Am I planning this drip system right?

21 years ago

I'm a newbie. Have never had my own yard before. Last year's gardening attempts were a total bust because the flower beds aren't covered by the watering system and I wasn't able to water until evening (work nights) so the slugs & snails just ate everything in only a couple of days--even with nightly slug hunts and beer traps.

So I'm putting in an automated drip system (with pressure compensating drippers because of the slope) just on the beds (for now) so I can water in the morning. I'm planning on planting mostly perennial herbs (rosemary, lavender, thyme, oregano, etc) with a few annual edibles (basil, purslane, dandelion).

I'm crossing the walkway *on top* (in a rather deep seam) because I want my dad or dad-in-law to supervise putting it under the walkway. But neither will here until fall.

Do you agree with this layout? (attached, if I did it right). The green marks are where I'll need to use Tees and Elbows to go over the brick walls. No drippers this year in the faucet bed cuz it's deep shade and I haven't decided what to put there yet.

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more_to_grow
21 years ago
I would first recommend use of a filter, I prefer a disk filter as they are easilly cleaned, in spite of the fact that several manufacturers indicate that the emitters are *clog free* it has been my experience that this is not necessarilly true. You indicate that this is an "automated" system, are you utilizing a clock and electric valve(s)? I ask this simply for the purpose of valve functionality, if you are simply attaching this to an existing faucet (as your picture seems to indicate) you should have no problems, if you are planning to use an electric valve you may have issues with the valve actuating at such low flow.

Good luck, it looks like you have a handle on it.
thorspippi
Original Author
21 years ago
Oh, I knew I should have posted a link to the one I bought.

From the Drip Store

It has more emitters and tubing than I'll probably ever be able to use, but I plan on expanding gradually. Their tutorial suggests starting small. Still, I don't think they included enough goof plugs... :-)

Pretty good tutorial too.

Anyway, thanks! It's good to know that there aren't any glaring errors that you could see right off.
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