Drip Irrigation with a bucket for trees

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8 жыл бұрын

A cheap and easy way to keep your trees watered when you're in the drought or keep forgetting to water your trees.
Parts List
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2' - 1/4" Drip Irrigation Tubing $0.10 per foot
1 - 3/4" x 1/4" Compression Fitting $1.59 each
1 - 1/4" Drip Irrigation Tubing Stake $0.11 each
1 - Dripper (I chose 1GPH) $0.42 each
1 - 3/4" Male Adapter $0.40 each
1 - Bucket $3.21 each
1 - Bucket Lid $1.60 each
2 - #18 O-Ring $0.25 each
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Total: $8.03 After tax
Tools Required
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Drill
Scissors
Pipe Cutter
Paddle bit or Hole Saw (just smaller then 3/4")

Пікірлер: 62

@esparzaphoto Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing this video. I plan to use it for my veggie garden.

@abrielonsurez4051 6 жыл бұрын

Great video! I was thinking about running a drip system on a timer. I enjoy watering my garden this allows me to water my garden personally, and obtain slow watering which solves my problem with runoff.

@mssavedin92 6 жыл бұрын

great idea , well worth the time . We just learned that the most important place to water the fruit trees is at the drip line so thats what we shall be doing. Thankyou

@mmangla5575 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the information

@christophergalvin8121 3 жыл бұрын

Nice design. I couldn't get a good seal with the o-rings so I swapped them with neoprene washers which I super glued to bucket.

@eagle4life69 3 жыл бұрын

Christopher Galvin I think because I made the hole super small, it helped

@janicet.2656 4 жыл бұрын

Great video! Thanks!

@growingthings6232 3 жыл бұрын

I just built two of these buckets today , love the concept & took it a step further to irrigate a small garden space. Thanks this a helpful idea!

@eagle4life69 3 жыл бұрын

I am glad I could help

@jukujttt5760 8 жыл бұрын

Nice video

@w5winston 7 жыл бұрын

I'm gonna do this, thanks. :)

@binhminh417 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@deborhasmith6285 2 жыл бұрын

I thought it was great. I'm going to use it in my garden...it doesn't rain here much in San Diego so I put a pail in my shower for the water...I collect water..

@eagle4life69 2 жыл бұрын

Collecting Water from anywhere is a great Idea. I live in the Riverside area and we never get rain either

@nyw11 6 жыл бұрын

I like this solution and got a great laugh at that annoying pipe cutter. Cheers!

@eagle4life69 6 жыл бұрын

Yep as long as it works I keep using it.. I still have it and it is just as annoying

@eagle4life69 5 жыл бұрын

I finally replaced it with something better. Also would have helped to use the right tool for the job, scissors would have been better or heck even a knife

@CariMachet 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@PlanktoniusRex 7 жыл бұрын

Looks good but seems to be a lot of work and expense that is not needed. I use three buckets and each have a 3/64" single hole at the bottom/side. I fill them at the trees, three trees at a time, and just let them drain. At first the pressure of a full bucket causes a rather quick drain but it slows way down in the last half. The dry topsoil can easily drink the first rapid half and when it starts to become saturated the flow naturally slows down as the level drops. I can water my 12 trees in several hours with very limited evaporation loss and the cost was $0 as the buckets were used and free. Another perk is that clogs are easily cleared when using compost tea. I usually put mulch over the water stream to distribute and cover the stream from air for reduced loss. Works like a charm and the trees love it once a week with mulch cover is plenty.

@eagle4life69 7 жыл бұрын

You could do this, my intention was to allow for a slow drip in a focused area... also with my Idea, no bugs get in because of the mesh screen placed on the hose

@RugbyNick6 6 жыл бұрын

Same. I drill 2 tiny holes and use the buckets for street trees on my block in DC. I don't want the my neighbors to get weirded out by it so I prefer this faster method. I can go back 45 minutes or an hour later and just pour out anything that's still in the bucket. I've already mulched the trees so there is no obvious runoff.

@morganclapp5554 7 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't putting a lid on create a counteracting suction preventing the leaking to continue at a certain point

@eagle4life69 7 жыл бұрын

morgan clark nope it doesn't prevent it at all

@mistybe 7 жыл бұрын

Where did you purchase the 3/4" x 1/4" Compression Fitting? I have checked both Lowe's and HomeDepot

@eagle4life69 7 жыл бұрын

Misty Belmontez here is the link to Home Depot Your friend has shared a link to a Home Depot product they think you would be interested in seeing. 3/4 in. Hose Thread x 1/4 in. Compression Fitting Item # 789933 It's for drip irrigation

@JinxDClown 7 жыл бұрын

how long until the water runs out? Interested in using this method for when I go on vacation

@eagle4life69 7 жыл бұрын

Jinx D.Clown with the current setup it lasts for about 5 hrs because I'm using a 1 GPH (gallons per hour). Bigger bucket will last longer. Reducing the size of the flow would spread the time out as well.

@rolpaisajismo6721 6 жыл бұрын

Hi, how many trees you own with that system? and how long does it take you to fill those bottles?

@eagle4life69 6 жыл бұрын

I have about 7 tree's and it only takes a few minutes to fill the buckets

@TomCrosman 3 жыл бұрын

Supposed to water trees near the drip line and not at the trunk. If one has clay soil this will not deep root water them at all. Will at most soak in 6 inches. Deep root is 24-36".

@eagle4life69 3 жыл бұрын

Tom Crosman you’re correct 5 gallons isn’t going to help anyways for larger trees. But when the summer heat is on and you have younger plants this could be the difference between living and dying

@rafapz2347 2 жыл бұрын

Will this work on a 55 gallon plastic drum?

@eagle4life69 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah you can make it work, I would recommend a tight seal on the lid to keep bugs out. It would last quite some time

@larryhalters31 6 жыл бұрын

what type of bubbler did you use. I followed this video and had a 1 gph drip irrigation head from Lowe's and didn't get it to flow. It barely dripped at all (wasn't clogged).

@eagle4life69 5 жыл бұрын

Interesting it is just a regular 1gph dripper, should be able to put the water out without any issues like mine did. Without seeing what it is doing on yours I am not sure why it wouldn't work. 4 years later and my buckets are still working great

@Halpennp 4 жыл бұрын

Did u have a vacuum from having the lid closed? May have been able to stop the flow

@MariA-nw5qx 4 жыл бұрын

Instead of drilling a hole in the bucket, can we siphon the water out? I mean, 1. sink one end of the tube in a bucket (weighted down to the bottom, so not to float) 2.attach a dripper at the other end of the tube 3. dunk the entire tube in the bucket (get rid of air inside the tub) 4. grab the dripper end and stick it in the ground. I don't have a drilling tool, so I wondered if a siphoning method might work as it also works on gravity.

@eagle4life69 4 жыл бұрын

I would have to try, I guess in theory you could do this, just might be more time consuming on refills. Are you looking at just using a bucket to drip but don't want to destroy the bucket so you can use it later?

@MariA-nw5qx 4 жыл бұрын

@@eagle4life69 Thanks for your reply. I just don't have any power tools and have a track record of botched DIY projects, so I thought if I could just plonk in the tube in the bucket, that'd be just my level of work ;-) Anyway, I read other people's comments and might try making a tiny hole on the bucket to leach the water out.

@JohnnyFYX 3 жыл бұрын

Use a lighter to heat a small finishing nail or a large needle while holding it with pliers or an oven mit. Press the hot nail/needle thru the plastic. Problem solved without power tools.

@MariA-nw5qx 3 жыл бұрын

@@JohnnyFYX Thanks, I'll give it a go!

@homeschool970 10 ай бұрын

How long does it take to empty bucket?

@eagle4life69 10 ай бұрын

Depends on what tip you put on. In this video I used a 1GPH or 1 Gallon Per Hour so a 5 gallon bucket filled all the way up would take about 5 hours to empty

@rjohnsoneod 3 жыл бұрын

I used a 1 GPH but nothing came out in over an hour. The bucket was full and the lid was off. I was testing it before I built 8 more. Do I need a different GPH? I wanted .5 but they were out of them at the time.

@eagle4life69 3 жыл бұрын

Big John you should get some drips right away the gph is gallons per hour. 5 gallon bucket would last 5 hours. You shouldn’t need the lid on or off, it would end up dripping either way. Double check your line isn’t clogged

@rjohnsoneod 3 жыл бұрын

@@eagle4life69 Yeah, 1 GPH should empty a 5 gal bucket in 5 hrs. Basic math but it just is not working. I left it in the garage overnight with a cup under the dripper. The next morning there was less than a few ounces. I bought a different brand of dripper then you did (all they had in stock). The back of my wrapper says 1 GPH based on 25psi. I contacted the company and they said that they may not work on a gravity feed but they have heard that some people have had some success. I guess I am not one of those people.

@rjohnsoneod 3 жыл бұрын

I am going to find another brand of dripper and go with a 2GPH. it should have less resistance then the 1 GPH or even the .5 GPH. That may allow the gravity feed to work properly. As a temp fix I put a piece of wire around the tubing to restrict the flow down to a small small flow. It takes hours to drain a full bucket.

@cbzombiequeen58 7 жыл бұрын

I have a question? I am not trying to be smart, I really don't know. Your watering the one spot. what about the rest of the root system. That root system comes out as far as the branches, and its not getting water.

@eagle4life69 7 жыл бұрын

Hasn't been an issue but I do move it around everyday

@mssavedin92 6 жыл бұрын

i heard the drip line is the most important place to water and fertilize. I would do one of these with 4 drip line hoses attached, awesome idea

@janetjackson5525 4 жыл бұрын

We have 20 new trees

@norcalianglerhugo7113 3 жыл бұрын

What hole saw size was that ?

@eagle4life69 3 жыл бұрын

3/4" you just want it about the same size as the pipe you're going to screw into it. This will help prevent any additional leaking

@norcalianglerhugo7113 3 жыл бұрын

@@eagle4life69 thanks

@Eastbaypisces 6 жыл бұрын

or u can just drill 3 or 4 1/16 or 5/64 holes in bottom

@eagle4life69 5 жыл бұрын

Problem with putting holes instead of drip tips is the drip would not be controlled

@georgeleakos954 5 жыл бұрын

@@eagle4life69 This is a null point as you're using just 5 gallons of water. The ground will get a good soaking whether you use a gallon an hour or 4 gallons per hour emitter. I've tried the exact same method as what you did in that past and it works but at the end I still prefer the simple, tiny holes at the bottom of buckets.

@BigGary79 5 жыл бұрын

Exactly. This method is big time overkill. The drip is controlled by the size and number of holes.

@BigGary79 5 жыл бұрын

Overkill. Simply drill a very small hole in the bottom of the bucket and it'll empty slow enough to saturate the area.

@eagle4life69 5 жыл бұрын

BigGary79 except this could allow bugs to get into your bucket. Also that is not very controlled as mine is. It also works as you said but I was looking for a constant controlled water

@cooperjack1987 2 жыл бұрын

5 ⅛ inch holes drains a 5 gallon bucket in about 10 minutes. That's good enough for me.