the bed (assuming it was off the ground a bit). Then the drip tape would connect into the mainline at the beginning of each bed.
With the emitters being 12" apart, how do you normally water plants that are only several inches apart? Just keep the irrigation system running longer?
You won't want to be moving the regulator. But you can put the filter/regulator at the spigot if you're only going to use that spigot for drip irrigation. With my setup, I use drip for some crops and overhead water on others. So I put a filter/regulator at each plot where I have a drip system and just move the water hose.
I wanted to install micro drip irrigation for my garden and i have 30 plants,and i have a 205 litre(55 gallon) water drum Can the water drum water all my plants without pressure pump? How to increase the pressure in the drum without electricity?
Yes, when we lay out a plot. But we'll reuse the tape in this plot 3-4 times before replacing it. Once these crops are done, we'll pull up the tape (leaving it connected), cultivate the area, put the tape back down and plant something else. We can 2-3 rotations through this plot between now and spring.
@@gardeningwithhoss Thanks for the reply. Up here in New England, I assume we would need to Pull up the tape and disconnect all parts before winter. Or can your tape be drained of water and left in place ?Thanks again...
The tape drains when you turn off the water -- it empties. Don't see how there would be any water in there to freeze. But have heard of folks up north removing it, rolling/folding it up and storing it inside somewhere.
Drip is the best way to water. I've got 1,500 ft of new set hedge on a single linear run. Where the tape is in the ground it's been trouble free. A cheap sunrise timer turns it on every morning. Hoss Tools prices are as good as I've seen. Hint: Your drip tape will work better if you don't fill your T fittings full of dirt during assembly. Take a square of cardboard to use as a work surface. Hint2: Drip tape on the surface is an invitation for every thirsty rodent to bite a hole in it. Bury it or you'll be fixing a hole every week.
Good Afternoon, We received our drip irrigation system in April 2021. We started installing it today. My husband and I sat down and watched the video before we started and found several differences from the video. Our main line does not have a blue stripe and there weren't any nails in the kit. I used the hole punch on the main line and had a little leaking there. On the other end no matter what I did or how I did it, I couldn't get the row ends to completely stop leaking. Is the normal? Does anyone have any suggestions? We plan to finish this 30 × 40 section tomorrow and do the other 30 X 40 section next week. Tia.
Good info. I want to water from collected rain water or stream water in a tank maybe an IBC tote. Won’t have high water pressure like from municipal water or well. Will this system still work?
I can't remember the exact numbers, but you need to get the tank pretty high off the ground to generate enough pressure and flow. There's a blog out there somewhere I remember reading about this.
With the mainline tubing in our kits, you can only do 100' long rows. So if you wanted rows that long, you'd have to go with 1" or thicker mainline tubing.
Mulching the soil can be time consuming when you're growing food year round and constantly removing old crops and planting new ones. We'd rather not have to remove mulch each time we need to plant or direct-seed.
What I've learned about burying drip tape in the soil is that the emitters will much more quickly clog. When the water is shut off, there is a slight vacuuming action that's occurs, and it briefly sucks air (and soil, if it's against the emitter) back into the tape, and this causes them to clog sooner. I've read that you can cover the tapes with something like woodchips without that same risk, if you want the protection from evaporation, although I haven't tried that myself yet.
For all you single string guitars laying out drip tape by yourself.
Get your wheel barrel and put some dirt in it for weight. Position
it at the end of the first row with handles pointing down the row.
Attach two "C" clamps at the very end of the handles with the
tightening clamp handles pointed up. Get yourself a long broom handle
and put through drip tape spool and drop behind "C" clamps. Away
you go down the line. Get to the end..close off end and anchor.
Back to reel..cut to length and tie into mainline. Move wheel
barrow to next row. Easey peasey and quick.
I love my drip tape for my garden. I use a metal pipe putting inside the hole, hammer the pipe into the ground then just pull the tape in the rows.
That's a good idea!
Great video Travis. Your detailed explanation of how to install the drip tape was excellent for a blind gardener. Thank you so much. Ken the blind gardner
Thanks for watching as always Ken!
What an informative presentation . I’m in Minnesota and have purchased from you guys; seeds, a golok, single wheelhoe with all the nice attachments. Next is a watering system. A little elbow grease and you’ll be feeding yourself with ease! You guys peddle very nice gardening materials!!
Best to you guys!
Awesome! Thank you!
USA Zone 8A - I had trial plants of collards, turnip greens, kale and bok choy direct seeded into garden back 3rd week of July. 95+ degrees every single day until Oct 4th. They came up fine. Plants would limp over every single day and perk back up when sun passed by. Watered late afternoon so they could better recover from heat and leaves could dry before dark. Moth worms were bigger problem/should have netted the plants. The plants that survived worms are progressing nicely and really taking off this week in first break in heat (Oct 8)! Collards and kale almost a foot tall. Already harvested baby bok choy and succession harvesting turnip greens (4 harvests so far). Everything wilted every single day, but did fine. Just give them plenty of water as soon as sun is past to help them perk back up. Main crop in new Hoss seed trays is almost ready to plant. Anxious to compare when both old and new plants are in harvest stage. The July plants probably have been weakened compared to new ones planted in cooler weather. Will soon know. ****** People posting PLEASE GIVE YOUR GROW ZONE so we can better interpret/learn from your suggestions/experiences. ******
Thanks for the update. We've been overhead watering late afternoon to cool the plants so they can recover before sundown -- just as you described.
I'm glad you started your own channel
This is EXACTLY what I need. Thank you so much for the video
Travis, great video, can you explain once everything is installed and you plant all your rows with crops, what is your procedure on how often you water and how long would you leave it running before turning the water off?
It's a feel thing. It will depend largely on your soil and what crops you have planted. You can easily see when the soil is saturated and sufficiently watered.
It's a feel thing. It will depend largely on your soil and what crops you have planted. You can easily see when the soil is saturated and sufficiently watered.
I was just about to ask - (what if I don't want to water all my rows every time I turn on the drip system) Nice to know y'all sell a row start with an individual shut off valve, very nice.
Yes. We have valves for the mainline or the individual rows. So you can create watering zones, or just control the flow at the individual rows or lines.
Once you bury drip tape, you'll be sold! I don't have the wheelhoe/layer combo, so I have to do it by hand...hoe out a trench (if your soil is bone-dry, wet it down the evening before so the trench won't collapse AS you pull it!), lay/hook up the tape, turn the system on so the tape stays in place as you backfill...done! I did five 32' rows this morning (by myself) and it only took a little over an hour. I "won't" bury it in my new asparagus beds, though...will lay it on the surface, staple it down, and mulch heavily (seems logical to me for a "permanent" crop).
That's a good tip Sherry. If laying it by hand, it is much easier to cover with the lines turned on.
Excellent informative video. I put mine in & love it but maybe I screwed up? I put my plants right next to each emitter that are 6” apart. Should have placed the plants in the center of each row 2-3” away from the emitter?
I just walked in from planting the last of my starts... Green and Red Cabbage... so everything I started in the seed trays, except the onions has now been planted... man I hope the high temps are over!
Won't be long before onion planting time as well!
Excellent Video!! Thanks Travis!! I'll be calling you after the first of the year.
We'll be here when you get ready!
I've got to get this system applied to our plots, obviously more sufficient and effective than overhead sprinkler systems. I'm on well water, and it's comical setting the pressure. Turn it on, perfect at first, come back in couple mins., you're watering the folks across the street yard, car wash for all passing by, hanging ferns on the porch is watered, and the mail lady waits to make a dash for my mailbox with just one flier for Hoss Drip Irrigation Systems 😁😂🤣😇
Great info! So happy I came across this video!
And it does all that watering at once with no pressure consistency issues? Wow!
That's right!
Best video ive seen yet on this. Thank you!!
You made it look so easy thanks bro
Happy to help
I used my hoss double wheel hoe for the first time today to "make a row"... worked just fine. I have to use the heavy drip tape because of "wire worms" and so I have to lay it by hand any way... it's a little work, but I've learned the payoff is well worth the effort. I've only been using drip two seasons, and I will NEVER go back! I do it right by myself, and up until today I did it with a long handle hoe, and a rake... it's only work... you can do by hand by yourself, until you can get the tools... or you can just decide it's fine to do it by hand... again it's only work, it won't kill you.
Ge you some of their row starts with shutoff valves... it's great for different types of crops that have different water / feeding requirements.
I agree! Just go ahead and get the shut off valves for each row... I use the v shaped hoe to bury it manually and works great instead of changing the plows back and forth... actually gets it down deeper, faster
Glad to hear it's working well for you!
Thanks - I needed to hear and see this.
Glad we could help
Ever wondered how farmers back in the day got water they Had to rely on rain and all that no wonder they starved lol. What would we do with out all this water supply? Thanks for the video here
Great point! It was definitely different "back in the day".
Never understood how you get even watering .... now I know !!!!!
Amazing Technology Thank You !!!!
It sure is! Thanks for watching, Helen!
I’m so excited to start gardening next year. I just got the Hoss deal, irrigation kit, dribble wheel, etc. I do have a question. I’m interested in growing grains...wheat, oats, etc. unfortunately the harvest for these crops is labor intensive. The only threshers I’ve seen are from China, India and the like. Do y’all ever foresee offering a small scale, USA made, Affordablethresher for small scale grain production?
We don't have any small-scale thresher in the works currently. But if the demand is there, it's never out of the realm of possibility.
Hoss Tools thanks for the quick reply. You should ask on your Row By Row if their is a need for these, besides me. At any rate, I’m unboxing my wheel hoe and am so amazed at the quality. Thanks again.
Would/Could you include video of suggested method(s) for planting transplants on top of drip tape? Able to pretty well visualize planting seeds on top of the drip tape considering depth required for seed(s), but a little concerning when transplanting plants on top due to depth required for transplants vs seeds. I suppose you intend transplants to be located next to, or just beside grip tape? Thank You!
If planting something like tomatoes, which are traditionally planted deeper than most transplants, you would actually plant them right beside the emitter as opposed to directly on top of it.
Travis On your web sight it states the drip tape implement for the wheel hoe is only for the smaller thickness tape but you are using the bigger thickness. I have the wheel hoe and attachment but haven't ordered the tape yet. I would prefer to use the larger thickness tape because it last longer.Did something change in the implement ? Mine is less than a year old now.
We're using the 8 mil thickness in this video, which is what works with the Drip Tape Layer and what we recommend for annual vegetables. The 15 mil is better suited for areas where you're going to install it and leave it for several years.
@@gardeningwithhoss ok it looked like the 15 mil role. What you may want to think about is a way to role up the tape with the attachment at the end of the season so the attachment can be used every year with the same tape.
I've always been told not to water with a sprinkler during the day, that it will burn them up
Better to water late in the afternoon or early morning.
So I’m almost ready to order my drip tape system, my question is when planting seeds or transplants or even potatoes do you plant on top of or next to the tape?
Yes, plant on top of the tape. Unless you're doing a double row, then you'll plant a row 3" or so to each side of the tape.
Have the two wheel plow, my problem is buring the tape. Went over my row twice tape is has worked up to withen a few in. From top . Have any advice?
Turn on the tape before you bury it.
@@gardeningwithhoss 10-4, Thank you
Thanks for explaining the process. Can you tell how you use this system for fertilizing?
We've got several videos showing how we use our EZ-FLO injector in conjunction with the drip system. If you search our videos, you should be able to find them.
All these tools I see u use for a decent size garden(the one that makes the line in soil(furrows?)..where did u get them?
You can see all our products here: hosstools.com
Thanks for this video. I plan on purchasing a kit from you guys for this spring. Thanks again.
We'll be here when you need us!
I’m guessing the main line would hold up for a couple of seasons. Does the tape need to be replaced yearly?
For the 8 mil tape, we can usually get 4-5 uses from it before we replace it. The 15 mil tape will last for 5 years or so.
Install? Typical first frost here is 10 Oct thru 20 Oct (Ohio River Valley (Cincinnati-ish)) - we're lookin' to pull everything up and flush/blow the lines for winter in the next 2 weeks or so.
Will the lines freeze? Ours always completely empty once turning the water off, so don't see how there would be anything in there to freeze.
Sorry I wasn't clear - not the drip lines themselves. There's almost a mile of poly getting water out to and around the plots ... and the plots aren't at all level. There are ... collection spots ... where the water collects in the mains (uphill on both sides) and the whole system needs drained and blown out or we'll be replacing them in Spring.
Oh my goodness can this be done in raised beds? It would be so great for this hot south carolina heat.. go outside and melt.. any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for sharing
Yes, absolutely Crystal! We have them in some of our raised beds!
I’ll be adding mine on top of the soil but under a landscape fabric. My last drip emitter tubing got clogged and water patchy. The holes on this seem bigger so maybe that won’t happen as easily.
Your system seems awesome! It is a bit extensive and expensive for a backyard garden. Do you have a small garden kit available for backyards?
The vast majority of our customers are backyard gardeners. That is who we designed the kit for. Unfortunately, 1640 ft is the smallest roll of drip tape we carry. But it doesn't go bad or expire. If you get the kit you'll have plenty to use in future years.
@@gardeningwithhoss Thank you for the reply! I appreciate your thoughts.
Do you have a video on how you remove the tape? If so I'd like to see it.
No, but that is a great idea. We will try to do this.
@@gardeningwithhoss thank you for the answer.. It will be tremendous to see that video.
Alright alright alright! Southern for “how ya doing” lol
It can mean quite a few things.
"How ya doing" is Southern also. There is no translation for either in New England because we generally don't speak to other people and if we do, we certainly don't want to hear how anyone else is doing. This causes confusion when interacting with Southerners because 'y'all' think we're being rude and we all think you're being wicked nosy. I go down south (anywhere past Philly) and I get nervous because going into stores, restaurants or even out on the street and everyone is all "Hi, how are you?" and I'm thinking "what's it to you? mind your own business" but I know I'm in a different culture so I practice at home in front of a mirror making eye contact and saying "Fine how are you?" with a big fake smile. But please when you come up to Boston have the courtesy to look away when passing people on the sidewalk and no small talk when stuck standing in lines or where ever. Thanks, and 'bless your hearts."
I'm so trying drip this year!!!!
It's a game-changer!
Looked at the comments below but did not find this question: I want to add a weed barrier cloth then add mulch on top for aesthetics as well as keeping the soil and roots cooler, do I put the drip tape on top of the cloth or under the cloth? Thanks a lot !
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@@gardeningwithhoss Thanks a lot !
Thanks for the great tutorial.
You're welcome Bren!
I have two questions for Hoss about the drip irrigation system. 1. if I have the 8ml kit and later want to use the 15ml tape, will all the connections in my 8m kit still work for the 15ml tape? 2. Can I bury the main line as well as the tape? Thank you.
Yes and yes
@@gardeningwithhoss Thank you!
Very informative Hoss. Thank you
Thanks we have a small garden just have one question, I especially wanted drip tape for corn so should I plant the corn directly on top of the drip tape that’s buried in the ground or to the side of it thanks for your help!
Directly on top of the buried tape.
I'm glad to see my channel
I was told to put drip tape on top and sideways so the emitters don't get clogged and they can be used for a few years. Do you toss yours every year or planting?
We reuse ours for as long as we can. Up to 4 plantings on some.
Just wondering if there is a catalog for the Hoss products
We used to print a catalog, but we found that a vast majority of our customers were not using it. So we decided to save paper and resources and no longer print one. The catalog only had a small subset of our product line because there's only so much you can put in a paper catalog. But our website has everything we offer.
We live in south central texas and have sandy soil that requires a lot of fertilizer. About to install your drip irrigation system. Do you drip irrigate potatoes? Thanks
no we do not. We get plenty of rain here in March and April.
@@gardeningwithhoss Do you not recommend using drip tape for potatoes in Arkansas? I'm in zone 8.
I've got two gardens to work myself this year. One was dads that he used his tractor on but he passed so I will have to hoe and rake that one. It's about 150ft long by 97 wide. I just finished setting poles and running electric fencing for it. My garden is only 54x40. Setting these up as small plots within sounds good. So would I need to get enough tape to have in all the plots to only pull back for cleanup and lay back down ? He had 3 sprinkles running from his well a good distance away and no other water source or hose. I'll have to see if it's possible to convert one of those so I can have a hose attachment!. His was an unlevel hot mess and he was going to teach me how to run that tractor but he ran out of time😒 hoping to get a tiller still and soon! This drip tape would save me this year as I'm running between two houses to do these👍
Drip tape would save you a ton of time watering in that scenario. All you need for our kit is a water hose.
What do you do with the tape in the winter? Does Hoss make a drip tape hose real?
No, we do not. If we reuse it, we normally do not take it up.
Do you plant right on top of the tape for single row plants or to one side?
I did mine right on top and worked great... you can actually cram more crops on this stuff..... the water and then the fertilizer injector is just awesome.... if you check out more video they bury it , then turn the water on and look for the wet spots in the dry dirt.... every 12" .... then just place a transplant or pop a seed and your done... no measuring etc...
It's practically right on top, but ends the stem ends up sitting right to the side of the emitter. We'll show that in a video next week.
@@gardeningwithhoss sorry don't mean to answer your questions on here but I get kinda excited lol
I have been using drip tape for 10 years now. I started not burying the tape, had problems with animals chewing through the tape for water. The only time I lay drip tape on top now is when I plant seeds like carrots beets etc. that need to be kept real moist. I lay a line buried seal each end and use a line laid on top until the seeds sprout. When the seeds sprout I start using the buried line.
Gotta have that good soil moisture for germination!
I want to know tomatoes
@@abdisalamfarm4115 I start my tomatoes in trays, watering them with a wand on the end of a hose. When they are large enough I transplant them in the garden which has drip tape installed underground and use the tape.
I am thinking of spending a little more for the tube rather than the tape, because it will last longer. Is installing it the same technic used for the tape? Do you have similar fittings for the tubing like you used with the tape and how deep can you bury it?
Unfortunately we only sale fittings for our Drip Tape
Where do you get your drip tape from and all the accessories
hosstools.com/product-category/garden-supplies/irrigation/
Rod. My tape does not water evenly. Some squirt 5 8in. and some just barely leak some places nothing comes out. I have 4 rows 30 ft long one works ok is it possible the tape is defective
Sounds like you may have too much flow. What is your flow rate in gal/min? If your flow rate is greater than 8 gal/min, our pressure reducer will not work and your lines can "blow out" as a result.
Could any size pipe do the job well and then is there any pipe size less half inch
Not sure there is a mainline smaller than the 1/2" we use. If it was smaller, you probably couldn't poke a hole for the drip emitters.
Hi Travis! Few quick questions as we're planning to do this next year ...
(1) Are the emitters simply holes in the drip line that have been pre-punched in the tape before you roll out / bury the role?
(2) I followed the link on your video which says there is one emitter per foot. In another video where you're planting corn I believe you put 1 plant every 4 - 6 inches ... Is one emitter per foot sufficient to feed corn in this spacing, or does one need to punch additional holes before burying?
Thanks,
MIchael
1) Yes the emitters are pre-punched in the tape when you receive it.
2) The emitters output enough water to cover the gaps. You won't notice any difference in plant size from beans, corn, etc., planted on a spacing closer than 12".
@@gardeningwithhoss Very much appreciated! Wish I'd found your videos months ago but better late than never. Will be saving for some equipment.
I got a question. Could I drive a tractor over the mainline when I plow?
Yes, it will be fine. We run over ours with the tiller all the time.
Hoss Tools good deal. I sure preciate it. I plow with a farmall 100 and she’s light.
Because you change your row spacing frequently how do you manage your mainline?
Or do you use a new length of mainline each and every crop?
Yes
all the rows in your video are straight. I have a slightly curved garden. Will the tape work in a curve?
Maybe it was a very gradual curve. But if too sharp, it could kink it.
Great video! How deep should the tape be berried?
We bury ours about 3-4" deep.
I just installed .45 gph drip tape and it doesn't look like it would provide enough water for a garden in my desert climate (zone 8). Any suggestions?
We are in zone 8 as well. We let it run overnight on some crops like onions, carrots and corn. For other crops usually a couple hours every other day is sufficient. Works much better when buried.
@@gardeningwithhoss Is .45 gph too low of flow? Should I look for a higher flow tape?
Being on the PA and MD line can you use the drip tape year after year since there’s only one planting?
Yes but if you have rocks in your dirt you should go with the thicker tape in my experience.... should last 3 or more years.... I haven't seen how it holds up to freezing temps yet as I just put it out this spring
I also bought the thinner tape....but you almost need to go ahead and buy the row valves if you plan on growing different crops
Yes, we will reuse the tape 3-4 times before replacing it. We don't save it from one year to the next because we grow food year round. We just pull it up (leave it connected), cultivate the area, put it right back down and replant.
Is the main poly tubing 3/4 or 1/2 inch??? Waiting for answer so I can order
1/2 inch
How do you remove the drip irrigation from beneath the corn stalk roots? Do you have a particular way to remove the stalk roots before you remove the drip tape?
I cut the stalk close to the ground after I harvest the corn, then wait and let the roots rot some and then you can pull up the tape. This year I am leaving the tape and planting peas on the same tape.
Why are the emitters always facing up? I put mine in before I saw your video and it seemed more intuitive to have it 'drip' down so that's the way I installed it. It seems to be working just fine. Am I going to face some unforseen problem?
Drip tape is designed for the emitters to face upward. I've never tried putting them facing downward.
When you bury the tape, the holes dont get clogged???
What do you do when you need to cultivate with a tractor?
you would need to pull back the drip tape. check out video linked below.
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Do you inject fertilizer into this system? Where exactly is that done?
Yes we do. We have several videos showing the injector, and probably will be doing another one soon. The injector is located at the spigot/well or water source. It injects water + fertilizer into the water hose running to the drip system at the garden. Works very well.
What happens if you install the tape on the side without the blue line? Like if I were to try to route water out of both sides of the tube?
Nothing. The blue line is just there as a guide. You can put the row starts anywhere you want along the mainline tubing.
@@gardeningwithhoss I really appreciate it!! Thank you for the reply.
👍
If I’m planting corn at 20”-24” rows spacing, can I bury a drip tape in the middle of two rows, or would I need to do a drip tape right below each row.
I would do a line of tape for each row and plant on top of the buried tape. But be careful spacing corn that close. I tried a 24" row spacing one time and got very poor pollination. Because the plants were so close, the foliage prohibited the pollen from getting to the ears.
Can you show a way to install in a raised bed garden
We could if all raised bed gardens had the same design. That's the tricky part. Everyone's raised bed setup is a little different. In a raised bed situation, you'd basically run the mainline tubing along the ground to connect each bed. Then at each bed, you'd have a tee or elbow that took the mainline to the top of the bed (assuming it was off the ground a bit). Then the drip tape would connect into the mainline at the beginning of each bed.
With the emitters being 12" apart, how do you normally water plants that are only several inches apart? Just keep the irrigation system running longer?
Yes. The output fills the gaps in just a couple hours.
What side of the tape has the emitters? I don't see any holes in it.
The 8 mill will have a track with a bump where the emitters are. The 15 mill will have slits.
Does the drip tape work in Georgia hot summer or is it just for spring and fall planting?
We use it year round.
Can you have drip coming from both sides of the main line? I'm wanting to do 75 foot runs off the main line both directions.
You certainly can.
With the drip system do I need a filter regulator for each plot I plant or can the regulator be moved from plot to plot as I water?
You won't want to be moving the regulator. But you can put the filter/regulator at the spigot if you're only going to use that spigot for drip irrigation. With my setup, I use drip for some crops and overhead water on others. So I put a filter/regulator at each plot where I have a drip system and just move the water hose.
Should emitters face upward or downward?
up
What is the water pressure reduced to withe the pressure regulator on there?
12 psi
Thank you. Much appreciated.
I wanted to install micro drip irrigation for my garden and i have 30 plants,and i have a 205 litre(55 gallon) water drum
Can the water drum water all my plants without pressure pump?
How to increase the pressure in the drum without electricity?
You'd have to get the tank 30' above the ground or so to generate enough pressure to do it without electricity.
Do you ever have problems with the emitters clogging up from the soil?
Never have. This stuff was designed to be buried.
Do you use a new reel of drip tape every time you lay out a plot ? Thanks for the interesting video.
Yes, when we lay out a plot. But we'll reuse the tape in this plot 3-4 times before replacing it. Once these crops are done, we'll pull up the tape (leaving it connected), cultivate the area, put the tape back down and plant something else. We can 2-3 rotations through this plot between now and spring.
@@gardeningwithhoss Thanks for the reply. Up here in New England, I assume we would need to Pull up the tape and disconnect all parts before winter. Or can your tape be drained of water and left in place ?Thanks again...
The tape drains when you turn off the water -- it empties. Don't see how there would be any water in there to freeze. But have heard of folks up north removing it, rolling/folding it up and storing it inside somewhere.
@@gardeningwithhoss Thanks again for your reply.
Will this work with a rain barrel or is it not enough pressure.
No, they would not be enough pressure
Drip is the best way to water. I've got 1,500 ft of new set hedge on a single linear run. Where the tape is in the ground it's been trouble free. A cheap sunrise timer turns it on every morning. Hoss Tools prices are as good as I've seen. Hint: Your drip tape will work better if you don't fill your T fittings full of dirt during assembly. Take a square of cardboard to use as a work surface. Hint2: Drip tape on the surface is an invitation for every thirsty rodent to bite a hole in it. Bury it or you'll be fixing a hole every week.
Great tips Nonya.
Good Afternoon,
We received our drip irrigation system in April 2021. We started installing it today. My husband and I sat down and watched the video before we started and found several differences from the video.
Our main line does not have a blue stripe and there weren't any nails in the kit.
I used the hole punch on the main line and had a little leaking there. On the other end no matter what I did or how I did it, I couldn't get the row ends to completely stop leaking. Is the normal? Does anyone have any suggestions? We plan to finish this 30 × 40 section tomorrow and do the other 30 X 40 section next week. Tia.
please call the office Monday after 8am and we’ll be glad to assist you.
I'm curious if after your experience, if you would recommend this product.
But when you bury them, they will get clogged in no time, won't they?
no, never have had that issue.
Does this drip tape work with gravity instead of pump? For 1/5 of an hectar?
no, you need some pressure
@@gardeningwithhoss thanks for the quick reply...👍
Would your drop tape work on a gravity water system
If you can generate 12 psi of pressure and a flow rate of 1 gallon per minute.
What is the sprinkler name or link to get one
Orbit-58308-Tripod-Brass-Impact
I think they have them on Amazon, not a product we carry.
Good info. I want to water from collected rain water or stream water in a tank maybe an IBC tote. Won’t have high water pressure like from municipal water or well. Will this system still work?
I can't remember the exact numbers, but you need to get the tank pretty high off the ground to generate enough pressure and flow. There's a blog out there somewhere I remember reading about this.
Hello is there a limit to how long one stretch of drip tape? My beds are 250 feet long
With the mainline tubing in our kits, you can only do 100' long rows. So if you wanted rows that long, you'd have to go with 1" or thicker mainline tubing.
@@gardeningwithhoss so a bigger main line will allow the drip tape to be 250 feet and be fine?
@@gardeningwithhoss check my learning video
Yes.
Thank you
You're welcome
how deep does the drip tape have to be?
1 inch
@@gardeningwithhoss thanks.
Would/you use drip tape for potatoes 🥴?
no
Can you reuse tape
Sure, we'll reuse it 3-4 times before replacing it.
No wonder your plants are struggling you aren't covering your soil
Mulching the soil can be time consuming when you're growing food year round and constantly removing old crops and planting new ones. We'd rather not have to remove mulch each time we need to plant or direct-seed.
This seems terribly complicated.