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1:00 Irrigation options
2:43 Garden in Minutes assembly
6:44 How the grid works
7:57 Planting using grid
Garden watering is always a bit vexing for me too.
Regular drip system works fine for trees and bushes, long term plants but I do too much hand watering of vegies, think I'll go with drip and adjustable emitters next season for the flexibility, similar to my long term plants.
So do you need raised beds, and do you need a separate watering grid for each bed? Also do you hook them together or move the hose from one to the other? Thanks.
This is very cool.
I absolutely love mine. Add a timer to it and you can consistently water your garden with no fuss. This system saves so much time.
the issue was the diameter of the drip line. it can only carry so much water a certain distance. they make drip line in bigger sizes that can carry water hundreds of feet. I haven't messed with drip tape but I heard its amazing.
Don't be too happy so soon. Try for at least a year and then give the recommendation.
What ratio if you have 12" raised galvanized steel beds? I have 4- 4×8 beds , 2- 3×6, a few 2×4 beds. I was thinking 3" smooth rock, then 9" dirt. Would this system still work??
I looked at these grid systems and for the number of raised beds I have it was EXPENSIVE! Plus, I would really like to find something that will work UNDER landscaping fabric. Any suggestions?
Where did you get your metal raised bed material.
These garden grids are expensive as heck. You can buy it obviously if you want but you can make this fairly easy with some half inch pvc and some Ts and 90s best part is you don’t even need to use glue if you don’t use max pressure on the water. Just use a small bit to drill holes in the pvc where you want water to come out.
It’s great if you have $155 for a 4X8 bed to spend on the grid, multiplied by the number of beds. I have another idea I’m going to try, still using a grid system with a fishbone design being 1/2 in tubing and using 1/4 emitter tubing in between.
What should we use if our beds are angled? All our beds slope on purpose….
You gotta be NUTS! If those prices for the garden grids were cut in half, they would be too much!
Once week replenishment for self water reservoirs; simple coir pads top of pebble rock creates perfect water supply, install cloth or water loving capillary wicking and viola!!
Amazon 4×4 garden grid is 100.00. So two, 200.00 for a 4×8, not including connections. Soaker hose, drip, or pvc about a quarter of that. Lots of money for a 4×8 bed.
Why don’t you try a wicking method from the bottom of the raised beds ? Wicking from the bottom ensures good root growth and good overall coverage of watering and you only have to water like maybe once a week it’s a really cool system and you set it up and it never goes wrong.
to costly I've been using a diy system for several yrs but always interested in checking out the latest things. The diy system is a drip system using buckets and a drip line. Works great for me. I fill the buckets every three days.
What about tree roots robbing your garden plants of needed nutrients? How can we keep the blood suckers out of our garden?
Great concept! To bad it's completely unaffordable for those with multiple boxes.
My best tomatoes in my garden ever was where I put post in the ground, t or wood, at both ends of the rows. Then stretced clothesline wire to length. Then above each plant I put gallon milk jugs with a few holes in the bottom and a hole in the lid. Then I filled each jug with water and adusted the amount of hole so they dripped. If needed, I could add a good water soluble fertilizer to the water. I had tons of jugs when all ten kids were at home, but now I have less. But less kids means less tomatoes. Yea, looks stupid, but growing my own is better than buying those "Tennessee Tomatoes" for $2.99 a pound. So which could be stupider if yot have the space? Starting raised beds this year. These videos got me excited. That's why it is 1:51 AM and I'm still studying these videos. March in Ohio is still cold. But I have time Thank you.
It’s great but cost prohibitive. Still- I applaud the product.
Too bad the price is absolutely insane.
Curious what does your irrigation schedule look like for this bed?
It's so fun to watch you.
I see you didnt use or have the connection manifold. My question is in addition to kits, would I have to buy their connection manifolds separately for each raised beds?
155$ is way to expensive
$85 for 4×4 box, $155 for 4×8 box. That’s crazy expensive. Nope
They need to make some for city pickers 2×4 which they are alittle smaller