We JUST finished installing our HOSS drip irrigation kit this evening! Boy... the way this Spring is going for us up in NC, we don't need any water! Been wet wet wet here. We finally bit the bullet and laid the drip tape down in the mud. Hoping it will dry overnight and tomorrow so we can hill then plant our seeds tomorrow. We're excited to have the ability to remote-water our garden plot with this irrigation kit. We can know the garden is getting watered just in the right spots without having to haul water or do it manually. A real time saver!
Drip tape has been a game changer for us! And talk about simple! Putting the water and nutrients where the plants need them. I have never had a garden that was this prolific....ever.
Thankyou again for great info. Tho I did buy your kit for next year, I began to realize it may not be as user friendly as I once thought do to the fact that my plot is small and I plant a variety of different water needs all at one, all together. I use the Mittleider soil bed method with a hose bubbler and it works very similar to your drip tape, getting water mostly just to the plants. I also love not watering weeds! You also talk about spoon feeding your plants which is also a Mittleider method so I feel right a home with all your info and I’m so happy to have found your modern updated information. I bought my first plow from you years ago and have used it and a stirrup hoe as my main garden tools. It’s really fun to be weed free! Thanks again for all your encouragement and it’s nice that you enjoy hearing about how others are successful too!
Just visited your website for the first time it’s awesome. Bought some stuff. Thank you for the videos everyday and thank you for teaching us. I’m learning a lot.
hi travis, been catching up on a few of your videos cause i have been busy in the garden as well, this is my second season using drip and will never go back to sprinklers!!i am growwing three varieties of squash i purchased from y,all and boy have they made some squash!! keep the vids coming my friend and tell greg hello!
I use drip lines in the garden and it helps me to reduce downy mildew and powdery mildew on my plants. It also reduces weeds. I have mine on an automatic irrigation timer. I still hand water supplementary when I need to or to increase the width of the wet area under larger plants.
I just purchased a drip irrigation kit. My plants are already growing. I am not going to be able to bury the tape. I plan to run it along the rows above ground. Will that get me through the season? Thanks
It doesn't absolutely have to be buried. It just will work better that way long-term. Just do what you can now and you can always bury it next year/season.
Hello Travis! Love tour garden. Dream for me. Currently a container and raised bed gardener with a few earth plants sprinkled in where possible. My question, how much difference is there really between drip tubing and drip tape? Using drip tubing all right now. Thanks for all the videos and time!
Drip tape is easier to install and use than drip tubing. Drip tubing works great for fruit trees and such. But for vegetables, you'll find that drip tape is an easier solution.
Hoss Tools Thank you. Will take a harder look at them now. Can use all the help I can get. Still waiting for something to grow decently here on North Coastal, Florida.
Travis, this may be a dumb question to you and many others but being that the drip system is underground, how do you determine how much water to give your plants? My first thought is that I may drown them or not water them enough. Thanks.
You can easily tell because the "watered" soil will have a darker color than the surrounding soil. So once I see that there is a solid ring around the plants, I turn it off. It will be different for every climate and crop, but you get the hang of it pretty quickly.
Matt, there is no such thing as a dumb question. We all learn by keeping simple, child-like faith and an inquisitive spirit. Hope this assists you.~Sincerely, Leigh~
I wish it would work on a gravity fed watering system. I had hubby almost sold, then heard you say on the Row By Row Show that you didn't recommend it for a gravity fed system. We are off grid, and don't have a well. All of our water is rainwater.
@@gardeningwithhoss, trust me, we are working on it. Building a big enough catchment, and elevating much farther than our existing ones are is first. 🙂
Thanks for the video Travis. I'm Scott by the way. It just has my wife's name on it because it comes through her account. Great information. I don't have the drip irrigation but I'm ready to order it. We are so wet here this year that I haven't gotten the bulk of my garden out yet. My main question/concern is, my soil has a lot of clay in it. I'm working on amending it with compost, but it's a large garden and is taking a lot of time. I'm wondering if the wheel hoe will be able to bury the drip tape deep enough or if I should just use my tiller to work the soil and bury it by hand? I also would like to use a wheel hoe for cultivation, but wonder if it will do the job in my soil? Any advice would be appreciated. I
Depends on the crop. For most crops like tomatoes, squash, peppers, etc., we'll water an hour or two every other day assuming no rainfall. For heavy feeders like corn or onions, we'll water for 5-6 hours and even overnight sometimes.
Meant to ask... are you able to re-use the 8 mil drip tape? ....And, my water flow is 12.5 gal per minute....your pressure regulator flow rate upper limit appears to be 8 gal per minute. Do I need another regulator to bring my flow down?
Two good options -- You can hill the plants and smother the weeds. Or this Single Tine Cultivator (hosstools.com/product/single-tine-cultivator/) works beautifully for working on top of buried tape.
I have my pole beans cucumbers and tomatoes already planted can I furlough next to them and bury drip tape or should I just leave it on top of the soil
That will depend on the crop quite a bit. For most crops, just an hour or two every other day. For heavy feeders like corn and onions, we'll often run it for 5-6 hours or even overnight when plants are close to maturity.
I'd like to hear somebody say how much their electric bill went up by using the drip irrigation. I have a pain that I can pump water from,but still increases that electric use so I'm curious what that cost would be if I could even work it in with my budget
Bahia grass will grow regardless how high you mow it. But that theory does work for some weeds. Others don't tolerate close mowing. So it's a catch 22.
Potatoes do best in well-drained soil. A heavy application of compost will do wonders for them. They don't need a ton of fertilizer, but they'll appreciate a few feedings throughout their lifespan.
@@gardeningwithhoss I have them in the felt grow bags so the the drainage is amazing. With a mix of compost and soil. Planted a week before our last frost date which was may 10 and the still haven't popped up yet. Idk what the deal is.
@@prime9584 it also depends on how deep they are planted. The deeper they are, the longer it takes them to break the surface. Mine are all taking off now. (Chicago area) planted around 4/20. Last frost was 5/15
Is that biodegradable plastic?! If not, you are contributing to the pollution of Earth, Hoss Tools. Especially damning considering the tape needs replaced, what, every year? And considering there are sustainable alternatives, like mulch. I sure hope to apologise because I'm missing something, but it sounds like this product is part of the problem, not the solution. If you have to introduce pollutants into your garden to achieve your goal, maybe reevaluate your values. Look into permaculture.
Consider the significant reduction of water used for irrigation, the fuel and money saved by not buying mulch, the fact that time is saved, that market gardeners need to supply produce for others (not a food forest), that some climates are too dry for permaculture and need to be irrigated...on ad infinitum. Perhaps you should evaluate the sagacity of your pending comments before you post them.
Even with mulch, we still have to water down here in south GA. We see that with our thornless blackberry beds which are mulched with wheat straw. We put drip underneath that straw because we still have to water those beds for maximal production. Permaculture is a nice concept and works for some scales. But we need the production to feed our family and sustain our small market farming operation. We can reuse the tape 3-4 times before replacing it. Not sure what mulch costs in your neck of the woods, but drip tape is much more affordable than mulch around here.
With all due respect, what about being BIBLICALLY conscious? {Romans 8:1} www.BibleGateway.com Please avoid garden-shaming. It's not nice and it doesn't become you, Bo. GOD Bless you!~All the Best, Leigh~ [Golden Rule Farmstead - Matt. 7: 12]
We JUST finished installing our HOSS drip irrigation kit this evening! Boy... the way this Spring is going for us up in NC, we don't need any water! Been wet wet wet here. We finally bit the bullet and laid the drip tape down in the mud. Hoping it will dry overnight and tomorrow so we can hill then plant our seeds tomorrow. We're excited to have the ability to remote-water our garden plot with this irrigation kit. We can know the garden is getting watered just in the right spots without having to haul water or do it manually. A real time saver!
Excited to see your garden grow!
Drip sure helps answer a lot of the problems every gardener runs into . I could almost smell those tomatoes , looking good .
Oh they smell so good!
Drip tape has been a game changer for us! And talk about simple! Putting the water and nutrients where the plants need them. I have never had a garden that was this prolific....ever.
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Thankyou again for great info. Tho I did buy your kit for next year, I began to realize it may not be as user friendly as I once thought do to the fact that my plot is small and I plant a variety of different water needs all at one, all together. I use the Mittleider soil bed method with a hose bubbler and it works very similar to your drip tape, getting water mostly just to the plants. I also love not watering weeds! You also talk about spoon feeding your plants which is also a Mittleider method so I feel right a home with all your info and I’m so happy to have found your modern updated information.
I bought my first plow from you years ago and have used it and a stirrup hoe as my main garden tools. It’s really fun to be weed free! Thanks again for all your encouragement and it’s nice that you enjoy hearing about how others are successful too!
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Happy Birthday Young man! Sorry you didn't make the 100,000 sub count. It will get there! Great videos Keep'em coming! 😊
Thanks pops!
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Just visited your website for the first time it’s awesome. Bought some stuff. Thank you for the videos everyday and thank you for teaching us. I’m learning a lot.
Thanks for your order Joshua! We look foward to serving your garden needs for years to come.
hi travis, been catching up on a few of your videos cause i have been busy in the garden as well, this is my second season using drip and will never go back to sprinklers!!i am growwing three varieties of squash i purchased from y,all and boy have they made some squash!! keep the vids coming my friend and tell greg hello!
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What kind of water soluble fertilizer do you use with drip irrigation? Tomato and peppers
20-20-20, calcium nitrate, micro boost
I use drip lines in the garden and it helps me to reduce downy mildew and powdery mildew on my plants. It also reduces weeds. I have mine on an automatic irrigation timer. I still hand water supplementary when I need to or to increase the width of the wet area under larger plants.
How can I set up a drip system using 55 gallon rain barrels (12 of them)? I was thinking of uding s dmsll pond pump.
using a small pond pump
That would work.
If ol Travis says it’s the way to go. Consider it garden gospel! Garden is looking sweet man.
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I just purchased a drip irrigation kit. My plants are already growing. I am not going to be able to bury the tape. I plan to run it along the rows above ground. Will that get me through the season? Thanks
It doesn't absolutely have to be buried. It just will work better that way long-term. Just do what you can now and you can always bury it next year/season.
Hello Travis! Love tour garden. Dream for me. Currently a container and raised bed gardener with a few earth plants sprinkled in where possible. My question, how much difference is there really between drip tubing and drip tape? Using drip tubing all right now. Thanks for all the videos and time!
Drip tape is easier to install and use than drip tubing. Drip tubing works great for fruit trees and such. But for vegetables, you'll find that drip tape is an easier solution.
Hoss Tools Thank you. Will take a harder look at them now. Can use all the help I can get. Still waiting for something to grow decently here on North Coastal, Florida.
Travis, this may be a dumb question to you and many others but being that the drip system is underground, how do you determine how much water to give your plants? My first thought is that I may drown them or not water them enough. Thanks.
You can easily tell because the "watered" soil will have a darker color than the surrounding soil. So once I see that there is a solid ring around the plants, I turn it off. It will be different for every climate and crop, but you get the hang of it pretty quickly.
Matt, there is no such thing as a dumb question. We all learn by keeping simple, child-like faith and an inquisitive spirit. Hope this assists you.~Sincerely, Leigh~
I wish it would work on a gravity fed watering system. I had hubby almost sold, then heard you say on the Row By Row Show that you didn't recommend it for a gravity fed system. We are off grid, and don't have a well. All of our water is rainwater.
Probably would need some small pump to make it work.
@@gardeningwithhoss, trust me, we are working on it. Building a big enough catchment, and elevating much farther than our existing ones are is first. 🙂
It will work on a gravity system
@@rwheeler4926 thank you!
Thanks for the video Travis. I'm Scott by the way. It just has my wife's name on it because it comes through her account. Great information. I don't have the drip irrigation but I'm ready to order it. We are so wet here this year that I haven't gotten the bulk of my garden out yet. My main question/concern is, my soil has a lot of clay in it. I'm working on amending it with compost, but it's a large garden and is taking a lot of time. I'm wondering if the wheel hoe will be able to bury the drip tape deep enough or if I should just use my tiller to work the soil and bury it by hand? I also would like to use a wheel hoe for cultivation, but wonder if it will do the job in my soil? Any advice would be appreciated. I
You might have to till the area to be able to get the plows deep enough to bury the tape.
How often do you water via drip and for how long on a daily basis?
Depends on the crop. For most crops like tomatoes, squash, peppers, etc., we'll water an hour or two every other day assuming no rainfall. For heavy feeders like corn or onions, we'll water for 5-6 hours and even overnight sometimes.
Hoss Tools thanks
Meant to ask... are you able to re-use the 8 mil drip tape? ....And, my water flow is 12.5 gal per minute....your pressure regulator flow rate upper limit appears to be 8 gal per minute. Do I need another regulator to bring my flow down?
Sure. We usually re-use our lines for 3-4 times throughout the year before replacing them.
Do you use leave in your garden
no
What would one do about the weeds along the row on top of the drip irrigation
they sell a tool for that.
Two good options -- You can hill the plants and smother the weeds. Or this Single Tine Cultivator (hosstools.com/product/single-tine-cultivator/) works beautifully for working on top of buried tape.
How does that work for more densely planted vegetables like beets, carrots, radishes, ...
Like a charm. We plant them on double rows, so two rows of produce per one row of drip tape. The folliage covers the gap between the two rows.
Just ordered my HOSS drip irrigation kit 👍🏻
Should I hold off on planting my corn until I get the irrigation kit
I would. Bury the tape and plant right on top of the corn.
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Literally plant the seed on top of the drip tape
Yes.
I have my pole beans cucumbers and tomatoes already planted can I furlough next to them and bury drip tape or should I just leave it on top of the soil
I wouldn't make a furrow beside the existing plants as you might disturb the feeder roots. Just lay it beside them if they're already up and growing.
Can you put the tape on top of weed barrier instead of burying it ?
I would put it under the weed barrier, but you could put it on top if you wanted.
How do you control the Tomato Horn Worm?
scissors work well = snip
Pair of scissors!
Pick em off with gloves they make good fish bate.
B.t. or spinosad takes care of them easily for us.
Can you talk about how long you water your crops on a daily basis?
That will depend on the crop quite a bit. For most crops, just an hour or two every other day. For heavy feeders like corn and onions, we'll often run it for 5-6 hours or even overnight when plants are close to maturity.
Drip is the only way to go...Saves time, money and drops the amount of weeding I have to do....
Absolutely
Have you used roundup sweet corn
We have not.
I'd like to hear somebody say how much their electric bill went up by using the drip irrigation. I have a pain that I can pump water from,but still increases that electric use so I'm curious what that cost would be if I could even work it in with my budget
It will be cheaper than if you were watering by hand or using an overhead sprinkler for sure.
Do u have any because when I tried to order it before u were out of it.
Oh yeah. We're restocked and have plenty now.
Type in Richard Perkins Seehow they garden in Sweden, very interesting.
I've seen some clips of his farm. He has a very impressive operation.
Love that true american accent..
I want a catalog, how do I get one ?
We no longer print a catalog, but you can find all our products online at www.hosstools.com.
When I read the title I said drip irrigation!
You guessed it!
Hoss Tools silver queen came up great 👍🏼 might post a pic later on Facebook group bragging about it
👍 go for it!
I think I need a Hoss hat.
You can one right here: hosstools.com/product/hoss-hat/
We're out of stock on a few colors, but have more on the way.
Have you notice much insect pressure on them maters
Not a ton, but we've been rotating spinosad and pyrethrin religiously every week.
Happy birthday
*Anyone have a recommended variety of zucchini thats powdery mildew resistant for the deep south?*
Here's a really good one: hosstools.com/product/pascola-zucchini/
Resistant to Powdery Mildew and several other diseases.
@@gardeningwithhoss Thank you for the reply and link! 👍
Would you not want to mow your grass high to choke out the weeds
Bahia grass will grow regardless how high you mow it. But that theory does work for some weeds. Others don't tolerate close mowing. So it's a catch 22.
First year trying to grow potatoes and everyone says there so easy... smh I don't know what I'm doing wrong.
Potatoes do best in well-drained soil. A heavy application of compost will do wonders for them. They don't need a ton of fertilizer, but they'll appreciate a few feedings throughout their lifespan.
@@gardeningwithhoss I have them in the felt grow bags so the the drainage is amazing. With a mix of compost and soil. Planted a week before our last frost date which was may 10 and the still haven't popped up yet. Idk what the deal is.
Sometimes they can take 2-3 weeks to emerge -- depending on the variety. Reds will usually emerge first. Yukon Golds and Kennebecs are always later.
@@gardeningwithhoss woo so I may be okay and just worrying to much. Thank you so so kindly for responding. You are amazing!
@@prime9584 it also depends on how deep they are planted. The deeper they are, the longer it takes them to break the surface. Mine are all taking off now. (Chicago area) planted around 4/20. Last frost was 5/15
Bermuda grass..... Enough said
Tough stuff!
Is that biodegradable plastic?! If not, you are contributing to the pollution of Earth, Hoss Tools. Especially damning considering the tape needs replaced, what, every year? And considering there are sustainable alternatives, like mulch. I sure hope to apologise because I'm missing something, but it sounds like this product is part of the problem, not the solution. If you have to introduce pollutants into your garden to achieve your goal, maybe reevaluate your values. Look into permaculture.
Consider the significant reduction of water used for irrigation, the fuel and money saved by not buying mulch, the fact that time is saved, that market gardeners need to supply produce for others (not a food forest), that some climates are too dry for permaculture and need to be irrigated...on ad infinitum. Perhaps you should evaluate the sagacity of your pending comments before you post them.
Even with mulch, we still have to water down here in south GA. We see that with our thornless blackberry beds which are mulched with wheat straw. We put drip underneath that straw because we still have to water those beds for maximal production. Permaculture is a nice concept and works for some scales. But we need the production to feed our family and sustain our small market farming operation. We can reuse the tape 3-4 times before replacing it. Not sure what mulch costs in your neck of the woods, but drip tape is much more affordable than mulch around here.
From what I can tell, HOSS tools is far more environmentally conscious than the average citizen, maybe the opinion should be re-evaluated
With all due respect, what about being BIBLICALLY conscious? {Romans 8:1} www.BibleGateway.com Please avoid garden-shaming. It's not nice and it doesn't become you, Bo. GOD Bless you!~All the Best, Leigh~ [Golden Rule Farmstead - Matt. 7: 12]