Anyone use drip-feed/micro irrigation?

Our garden is 90% pot planted, we started 2 years back and this year it has really started blooming, it needs watering daily.

We are just about in a position to take a holiday this year and thought about fitting some drip irrigation - the black pipe and a feeder in each pot type, with a timer/valve.

Our son could possibly do it but does not finish work until late and it would be a big chore for him to stop by every day and means less time with his family etc.

Does this system work ok?

I see there is a massive range of stuff, some pretty low price kits on Amazon or the real £££ from the garden centre - any difference?

Thanks in advance

 

i have tried a couple of systems both tap and water butt as well as constant drip and timed drip. I found timed drip with the dripper nozzles well open to be the best.
When i used constant drip the nozzles had to be well throttled and i found some of the nozzles stopped dripping after a few days.

 

Thanks all, I'll look for adjustable drippers, just looking now to find best style to suit - seems many have very small bore pipe all through but I think the larger bore feed pipe with smaller pot pipes would be better, our run would be around 40m.

Timers are another issue - the Hozelok ones get very, very bad reviews as they eat batteries and fail regularly it seems.

 

Thanks all, I have found a tap valve that will connect to my smart-home network (LinkTap G2S) so will probably go for that option. Will pop over to garden centre and see what they have for irrigation stuff if no luck will Amazon it

 

Found a kit, just the type i was looking for - larger bore backbone with smaller bore pot feeds.

It uses 4 l/h drippers so I just need to figure out how long it'll need to run for.

Fast delivery too,
Drip Irrigation System - 25 PC Dripper

 

Is there a secret to working out a watering plan to start off with?

If the post are 12x12x12 and i have 4L/h drippers is there a rough idea of a start point - 1hr/day etc

I know its all relative to plant/temperature etc but just wondered if there was a rough rule of thumb

 

Thanks, yes these are fixed at 4 litres per hour, i would guess they get about 2 litres twice a day in the summer as i water morning and evening

I'll get it going and do some monitoring

 

When working out a schedule, is it best to look at the previous days max temperature instead of the current days forecasted temperature???