{"id":661,"date":"2023-02-23T14:50:50","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T13:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/philomena\/?p=661"},"modified":"2023-02-23T14:52:09","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T13:52:09","slug":"setting-up-a-drip-irrigation-system-for-your-vegetable-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/philomena\/setting-up-a-drip-irrigation-system-for-your-vegetable-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Setting up a drip irrigation system for your vegetable garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/philomena\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2023\/02\/drip-rrigation.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/philomena\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2023\/02\/drip-rrigation.jpg 650w, https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/philomena\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2023\/02\/drip-rrigation-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/philomena\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2023\/02\/drip-rrigation-520x346.jpg 520w, https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/philomena\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2023\/02\/drip-rrigation-320x213.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ideally, you need to start with a Gardena drip irrigation kit with a timer&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hoses will come coiled up so uncoil them and lay them out on a lawn or patio to warm in the sun and straiten out becoming easier to lay&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, lay the main pipes out as required, as a general rule each small dripping unit attached to a hose will water plants within a 0.25 to 0.50 square metre area. The drip nozles are adjustable to restrict the flow or to switch if off at that point if required.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The timer needs to be set to water in the later evening to the middle of the night ( water pressure is higher in the middle of the night because of less domestic use ) watering for 15 mins every two days in the later spring and summer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To supply the water you have a number of choices<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Off a mains water tap ( the timer will stop the backflow into the mains water system )&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a hose connected to a mains water tap&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A gravity fed water source see link https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/tomsgarden\/gravity-feed-irrigation-system\/<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A water pump with a timer installed in a water butt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s important not to try to feed your fruit and vegetables through the drip irrigation system as this will block the drip nozzles<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"564\" height=\"798\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/philomena\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2023\/02\/30ecbae2f2db58e29b1ba52e8b2404e3-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/philomena\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2023\/02\/30ecbae2f2db58e29b1ba52e8b2404e3-1.jpg 564w, https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/philomena\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2023\/02\/30ecbae2f2db58e29b1ba52e8b2404e3-1-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/philomena\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2023\/02\/30ecbae2f2db58e29b1ba52e8b2404e3-1-520x736.jpg 520w, https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/philomena\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2023\/02\/30ecbae2f2db58e29b1ba52e8b2404e3-1-320x453.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ideally, you need to start with a Gardena drip irrigation kit with a timer&nbsp; The hoses will come coiled up so uncoil them and lay them out on a lawn or patio to warm&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":662,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gardening-notes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/philomena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/philomena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/philomena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/philomena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/philomena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/philomena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/philomena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/philomena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/philomena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/philomena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}