Installing a drip system for landscape beds

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Old 05-11-2010, 09:49 AM
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I recently installed a drip system for all of my landscape beds by tapping into one of the sprinkler heads. The drip system does have to be on an irrigation station that is separate from the lawn stations so you can put the beds on a different irrigation schedule.

One word of caution, be sure to use the larger canister type filters at the point you tap into the sprinkler head. There is a lot of sand and other debris in the irrigation water that will clog the drip heads. The smaller screened connectors will not get the job done.

Also, be sure to use a pressure regulator after the filter.

I am very happy with the results so far. Each plant gets the proper amount of water with much less overall water usage.
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Thanks, good info. I would be interested in doing this when we move in later this month. What stores were your source of supplies, and approx cost for this project?
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Thanks, good info. I would be interested in doing this when we move in later this month. What stores were your source of supplies, and approx cost for this project?
I used mostly the Dig system from Home Depot. However, I got about half the supplies online at Mr Drip.

I used about 500' of 1/2" main line, and about 300 drip bubblers of various sizes. Total cost was about $300 for materials.
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Thanks, RVR that is good info.
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