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PVC grid and drip system ALL IN ONE?
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PVC grid and drip system ALL IN ONE?
Hello everyone, I'm new to the forum and preparing my for my first Square Foot Garden.
Has anyone tried making a grid from PVC, drilling small holes in the bottom and hooking up to a water source?
Thanks!
Has anyone tried making a grid from PVC, drilling small holes in the bottom and hooking up to a water source?
Thanks!
twangster- Posts : 27
Join date : 2011-01-02
Location : nashville
Welcome Twangster

So glad you joined our group. We have a lot of people with loads of experience in various areas, so maybe someone can respond to your question. I don't have any experience in using PVC as a grid and also as a drip water system, but it does sound interesting.
Please feel free to ask questions and chime in if you have information to share.
Again,

Furbalsmom-
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FWIW though ... there's better (IMHO) ways to accomplish the same thing.
The "spray/drip-bar" concept rarely works the way you plan it too ..... too much pressure near the inlet and too little pressure at the farthest point from the water source.
Usually I get better results from a 1/2" low-volume line (header) with 1/8" feeders, run to the center of the square.
You could probably accomplish the same thing by tapping the PVC for pressure regulating nozzles/drippers, but its labor intensive.
Here's some pics of the low-volume set-up ..





Connection point w/ master on/off for box;

You can also get creative (or obsessive
) and actually have individual flow-control & on/off to the plants;

FWIW though ... there's better (IMHO) ways to accomplish the same thing.
The "spray/drip-bar" concept rarely works the way you plan it too ..... too much pressure near the inlet and too little pressure at the farthest point from the water source.
Usually I get better results from a 1/2" low-volume line (header) with 1/8" feeders, run to the center of the square.
You could probably accomplish the same thing by tapping the PVC for pressure regulating nozzles/drippers, but its labor intensive.
Here's some pics of the low-volume set-up ..





Connection point w/ master on/off for box;

You can also get creative (or obsessive


acara-
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Join date : 2010-08-27
Age : 54
Location : Wesley Chapel, Florida (Zone 9)
Re: PVC grid and drip system ALL IN ONE?
Sounds like a great idea, to me. And, with some effort, I bet it can be perfected. I saw a vid on a hoop-house that had the center bar with a connector to a hose to allow water to squirt inside, from the top, while the hoops were closed.
Anything is possible.
Anything is possible.
BackyardBirdGardner-
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Join date : 2010-12-25
Age : 49
Location : St. Louis, MO
Re: PVC grid and drip system ALL IN ONE?
MY uneducated, non-engineer, inexperienced, village idiot opinion is.......
When I did my first season I used the slats just like mel says to in the book for my grid...and I was amazed at how much "room" in my box those took up, I switched to clothesline for this upcoming year....I would think, assume the PVC pipe would do the same thing and annoy the crappola outta me.
just my .02 cents.
When I did my first season I used the slats just like mel says to in the book for my grid...and I was amazed at how much "room" in my box those took up, I switched to clothesline for this upcoming year....I would think, assume the PVC pipe would do the same thing and annoy the crappola outta me.


middlemamma-
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Join date : 2010-04-25
Location : Idaho Panhandle
Re: PVC grid and drip system ALL IN ONE?
There are a lot of plants that don't like to get watered from the top, so I would caution you against top watering systems except in special cases where you're dealing with a plant that doesn't mind wet leaves.

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