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From YouTube: Drip Irrigation for Containers
Description
(3/24/12) OSU Extension Consumer Horticulturist, David Hillock demonstrates a simple way to irrigate your container plantings with an inexpensive drip irrigation system.
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Love
container
plantings,
they're
very
versatile.
You
can
find
containers
of
all
shapes
and
sizes
you
plant
ornamentals
in
them
you
can
plant
fruits
and
vegetables
they're
mobile,
but
the
nicest
thing
is
they
provide
some
interest
in
color
in
an
area
like
a
patio
or
a
deck
around
your
home.
My
biggest
problem
with
containers
is
keeping
them
watered
properly
throughout
the
summer,
so
this
year,
I'm
going
to
tackle
that
by
installing
a
very
simple
drip
irrigation
system.
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So
what
I
did
was
I
went
down
to
my
local
hardware,
store
or
home
improvement
store
and
in
the
plumbing
department.
I
actually
found
a
very
simple
drip,
irrigation
kit
for
containers
or
pots,
and
it
has
everything
you
need
in
it.
This
will
actually
allow
you
to
water
up
to
eight
eight
pots
on
your
patio.
I
has
the
the
stakes
with
the
drip
emitters
on
it
has
a
backflow
prevention
valve,
which
is
very
important
anytime.
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You
have
something
like
this
hooked
up
to
your
your
water
drinking
water
supply
and
then
the
adaptors
the
hose
and
everything
else
you
would
need.
Now.
You
can
hook
this
up
to
your
faucet,
coming
right
off
your
house.
So
it
makes
it
really
convenient,
but
my
problem
with
that
is
it
kind
of
takes
that
uses
up
that
faucet.
It
takes
up
that
faucet
and
it's
really
hard
to
use
it
for
anything
else.
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So
a
couple
of
things
I
bought
while
I
was
at
the
at
the
store,
was
one
of
these
Y
valves
and
it
hooks
up
to
your
faucet.
Now
I
can
hook
up
my
my
system
to
this
side,
but
I
also
have
one
side
free
for
my
hose
to
hook
up
and
use
if
I
need
to
water.
Other
areas
of
the
landscape,
the
other
nice
little
device
I
have
is
a
quick
coupler,
very
simple,
there's
some
they're
very
inexpensive.
This
is
a
plastic
one.
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You
can
also
get
some
brass
types
as
well,
but
you
hook
it
up
to
your
hose
hook
it
up
to
your
ear
faucet
and
it's
as
simple
of
that.
Take
on
and
off
now
another
problem
with
hooking
up
the
system
just
by
itself
to
the
faucet
is
you're
going
to
have
to
come
out
manually
turn
it
on
and
off
to
keep
it
watered
so
again,
there's
some
inexpensive
devices
that
you
can
use
to
help
solve
that
problem.
This
is
actually
a
battery-operated
timer
and
it
has
several
different
settings
on.
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For
a
while
and
especially
helpful
when
you're
going
on
vacation-
and
you
don't,
you
don't-
have
to
ask
your
neighbors
to
come.
Watch
your
plants
and
water,
your
plants,
for
you
can
actually
set
it
go
away
for
a
while
come
back,
and
hopefully
your
plants
and
your
plants
will
still
be
alive.
So
first
thing
I'm
going
to
start
with,
is
actually
attaching
this
timer.
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This
is
backflow
prevention
or
yeah.
This
is
the
backflow
prevention
valve.
That's
going
to
go
on
the
bottom
here
and
again
that
helps
keep
water
for
if
the
pressure
drops
for
some
reason
from
any
water
contaminated
water
that
may
be
in
the
system
from
bat
backing
up
into
your
drinking
water
in
the
house-
and
you
want
to
just
put
these
on
just
finger
tight,
you
don't
want
to
use
a
apply.
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Attach
the
tubing
to
the
faucet,
the
timer
string
it
out
along
the
pots
as
far
as
you
need
to
get
it
to
the
pots
and
then
go
ahead
and
cut
it
at
that
end
from
there
we
will
go
ahead
and
install
the
stakes,
so
we're
going
to
us
attach
a
stake
to
each
of
the
each
of
the
pots.
So
we're
going
to
make
a
cut
here
in
the
tubing.
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Okay,
we're
ready
to
test
the
system
so
I'm
going
to
turn
on
the
water,
and
you
can
see
that
these
have
heads
that
will
spray
a
great
distance.
But
there
are
the
nice
thing
about
this.
Particular
product
is
they're
adjustable
and
these
will
spray
out
at
ten
gallons
per
hour
not
per
minute
but
per
hour
down
to
zero.
So
we
can
actually
shut
it
off
completely,
but
we're
going
to
do
is
just
set
it,
so
it
just
bubbles
and
just
leak.
You
know
soaks
the
the
pots.
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The
neat
things
about
these
systems
is
they're,
they're,
very
versatile.
Again,
this
is
an
adjustable
type,
so
you
can
adjust
the
flow
based
on
the
types
of
plants
that
you're
growing
the
size
of
the
pot,
the
weather
conditions,
etc.
The
other
nice
thing
about
these
is
they're
again
very
versatile
in
terms
of
you
can
buy
systems
that
will
irrigate
your
landscapes
and,
of
course,
kits
or
you
can
buy
the
components
individually,
so
you
can
customize
your
system.