Schedule your drips to run early in the morning for a designated period of time, and your garden will be watered before you even get out of bed.įor someone like me, who’s far from a morning person, that’s a big selling point! Drip irrigation is one of my favorite lazy gardening strategies because it results in a more productive vegetable garden with less effort needed on my part. A drip system can be automated on a timer so that you simply set it and forget it. What’s even more valuable is the time you save by no longer hand watering. You end up with fewer weeds, no wasteful runoff, and healthier plants, all with little to no maintenance once the system is fully set up for the season. Not only does drip irrigation supply the right amount of water necessary for your plants to thrive, it also delivers water right at the roots, where it’s most needed, and keeps water off the leaves, which helps prevent fungal diseases like powdery mildew and garlic rust.Ĭompared to sprinklers, which are only 65 percent efficient due to evaporation and runoff, drip irrigation is 90 percent efficient. Overwater your plants and you could literally drown them in their own beds underwater them and they’ll turn brown and brittle.īut just how much is too much and how little is too little? How do you remember when and what to water, and what do you do when you’re away for a week?ĭrip irrigation solves all of these dilemmas, even for people who live in climates with plenty of precipitation. Most vegetables prefer soil that’s neither too soggy nor too dry. In fact, you’ll be able to tend your vegetable garden while saving water at the same time. But irrigate your garden right, and your crops can continue to drink up without exceeding your city’s water restrictions. In a conservation-conscious area, this could mean a bit of creative planning, cutting back on raised beds or finding ways to reuse gray water. After all, we simply turn on the tap and water magically falls, as much as we’d like.īut I think a lot of gardeners (especially edible gardeners) feel the struggle, financially and emotionally, every time a new seed is sowed or another bounty is brought in. According to the Climate Prediction Center, it’s looking like another dry year ahead.įor those of us in urban areas, it’s sometimes hard to wrap our heads around the fact that our water supply is dwindling. Over 44 percent of California is currently considered to be in moderate drought, reservoirs in the Colorado River Basin are at alarmingly low levels, and bone-dry farmland across the country has resulted in poor pasture and crop conditions.
And that makes our finite resource ever more precious in spite of the few rainstorms that did pass through in recent weeks.ĭespite record-breaking precipitation last year from Alaska down to California, 38.4 percent of the US is once again facing drought, the highest percentage since the 40 percent recorded in May 2014.
In summer, keeping a vegetable garden well watered means keeping an open tap like you haven’t seen since your last kegger in college.īut in the western United States, the little rainfall we’ve seen this winter can make it seem like summer year-round. Please check with your local water purveyor to see if the use of Anti-siphon device (not included) is required.This post is in partnership with DripWorks. We recommend the use of an Anti-Siphon device (not included) with any of our hose end products. The 11000 Hose End (tap timer) Irrigation controller is easy to install, on the inlet side you simply attach the controller.to any hose bib while on the outlet side you use a hose thread adapter to connect your irrigation system.
GALCON LCD TIMER MANUAL
A manual operation button is a great way to run water on demand. Four start times per day can be programmed to irrigate from 1 minute to 12 hours. Allows you to irrigate by day of the week or every day of the week. The 11000 Hose End (tap timer) Irrigation controller.
GALCON LCD TIMER INSTALL
Easy to install and simple to program, the 11000 Hose End (tap timer) Irrigation controller is durable and equipped with a large LCD screen and large user interface buttons make programming a quick and easy task. Can be used to automate the watering of your landscape and potted plants. This long life, high quality Hose End (tap timer) Irrigation controller. When combined with a Drip Irrigation System. The Galcon 11000 is the great alternative to watering by hand.
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