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Thoughts on Drip Irrigation? (midwest.social)
submitted 6 months ago by dominotheory@midwest.social to c/gardening@lemmy.world
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Hi All - I'm thinking about getting a drip irrigation system for my garden and was curious if anyone here has tried one. Anything that has worked well, or not so much? Brand recommendations? Rain Bird and Hunter have come up in my searches so far. Other considerations a beginner wouldn't think about? I'm in the US, so I also need it to be able to be shipped here.

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[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (4 children)

Build your own. Helluva a lot cheaper, and more configurable for what you need. All you need is a cheap spout timer, some drip tubing, and a couple connectors. Any hardware store will have all the bits and pieces you need, but there are tons of supply sites online that can ship any bits you need.

You can what a kit looks like here for example. You could just buy a starter, or source the bits yourself for a little bit cheaper. Once you have a basic setup going, it's dirt cheap to maintain and build off of in the future.

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