Summer is finally here and we are starting to plan our vacation. One worry I won’t have on this vacation is our hanging baskets and planters getting enough water. This is because a few years ago I installed a drip irrigation system on our deck. It’s setup to water two hanging baskets and four planters.

Please click installing drip irrigation system if you want the details on how I set up the system for the hanging baskets. To add the planters to the system I used a tee connector to split water to a different area and then another tee connector to water each planter. Just remember to adjust each mister when you add a new one to balance the system. I like to ensure the hanging baskets get more water because they usually need it.

Here are a few more pointers when you are setting up your system to go on vacation:

Run the system once it is installed to understand how long it takes to water your plants and write this time down. Use this time when you are setting irrigation timer.

I run the water until it starts run out of the bottom of the hanging baskets.

As the summer gets hotter increase the time you water the plants.

As the summer cools off you can decrease the time you water the plants.

Don’t wait until the last day before your vacation before you set up your automatic watering system. With my system, I set the timer and then I had to wait 24 hours to ensure it turns on. You want at least a couple of days to ensure it is working properly.

Good luck and have a great summer.

There are many advantages to having drip irrigation systems for your garden and landscaping. Such a system could help you not only use far less water each month, but also help save money on your water bill.

If you use a lawn sprinkler, you know the routine. Every so often, you have to go out and move it in order to make sure all of your grass is thoroughly watered. And, even though you are going to all that trouble, most of the time there is going to be a spot or two that the sprinkler will miss. This won’t happen when you have a system such as this.

You may be wondering what these systems are, and how they work… and how they could possibly take the place of your trusty garden sprinkler. Well, have you ever seen the hanging baskets that are sold as the self watering type? They have a wick inside the pot that leads down into an area where the liquid used to water the plant gathers. The wick slowly doles out the exact amount of water that the plant needs.

That is how systems such as these work, but on a much larger scale. As a matter of fact, commercial flower and vegetable growers use systems like this in their greenhouses, nurseries, and fields. They need a system that can be depended upon to keep their plants as healthy as possible, and systems such as these fit the bill!

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