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Drip Irrigating your Garden

Drip Irrigating your Garden. Kent Phillips, Howard Co. Master Gardener kent.a.phillips@gmail.com. Begin with the basics. How much water does a garden need? What other factors determine watering requirements? Soil structure Soil texture Plants. Soil texture. Sandy Loam Clay.

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Drip Irrigating your Garden

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  1. Drip Irrigating your Garden Kent Phillips, Howard Co. Master Gardener kent.a.phillips@gmail.com

  2. Begin with the basics. • How much water does a garden need? • What other factors determine watering requirements? • Soil structure • Soil texture • Plants

  3. Soil texture • Sandy • Loam • Clay

  4. Soil structure • Arrangement of soil particles • Organic matter

  5. Why is soil texture and structure important? • Determines how water penetrates the soil. • Determines how much water remains in the soil.

  6. How do you irrigate? • Watering can • Hose

  7. What is micro irrigation? Watering the root zone Gravity fed system

  8. Advantages and Disadvantages • Advantages • Disadvantages

  9. Low Tech Micro Irrigation • Place water holding containers in the ground.

  10. Other low tech solutions • Row crops and raised garden beds • Soaker hoses

  11. Example using 3 ft. x 8 ft. beds Milk jugs Tomato Pepper

  12. Higher Tech Solutions • Drip tube • 100 ft costs $30 • 500 ft costs $130 • Drip tape • 6,500 ft costs $120

  13. Major Parts of a Drip System

  14. Major Parts of a Drip System • Backflow Preventer/Anti Siphon Valve • Cost $2 to $6

  15. Major Parts of a Drip System • Pressure Regulator - $10 to $12

  16. Major Parts of a Drip System • Screen or filter - $15 -- $20

  17. Major Parts of aDrip Tube System • Adapters and Connectors • Header line $3 $.70 $1 $.25 to $75 $50 for 250 feet

  18. Major Parts of aDrip Tube System • Emitters, punches, cutters and goof plugs $.15 to $.75 $3 $.20 $18

  19. Major Parts of aDrip Tube System • Timers, Controllers and solenoid valves $15 $20 $300

  20. Major Parts of a Drip Tape System • Home garden kit - $60 to $240

  21. Drip Irrigation Rules • Don’t exceed your water supply • Limit water pressure to 12 - 30 psi • Water flow will be limited by pipe size • Drip tube size controls length of run

  22. Planning • Layout garden on a sheet of graph paper • Plan your zones • Flow to any line/zone or zones • Can’t exceed 75% of supply. • Limited by tube size and length • Flow to the zone depends on number and size of emitters or length of drip tape

  23. My Garden Drip Tube Drip Tape Header line

  24. Planning • Layout garden on a sheet of graph paper • Plan your zones • Flow to any line/zone or zones • Can’t exceed 75% of supply. • Limited by tube size and line length • Flow to the zone depends on number and size of emitters or length of drip tape

  25. Wrap up • Plan your zones • Obey the rules • Check the web

  26. Join the Grow it Eat it Network! • A new campaign brought to you by Maryland Master Gardeners and the Home and Garden Information Center (HGIC) • Goals: • teach people how to grow food • increase the number of Maryland food gardeners • create a network of food gardeners who will keep learning and sharing through classes, workshops, events, web site, blog

  27. Resources Grow it! Eat it!- http://extension.umd.edu/growit Access to valuable and practical gardening tips and information. Share your experiences in our blog. Maryland Master Gardener Program- http://extension.umd.edu/mg Consider becoming a MG volunteer Home and Garden Information Center-http://extenstion.umd.edu/hgic Can answer your gardening questions… Call the “hotline” Mon-Fri, 8am-1pm. 1-800-342-2507 Send questions and photos 24/7 through this web site for a quick and thorough answer.

  28. This program was brought to you by Maryland Master Garden Program Howard County University of Maryland Extension

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