Glad you mentioned it but to highlight it - You should never, never mix soaker hose with drip hose or emitters as there is no practical way to balance them. Best to use a 2-channel auto-watering control to segregate them.
Hi Hugo, once the soaker hose has that build up and isn't working properly, you can try bending it to break it up and then flush it out, but it would most likely have to be replaced at that point. You can also try adding a high quality irrigation filter to your system, but with hard water it may not help much. I use drip emitters on my garden. My water isn't really hard, but over time they get clogged as well. I've found it's easiest to just replace them every few years. Sorry I don't have a better answer for you. Hope this helps.
An easier and more effective way of using soaker hose is to create soaker hose rings around plants and use existing distribution line and a tee to add soaker hose to your drip lines. The distribution and main lines will direct water to your plant but only release it from the ring around the plant. This way you're not wasting water where it is not needed and it's direct exposure to the plant's roots only.
Great info sir. I just bought some soaker hose on a whim, but was looking at using them for peppers. I think I'll stick with the drip emitters on those, and use the soaker hose on some lettuce. Thanks a bunch!
I watched a couple videos and am liking your information best, so far. I hope to set up my system in at least the large garden area this year so I will be checking out more of your information. Thanks for being so precise and easy to understand!
Thanks for the video! This was really informative. I'm thinking of replacing my the bubblers on my container fruit trees with soaker hoses (to provide a better, more directed application of the water uniformly around the container). Watching your video, now I know how to do it. But the Amazon link doesn't provide an estimate on GPH...I guess it would be GPH/inch of hose. Do you have an approximation? I live in 9b (currently above 110deg) and need to provide a good amount of water. ;-) Thanks!!!
Thank you for your video. I am wanting to install soaker houses and your video gave me lots of information. Just found you today. New subscriber here. Going to watch your other videos now.
I don't have any videos on this since there is a lot to consider when determining how much/often to water. Soil type, temperature, humidity, wind... so there isn't a set amount to recommend. But for my specific needs, with my soil (sandy loam), daily temps in the summer around 100° F, low humidity and afternoon wind, I water daily for 20-30 minutes using 1/2gph emitters. The best way to know how much to water is to just watch your plants. If the are turning brown or getting droopy, increase watering, if they are yellowing or the soil is staying very damp, decrease watering. Hope this helps, Thanks for watching 😊🌱
I have a small perennial and veggie bed part way up a hill and then a garden all the way uphill. I was thinking I’d incorporate this 50’ flat soaker hose and then attach this to the drip hoses. There is some distance a distance from the house to the first bed and more separating to the garden, which is full of containers. It’s the only way I can get full sun. The halfway bed was an experiment to see what I could get away with growing with a shorter sun window (darn trees). My question is two part. Can I use the flat hose and, also where do I attach the timer to? I have a few regular garden hoses but one source so where do I attach the timer? Obviously I’d use the garden hose to get to the first bed, right? I can weave the soaker around that bed but then what? And where does the pressure regulator attach and where does the timer attach. Sorry for being overly complicated ahead of time. Yes I do have a splitter as well as two timers but both have only one hose attachment
What size (diameter) soaker hose did you use to connect to your existing irrigation system? The soaker hoses I've found so far are the large ones (size of a normal garden hose). Thanks for the content, your clarity, and tips to avoid problems.
I use the 1/4in soaker hose. It's much smaller than the garden hose size. You can find it at your local home improvement store with the other drip irrigation parts, or online. Here is a link to some on Amazon amzn.to/3d8CHzK
Thanks for the tips! Have you tried drip tape? it's essentially drip tubing with a small hole every 6" (or other spacing) for water to come out. I've heard for rows of plants it is more reliable than soaker hoses and easier/faster to setup that the same amount of emitters in a typical drip system.
@@InTheGarden is there an advantage to drip tape over emitters? Would you have to snake the drip tape through the bed and obviously you can’t ‘target’ each plant?
Drip tape is good for long rows of plants, places you would normally use soaker hose. Like rows of corn, or lettuce, etc. It's not really a good replacement for emitters on plants like squash and tomatoes.
Most consumer drip irrigation system parts that are intended for home use need 15-30psi to function correctly and to not become damaged (pop apart). You don't want your pressure higher than 30psi as the high pressure can cause the parts to come apart. Most of my drip system parts are Rain Drip brand, but any 25-30psi pressure regulator should work fine. Hope this helps, thanks for watching 😊🌱
Sorry about that. Not sure what happened with the CC on this video. UA-cam usually creates an English caption automatically, not sure why it tried to create Korean captions on this one.
A good guideline is to place lines between 12 and 24 inches apart, depending on the soil. Sandy soil = closer together and Clay or Loamy soil = farther apart. If you're not sure, try 18inches and then adjust if needed. Hope this helps, thanks for watching 😊🌱
This is an awesome video. One question though…how many linear feet of the 1/2” feeder line can you run to where it’ll still be effective? Like let’s say you have a 3 acre blueberry patch, the drip line would be well over 1,000 feet. Is that doable??
With very long runs, you would need to consider loss of pressure and flow rate over the long distance. And also the volume of water you would need to convey. 1/2in line might not be large enough. Ultimately, with an area that large you would probably want to look into commercial irrigation systems as a home system probably won't be the best solution. Unfortunately my knowledge is just of home type drip irrigation so I can't provide more information to help you out.
Gentleman, impressive & very clear to understand
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Thank you so much! This is all new to me. You are clear and helpful.
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Glad you mentioned it but to highlight it - You should never, never mix soaker hose with drip hose or emitters as there is no practical way to balance them. Best to use a 2-channel auto-watering control to segregate them.
What size soaker hose are installing with the drip connections?
The soaker hose in this video is 1/4in.
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I have extremely hard water, and my soaker hose gets clogged with calcium. What do you recommend?
Hi Hugo, once the soaker hose has that build up and isn't working properly, you can try bending it to break it up and then flush it out, but it would most likely have to be replaced at that point.
You can also try adding a high quality irrigation filter to your system, but with hard water it may not help much.
I use drip emitters on my garden. My water isn't really hard, but over time they get clogged as well. I've found it's easiest to just replace them every few years.
Sorry I don't have a better answer for you. Hope this helps.
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Sorry to hear that. I know not everyone is a fan. I hope you still enjoy the videos.
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An easier and more effective way of using soaker hose is to create soaker hose rings around plants and use existing distribution line and a tee to add soaker hose to your drip lines. The distribution and main lines will direct water to your plant but only release it from the ring around the plant. This way you're not wasting water where it is not needed and it's direct exposure to the plant's roots only.
Great info sir. I just bought some soaker hose on a whim, but was looking at using them for peppers. I think I'll stick with the drip emitters on those, and use the soaker hose on some lettuce. Thanks a bunch!
Excellent! In The Garden is such an honest and reliable source of advice. Thank you, sir.
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Thanks for the video! We’re adding soaker hoses to our drip system this year. Thanks to you I’ll be using them properly 👍
Excellent video - I have watched a few on this topic but this is the best!
I watched a couple videos and am liking your information best, so far. I hope to set up my system in at least the large garden area this year so I will be checking out more of your information. Thanks for being so precise and easy to understand!
thanks for watching! 😊🌱
Thanks for the video! This was really informative. I'm thinking of replacing my the bubblers on my container fruit trees with soaker hoses (to provide a better, more directed application of the water uniformly around the container). Watching your video, now I know how to do it. But the Amazon link doesn't provide an estimate on GPH...I guess it would be GPH/inch of hose. Do you have an approximation? I live in 9b (currently above 110deg) and need to provide a good amount of water. ;-) Thanks!!!
Thank you for your video. I am wanting to install soaker houses and your video gave me lots of information. Just found you today. New subscriber here. Going to watch your other videos now.
will you talk a little about volume , for instance on tomato plants , size of emitter, and length of time, and frequency???? THZ!
I don't have any videos on this since there is a lot to consider when determining how much/often to water. Soil type, temperature, humidity, wind... so there isn't a set amount to recommend. But for my specific needs, with my soil (sandy loam), daily temps in the summer around 100° F, low humidity and afternoon wind, I water daily for 20-30 minutes using 1/2gph emitters.
The best way to know how much to water is to just watch your plants. If the are turning brown or getting droopy, increase watering, if they are yellowing or the soil is staying very damp, decrease watering.
Hope this helps, Thanks for watching 😊🌱
I have a small perennial and veggie bed part way up a hill and then a garden all the way uphill. I was thinking I’d incorporate this 50’ flat soaker hose and then attach this to the drip hoses. There is some distance a distance from the house to the first bed and more separating to the garden, which is full of containers. It’s the only way I can get full sun. The halfway bed was an experiment to see what I could get away with growing with a shorter sun window (darn trees). My question is two part. Can I use the flat hose and, also where do I attach the timer to? I have a few regular garden hoses but one source so where do I attach the timer? Obviously I’d use the garden hose to get to the first bed, right? I can weave the soaker around that bed but then what? And where does the pressure regulator attach and where does the timer attach. Sorry for being overly complicated ahead of time. Yes I do have a splitter as well as two timers but both have only one hose attachment
Hi Thank u for sharing your ideas for using irrigation system I am very new to this I really appreciate your video God bless you
What size (diameter) soaker hose did you use to connect to your existing irrigation system? The soaker hoses I've found so far are the large ones (size of a normal garden hose). Thanks for the content, your clarity, and tips to avoid problems.
I use the 1/4in soaker hose. It's much smaller than the garden hose size. You can find it at your local home improvement store with the other drip irrigation parts, or online. Here is a link to some on Amazon amzn.to/3d8CHzK
@@InTheGarden Thanks for the quick response.
Super duper helpful. This is another great educational video... concise, thorough, smart. Thank you
Do I need a flow restricter before the soaker hose?
Thanks for the tips! Have you tried drip tape? it's essentially drip tubing with a small hole every 6" (or other spacing) for water to come out. I've heard for rows of plants it is more reliable than soaker hoses and easier/faster to setup that the same amount of emitters in a typical drip system.
I haven't tried drip tape yet, but it would be a great alternative to soaker hose. I plan to give it a try in my garden soon.
@@InTheGarden is there an advantage to drip tape over emitters? Would you have to snake the drip tape through the bed and obviously you can’t ‘target’ each plant?
Drip tape is good for long rows of plants, places you would normally use soaker hose. Like rows of corn, or lettuce, etc. It's not really a good replacement for emitters on plants like squash and tomatoes.
I’ve watched several of these videos and NON of them explain which pressure reducer is best to use or why (25 or 50 psi).
Most consumer drip irrigation system parts that are intended for home use need 15-30psi to function correctly and to not become damaged (pop apart).
You don't want your pressure higher than 30psi as the high pressure can cause the parts to come apart.
Most of my drip system parts are Rain Drip brand, but any 25-30psi pressure regulator should work fine.
Hope this helps, thanks for watching 😊🌱
It worked 👌thanks so mush
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Terrific presentation again.
Thanks again Michael 🙂
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Great info. Thank you.
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need CC but is korean by default and nonsense otherwise
Sorry about that. Not sure what happened with the CC on this video. UA-cam usually creates an English caption automatically, not sure why it tried to create Korean captions on this one.
Half of. What you are trying to do cannot be seen
Sorry the video didn't show what you needed. I hope you still got something from it. Thanks for watching, have a great day 😊🌱
Thank you. I like your format and learned a lot.
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How wide apart do soaker hose lines need to be placed in a raised bed, in average soil?
A good guideline is to place lines between 12 and 24 inches apart, depending on the soil. Sandy soil = closer together and Clay or Loamy soil = farther apart. If you're not sure, try 18inches and then adjust if needed. Hope this helps, thanks for watching 😊🌱
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This is an awesome video. One question though…how many linear feet of the 1/2” feeder line can you run to where it’ll still be effective? Like let’s say you have a 3 acre blueberry patch, the drip line would be well over 1,000 feet. Is that doable??
With very long runs, you would need to consider loss of pressure and flow rate over the long distance. And also the volume of water you would need to convey. 1/2in line might not be large enough. Ultimately, with an area that large you would probably want to look into commercial irrigation systems as a home system probably won't be the best solution.
Unfortunately my knowledge is just of home type drip irrigation so I can't provide more information to help you out.