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Drip Irrigation in Raised Garden Beds

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Summary: How to set up drip irrigation for a raised garden bed; get professional tips and advice from an expert on growing your own plants and herbs in this free gardening video.

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By Travis Steglich
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Travis Steglich is the owner and operator of the Steglich Feed and Farm Supply Store. His family before him has been serving the ranchers, farmers and gardeners of central Texas for...read more

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"We are going to add a drip irrigation on this raised bed and the main reasons that most people put drip irrigation in is because they can put it on a timer and they don't have to worry about it. Drip irrigation is important for a number of things and one of the main reasons is that it supplies an adequate moisture situation to a plant during the growing time without interruption. You can't rely on the rain and also I think I mentioned before that a raised bed is cut off from the soil in such a way that it doesn't allow moisture to rise from below which happens a lot of times in a natural garden situation. Even though it is dry on the surface, during the evening and at night, moisture will rise from below and your plants can get a little bit of that moisture. Where in these beds if they don't come from the top or from artificial means, it ain't going to happen. So drip irrigation is a serious consideration when it comes to raised beds or any kind of container garden because other wise you are going to be out there every day watering and a lot of people will miss it. Drip irrigation comes several ways. We are going to be showing buttonless installation which is a very targeted way of watering. It allows you to put water exactly where you want it and then we are going to be demonstrating one that is more or a shotgun approach which broadcasts the water to a larger area. "

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