Setting Up Irrigation In My Container Garden! Why I'm Replacing My Current System

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10 күн бұрын

I am trying out a new irrigation system to replace the old line running on my front deck garden. Let's see how this one compares!
My overall thoughts are that I like using a 1/2" tube for my main link. I might even try 3/4" one day! I like the Carpathen emitters better than the Abakuku emitters although the Abakuku emitters do water at a larger diameter. If you have a favorite irrigation system, let me know in the comments!
Video showing how I set up the back deck irrigation: • Setting Up Irrigation ...
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@Chelleyshall 8 күн бұрын

Girl thank you. I was wondering how irrigation worked for containers. And I gotta set up before I go on vacation. 😬

@4nikkimay 8 күн бұрын

Wow 😮 Thanks 😊 for showing this.

@kaychaney6102 8 күн бұрын

You explained this so well. Thank you! Will you please show us the tubing on the deck…where it enters and exits pots…etc.

@ChicagoGardener 8 күн бұрын

Yes! I’ll show it in a future video, but everything is on top of the raised beds or pots. I didn’t install any through drainage holes or from the bottom of a pot.

@samandserendipity5324 7 күн бұрын

Thanks so much for sharing this. I’m about to set up my first irrigation system for all my containers and was feeling really daunted. You’ve made me feel so much better about it.

@ChicagoGardener 7 күн бұрын

That’s exactly how I felt when I first start but the process is very repetitive so that helped. Let me know if you have any questions along the way!

@samandserendipity5324 Күн бұрын

@@ChicagoGardener thank you, that’s really kind of you.

@DaveCollierCamping 8 күн бұрын

I sure use it, awful hot here in Virginia

@ChicagoGardener 8 күн бұрын

I can’t imagine gardening anywhere hotter than it is here 😂

@DaveCollierCamping 8 күн бұрын

@@ChicagoGardener 98 here today - really humid here on the coast near Norfolk Va

@CarlinTran 8 күн бұрын

Omg yay I was going to comment/ask for this video yesterday!

@ChicagoGardener 8 күн бұрын

Yay!! I hope this is helpful!

@franbernhards7844 7 күн бұрын

Thank you so much!!! Totally helpful and thanks for the product links!

@ChicagoGardener 7 күн бұрын

Thank you, I’m glad it was helpful!

@rebeccavajda9373 4 күн бұрын

I absolutely love your videos! Thank you so much for the detailed explanation! Irrigation systems have always intimidated me😅 but I also wanted to point out I’m pretty sure I see a caterpillar on your plant at around the 16:40 mark! I wasn’t sure if you noticed it or not 😆

@ChicagoGardener 4 күн бұрын

Omg I see it!! I didn’t notice at all at the time.

@philee2020 8 күн бұрын

This is helpful and inspiring! I sadly don’t have an outdoor faucet like you do, however I’m willing to try a solar-powered irrigation system that pulls water from a water bucket and see how that works out😅 I’m going away for 1 week in July so I’ll be so pleased if that works out for me!🤞🏼

@ChicagoGardener 8 күн бұрын

Omg you have to let me know how that works!! I know a lot of people who don’t have a water hookup on their deck and that would be a great option.

@IrieGardens 8 күн бұрын

Thank you for the in-depth explanation but I’m also really distracted by that beautiful desk in the background 😍

@ChicagoGardener 8 күн бұрын

Isn’t it so cool!! I got it from Antiquish Home Decor online. I love old furniture 😆

@IrieGardens 8 күн бұрын

@@ChicagoGardener Never heard of that one. Thanks for sharing, I love a good vintage piece.

@nicholasryan5401 8 күн бұрын

Great job, it was the bees knees. We have a small front garden with three flowerbeds, 52 containers of perennials and 6 pots of annuals on the two windowsills. My wife has no interest in gardening and tells me it looks like a mini garden centre. I water the containers and flowerbeds with a watering can in the evenings and I find it very calming. At the moment the weather in Ireland has been 70-75 most days for the last 10 days. I water the pots twice a week and the flowerbeds once a week they get a deep watering. We are both retired and I know as time goes on I will have to get drip irrigation.

@ChicagoGardener 8 күн бұрын

Omg looking like a mini garden center is my dream 😂 Ireland is on my places to visit list. Is there a time of year that’s the best to visit?

@nicholasryan5401 7 күн бұрын

@@ChicagoGardener May to September are the best five months to visit.

@doowopshopgal 8 күн бұрын

I had to do the same thing and increase the size of the tubing, I went to Home Depot and bought tubing and I didn’t like those little emitters so I got the bubblers or umbrella emitters which you can regulate by turning the knob on the top.

@ChicagoGardener 8 күн бұрын

Do you like the tubing you got at Home Depot? I might just do that next time.

@timothyjohnson5580 8 күн бұрын

I switched from the tubing with the holes to the umbrella emitters. Way easier to install and move around plus watering time is much faster

@carollewinson1555 8 күн бұрын

Thank you for this video! I watch Garden Answer too and have been afraid to set up a system for years! You really broke this down nicely. Question. How do you determine if you need a 10 PSI pressure regulator or the 25psi one?

@ChicagoGardener 8 күн бұрын

I think there’s an actual way to measure it but I just googled and the most common recommendation for spray emitters was 25 or 30 so that’s what I went with 😂

@doowopshopgal 8 күн бұрын

At one point, I was even thinking of getting the tubing that has the holes in it and just laying it in the ground and you don’t have to put emitters, but I don’t know how that really works. I know a lot of gardeners use that for their vegetable beds.

@ChicagoGardener 8 күн бұрын

I’ve thought about that too but I’m not sure if I’d have to run more tubes in my bed then or if one would still work.

@doowopshopgal 8 күн бұрын

@@ChicagoGardener yes I am still in that dilemma

@Ristina81 2 күн бұрын

I have a soaker hose in my tomato bed. It’s 2 25 ft ones that are hooked up to a splitter that is where the hose goes. I let it run for 30 minutes. It works. I only turn the faucet on a quarter turn.