Drip Irrigation System
For those interested, I went to Lowe's Home Improvement Center today, to get pertinent information on the components I used to rig up my drip irrigation system. Home Depot should also have this stuff or something very similar. At Lowe's, it is located in the plumbing department on the shelves with the underground irrigation stuff for your yard. This stuff is easy to work with and only a utility knife in the way of tools. The prices shown are for here in Rocky Mount, NC
Timer- I am using a Rain Bird WTA-1875 timer. It operates on 2 AA batteries. Lowe's didn't have any in stock and I couldn't find the place on the shelf for them, but it was approximately $25.00. I also use a Gilmour brand that was $20.00, but I do not have the number for it.. You do not need anything fancy here, just the ability to cut on and off once a day, or every other day and the ability to adjust the amount of time per day. It is located in the garden department.
Fertilizer-I use the MiracleGro All Purpose Plant food that comes in packs that you just dump into the Feeder listed above. Sorry, but I didn't check the price on this.
The rest of this stuff is located in the plumbing department with the underground irrigation stuff. It is made by Mister Landscaper.
Main line-comes in two lengths
Mister Landscaper Poly Tubing ½” X 50' long, MLT-71 $7.86
Mister Landscaper Poly Tubing ½” X 100' long, MLT-72 $13.84
If you need to join two pieces together as I did, you will need a connector Mister Landscaper Coupling, MLF-36 $2.14
Mister Landscaper End Fitting-to close off the open end of tubing, MLF-50 $1.27
Mister Landscaper Hose Fitting-enables you to connect poly tubing to garden hose, MLF-33 $1.87
Drip Lines
Mister Landscaper 30' long Black Connector vinyl tubing, MLT-B30 $3.65 per 30', cut this tubing to the lengths you need
Mister Landscaper Hole Punch Tool- punches hole in poly tubing for connectors that attach the vinyl tubing listed above, also includes some plugs in case of mistake, MLA-51 $2.14
Mister Landscaper ¼” Barb X Barb Connector-connects vinyl tubing to poly tubing, 15 per pack, MLT-BXB $3.14
Mister Landscaper Adjustable Dripper Stakes-can be adjusted from 0 to 10 gallons per hour, I leave mine wide open and do my adjusting of amount of water used with timer-simply stick the stakes into the pea gravel in the coffee can I mentioned in my gourd growing techniques, MLD-STA, 3 per pack, $3.27
I hope this info will help you to plan what you would need and help you be able to find it. If anyone has any further questions, please email me.
