Boulder County Home & Garden Magazine, Summer 2011
[Companion article to Go Ahead, be a Drip]
Here is a list of equipment needed to create drip systems for vegetable rows and trees.
For Vegetable Rows
- Mainline tubing, or supply line, which the T-Tape branches off of.
- T-Tape, with precut and spaced holes, or emitters.
- Fittings to direct the flow where you want it: elbows, tees and crosses.
- Couplers to repair mainline tubing if it gets cut by mistake.
- Hold-down stakes.
- A 200-mesh filter to prevent emitter plugging.
- A pressure regulator if your water pressure is high.
- A pocket punch to make holes the T-Tape fits into.
- “Easy Loc” fittings to connect the T-Tape to the mainline.
- “Goof Plugs” to plug unwanted holes in the mainline.
- “Grip Sleeve” plastic crimpers for the end of rows.
For Trees
- Mainline tubing, or supply line, which the emitter tubing branches off of.
- Emitter tubing that has precut holes or emitters.
- A 200-mesh filter to prevent emitter plugging.
- A pressure regulator if your water pressure is high.
- A pocket punch to make holes to connect the emitter tubing to the mainline.
- “Goof Plugs” to plug unwanted holes in the mainline.
- Figure-8 fittings to crimp the emitter tubing and the mainline at the end of a row of trees.
—David Wann
