Container Gardening Complete

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This DIY system irrigates up to six pots, but you can adjust the design

for your needs, adding more tubing and dripper stakes to water up to

ten pots at a time or even using T couplings to add additional branches.

Commercial drip irrigation kits contain all the components you’ll need to

make a similar system, but it’s cheaper to buy the materials and construct

the system yourself.

DIY

CONTAINER

IRRIGATION

SYSTEM

MATERIALS NEEDED

(^1) ⁄ 2 -in. black poly
irrigation tubing
(^1) ⁄ 4 -in. black micro poly
tubing
(^1) ⁄ 2 -in. poly tube end cap
or shut-off valve
6 dripper stakes with
baskets, or 6 mini
in-line drippers
6 double barbed
connectors,^1 ⁄ 4 in.
1 drip irrigation faucet
connection kit for
(^1) ⁄ 2 -in. tubing
1 programmable hose
timer (optional)
TOOLS NEEDED
Scissors
Tape measure
Irrigation tube hole
puncher,^1 ⁄ 4 in.
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HOW TO MAKE A DIY CONTAINER IRRIGATION SYSTEM
STEP 1 Put all the pots you want served by your
irrigation system in their places. Measure the amount
of^1 ⁄ 2 -in. black poly irrigation tubing you’ll need to go
from the nearest pot to the furthest pot on the line. Lay
the tubing out and cut it to size with a sharp scissors.
STEP 2 Cap the end of the tubing that’s farthest away
from the hose spigot with either a poly tube end cap
or a shut-off valve (shown in photo). If you use a shut-
off valve, make sure it’s in the closed position. Attach
the faucet connection kit to the end of the tube closest
to the hose spigot. (After construction of the system,
you’ll need to run a length of garden hose from the
spigot out to the faucet connection kit.)
STEP 3 Now it’s time to add lengths of micro tubing
line to go into each container. Use the hole puncher
to punch a small hole through the^1 ⁄ 2 -in. black poly
irrigation tubing you’ve laid out. Punch one hole for
each drip line that will extend from the main line.
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