![]() ![]() Get a bucket or container to catch water under just one emitter. This then INCREASES the TIME between waterings, which ultimately DECREASES the amount of water used! So maybe you don’t know how many gallons per hour your drip emitters put out. Which INCREASES deep soil moisture where it does not evaporate and is available to roots longer. Doing so INCREASES the depth the water penetrates. Start by INCREASING the length of your drip irrigation cycles. You still say, “I am supposed to reduce my water use. While this may be enough for annuals and smaller perennials, this is not enough for anything bigger such as shrubs and trees. ![]() In this case, it is merely 21 ounces IF the drippers are not clogged. If you divide 128 ounces (# of ounces in a gallon) by 6 (60 minutes in an hour/minutes ran), you will get the number of ounces you are putting on your plant. Let’s take a 1 gallon emitter (for simplicity’s sake) and say you are running it for 10 minutes. How much water are you putting on your plants? Yes, we had been in a drought and need to cut back, but if you aren’t using water in the landscape to its full potential, then you are still just wasting it. If you are not putting enough water on your plants at each watering, then they will stress. This depends on which emitter was purchased and installed. Did you know that drip systems put out VERY LITTLE water at one time? Drip emitters either put out as little as 1/2 gallon or up to 4 gallons of water per hour.
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