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How to Install a Garden Watering System
You can buy three basic types of watering system. 1. Sprinkler - underground or surface mounted. 2. Seep. 3. Drip - or trickle. The type you choose depends on the nature of your garden, what you plan to water and how much you want to spend. Vegetable plots, hot dry gardens, recently planted borders or large collections of planted containers and hanging baskets are obvious candidates for watering systems. Sprinklers and seep hoses work well in vegetable gardens; drip systems are ideally suited to watering containers and specific plants; porous pipes are great for newly planted borders. Make water savings before you buy. Timers can release you from watering chores completely. But any watering system that relies on a hose feed will be subject to hosepipe bans unless you have a licence. Check with your water supplier. This workshop concentrates on seep or leaky hoses and drip systems taking each in turn. We would always suggest having a look at some of our Hozelock products for inspiration.
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Tape measure; outdoor tap; hose attachment; seep hose or drip system - hose and micro piping with junctions ducts; flow regulator - for drip systems; sharp knife;
Optional: timer
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Seep hose - work out how much you need. This depends on the type. Seep hoses have perforations along their length and are laid on the ground to produce a very fine spray, working best in a straight line e.g. Hozelock Sprinkler Hose. Measure the length of your border and add the number or rows you need. Measure the distance between the border and your tap. Then lay this out on the ground close to your plants, or where they will go. Smooth out any kinks in the hose. Follow the manufacturer's instructions.
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An alternative is to use porous hose which looks like rough rubber and water leaks into the ground from all around and along the length. This type can be curved through borders e.g. Hozelock Standard and Micro Soaker hoses. To work out how much of this type you will need, add the length and width of your border, then double it - this will allow you to lay a snake of hose through the planting. Measure the distance between the border and your tap. Then stretch the hose out along your border and curve it through to give good watering coverage of the planted area. Either bury it about 10 cm below the soil surface as a permanent, invisible installation, or leave it on the surface, making it movable. Plant growth will cover it, or you can mulch over the top.
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If you are installing a drip system try and add up the number of individual containers and/or plants that you want to water. Measure the distance form these to your tap. Drip systems are sold in kit form and you can buy extra parts. Follow the manufacturer’s instructions. Fit timer if using one and attach the water pressure reducing unit to your tap. Fix the main delivery hose to it. Lay the delivery hose out to where your containers or plants are. Where you need them, connect drip tubes to the main hose with the connectors. Push the holding spikes into the soil near the plant or in the container compost and fix drip heads into place. Any configuration can be formed, but you may have to buy additional parts.
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Attach the connecting hose to your tap. Install a timer if using one. Turn on your watering system and watch it work.
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Use a seep hose for the veg garden |
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Border plants will hide a porous hose |
Use a drip system for a group of containers |
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