{"id":2138,"date":"2016-08-15T04:04:47","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T04:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/?p=2138"},"modified":"2016-08-15T04:04:47","modified_gmt":"2016-08-15T04:04:47","slug":"my-first-attempt-at-drip-irrigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/15\/my-first-attempt-at-drip-irrigation\/","title":{"rendered":"My First Attempt at Drip Irrigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<body><p><\/p>After visiting cousins Ralph and Brenda in Lodi, I was convinced that even I could install a drip irrigation system. \u00a0So, I ordered this from eBay:\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/dpm.demdex.net\/id?d_visid_ver=1.5.7&amp;d_rtbd=json&amp;d_ver=2&amp;d_orgid=A71B5B5B54F607AB0A4C98A2%40AdobeOrg&amp;d_nsid=0&amp;d_cb=s_c_il%5B0%5D._setMarketingCloudFields\" async=\"async\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><!-- fix for IE freezing. --><!-- Use ?ForceSiteSpeedGauge=true for forcing --> Rain Bird Grdnerkit Drip Irrigation Gardener\u2019s Drip Kit | eBay<!-- [if IE]> \t \t<link\/><![endif]--> <!-- [if lt IE 8]>\n\t\t<![endif]--> <!-- adding lens js --><script src=\"http:\/\/ir.ebaystatic.com\/rs\/c\/collect-widget-init-v1-042915.js\" async=\"\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"Body\" class=\" sz940 sz1280 \">\n<div id=\"CenterPanelDF\">\n<div id=\"CenterPanel\" class=\" ebaylocale_en_US ebay_longlngsite \">\n<div id=\"CenterPanelInternal\">\n<div id=\"PicturePanel\" class=\"pp-c\">\n<div class=\"pp-ic pp-ic500\">\n<div class=\"l-shad lftd img img500\">\n<table class=\"img img500\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"img img500\">\n<div id=\"mainImgHldr\" style=\"width: 500px;\" title=\"Rain-Bird-GRDNERKIT-Drip-Irrigation-Gardeners-Drip-Kit\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"icImg\" class=\"img img500 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ebayimg.com\/images\/g\/12kAAOSwFNZWvVhd\/s-l500.jpg?w=474\" alt=\"Rain-Bird-GRDNERKIT-Drip-Irrigation-Gardeners-Drip-Kit\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>I realized there is no way I can put a nozzle in every little pot outside and inside the greenhouse\u2013that is probably close to 300 pots! \u00a0Instead, I figure if I put all the plants in trays and then get water to the trays, that should work. \u00a0So, I ordered a bunch of these:<\/p>\n<p><!-- fix for IE freezing. --><!-- Use ?ForceSiteSpeedGauge=true for forcing --> Gardening Trays No Drain Holes Greenhouse Garden Plant Wheatgrass Microgreens | eBay<!-- [if IE]> \t \t<link\/><![endif]--> <!-- [if lt IE 8]>\n<![endif]--> <!-- adding lens js --><script src=\"http:\/\/ir.ebaystatic.com\/rs\/c\/collect-widget-init-v1-042915.js\" async=\"\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"viEnlargeImgLayer\" class=\"vi_pl_panel\">\n<div class=\"vi_img_crsl_cmp\">\n<div class=\"vi_img_crsl_imgpl \">\n<table class=\"vi_img_crsl_tbl\" style=\"height: 258px;\" width=\"468\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"vi_img_crsl_tbl\">\n<div class=\"vi_img_crsl_ctr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"viEnlargeImgLayer_img_ctr\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ebayimg.com\/images\/g\/5CQAAOxyi-ZTa5pQ\/s-l1600.jpg?w=474\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"vi_img_crsl_ctr\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>And then taking the simplicity idea even farther, as brother Tim and I started to move all the outside plants to the trays, I thought it might be easiest to only have the top trays receive water and then let gravity do the rest. \u00a0I cut small slits about 3\/8\u2033 up on two sides of the trays. \u00a0Not only will this allow the drip irrigation water to drain to the trays below, but it also would keep the trays from filling up too much during the wet season.<\/p>\n<p>So, after all the plants were in trays (and there are some pretty cool plants that I\u2019ve started and somehow kept alive), I opened the package and looked over all the pieces of the drip kit.<\/p>\n<p>The concept is pretty simple and my gravity idea made it even easier. \u00a0I was able to hook up about ten feet of 1\/2\u2033 hose and \u00a0inserted four nozzles with the nifty installation tool. \u00a0The hardest part was figuring out how to \u201ccap\u201d the end of the \u00a0hose. \u00a0There was a figure-eight looking part that was supposed to be the tool, but it didn\u2019t make sense until I figured out you just put the hose through one opening of the figure eight, then bend it in half and back through the other opening! \u00a0It worked like a charm!<\/p>\n<p>So, I think I have successfully installed the drip system. \u00a0I have ordered a timer, too, so I\u2019m waiting for that. \u00a0In the meantime, this will be a good (sunny) week to run the drip nozzles to see how long it takes to completely water the 16 trays of plants.<\/p>\n<p>Next, I plan to order more trays for the greenhouse. \u00a0I will splice the hose and pass it under the gravel through the greenhouse door and then set up something similar to what I\u2019ve done on the outside shelves in there along the top shelf that can drip down to the bottom shelf. \u00a03\/8\u2033 of standing water seems about right to allow the pots in the trays to absorb enough, but not get too waterlogged.<\/p>\n<p>Once all that is done, I likely will install some drip systems around the yard, too, that will make it easier to water everything. \u00a0We\u2019ll see.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After visiting cousins Ralph and Brenda in Lodi, I was convinced that even I could install a drip irrigation system. \u00a0So, I ordered this from eBay: Rain Bird Grdnerkit Drip Irrigation Gardener\u2019s Drip Kit | eBay I realized there is no way I can put a nozzle in every little pot outside and inside the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/15\/my-first-attempt-at-drip-irrigation\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">My First Attempt at Drip Irrigation<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2138"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2140,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2138\/revisions\/2140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}