J Resendez

Antonio Scotti wrote:

Garden Jennie wrote:The local nursery owner recommended emitters ( I use flag emitters) directly punched into your mainline (I have 1/2” and 3/4” tubing). Attach 1/4” tubing to the emitter thus you can move the location of the water delivery as the tree grows. I have three emitters per tree. The length of the 1/4” tubing ranges from 8” to 30”. The flag emitters can swivel around. This does not follow the instructions that come with some emitters. This is what he uses at the nursery to water potted trees but with the barrel style emitter.

So are you saying that for each tree row, you have one blind pipepline and in correspondence of the tree location you punch 3 1/4" tubing with an attached flag emitter at the end, and that's it?
And what about when the tree canopy becomes 16' wide? Would you continue using the same system, only with longer tubings + flag emitters and more of them?
Thanks

My mainline is 3/4” black poly drip tubing. My “mainline” starts at a frost free faucet and  follows the trees down the row.  The emitter is directly on the mainline with the 1/4” tubing connected to the flag emitter. The 1/4” tube is open at the end watering the root zone held with a stake or soil staple. As the tree gets bigger i will move the end of the tube further out. I could also add a fourth emitter. I am only expecting this drip system to last 10-14 years — the poly only lasts so long. I have 20 fruit trees less 3 years old planted on two curved rows.

My mainline is 3/4” black poly drip tubing. My “mainline” starts at a frost free faucet and  follows the trees down the row.  The emitter is directly on the mainline with the 1/4” tubing connected to the flag emitter. The 1/4” tube is open at the end watering the root zone held with a stake or soil staple. As the tree gets bigger i will move the end of the tube further out. I could also add a fourth emitter. I am only expecting this drip system to last 10-14 years — the poly only lasts so long. I have 20 fruit trees less than 3 years old planted in two curved rows.

The local nursery owner recommended emitters ( I use flag emitters) directly punched into your mainline (I have 1/2” and 3/4” tubing). Attach 1/4” tubing to the emitter thus you can move the location of the water delivery as the tree grows. I have three emitters per tree. The length of the 1/4” tubing ranges from 8” to 30”. The flag emitters can swivel around. This does not follow the instructions that come with some emitters. This is what he uses at the nursery to water potted trees but with the barrel style emitter.