I agree that electrical tape probably will not work. Good ole duct tape would be better. And that will still leak but it is a soaker hose with holes to leak water out anyway.If its a gusher I would rap a piece of plastic around the hole and then put duct tape over that and it should turn the gusher to a leaker. DT

You can get splicing parts at any major hardware store.

I used Gorrila brand tape on a leak and it worked perfectly. That stuff is amazingly strong.

If there are too many just cut out the bad section, splice it or put new end connectors on it. The different pieces come in handy as you reconfigure your garden. Its easy to work with and hard to have too much.

I put a hole in my soaker hose too, and I was thinking about trying some silicone caulk on it. Haven't done it yet because it's been raining, but I'll probably get to it this weekend. If you're interested, I'll post the results. :)

I had one break and spew..wasn't just a hole...went to local Lowes and bought a 1/2 inch repair kit for 79 cents..cut either end and fitted the brass fitting and radiator clamps..works like a champ..works well for water hoses for those that ran over them with the mower..uhmmhmm..like I did..

i bought a 500' roll of soaker hose last year. i tried tape when it sprung a leak and that never helped. the best thing i found was some 1/2" PVC and a couple hose clamps. i don't patch any leak unless it sprays out.

i also keep a bunch of male and female hose ends in my shop. if i need to change the length of a hose, cut it and attach the ends.

They sell inexpensive plastic splice units made specifically for repairing soaker hose - black with yellow ends sold anywhere soaker hose is sold - that you just cut the hose and stuff it into each end of the splice. 2-tube epoxy also works well for smaller holes.

Dave

This is a timely discussion as my DH just accidentally sliced 2 of our soaker hoses completely in half while dividing perennials. He went up to Lowes to get the splice units suggested by Digdirt and atascosa. Any additional suggestions before he tries to repair them?

I chopped the end off of my soaker hose with the lawn mower, and needed to replace just that one end -- the rest of the hose was fine.

I couldn't find any soaker hose repair parts at our local Ace or Home Depot -- all they had were replacement ends for regular 5/8" or 3/4" garden hose, which are too large for the soaker hose I have. So, I used a short piece of regular garden hose with the end I needed already on it. All I needed to do was to find something that would join these two different diameter hoses together, and I'd be set.

After some snooping around in the store, I ended up in the plumbing department at Home Depot, and picked up a 1/4" to 3/8" barb used for joining PEX tubing, wrapped each end with some Teflon tape, put each end in the hose it fit in, and clamped each side with a hose clamp. Presto! Soaker hose fixed. I think it was about $1.60 for the barb, and $1 for each hose clamp, if I hadn't already had those kicking around the garage. There were other diameter barbs there, too, if your hose sizes differ.

tl;dr Use a PEX tubing barb to join and repair small diameter soaker hoses for your garden.

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@br33, what tape of electrical type do jou use? :P

Since there isn't much pressure in soaker hose any tape can work for at least one season. It does not have to be 100% water tight.

Sey