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The cleverly engineered Universal Drippers can be easily connected to the Flexi Hose and are designed to deliver water from 0 to 40 litres per hour to the surrounding area
Where this really comes into its own is when it’s placed along a new hedge or a long line of freshly planted trees. Yes, there is manual effort involved in filling up the bags with water using your garden hose. And remembering when to do so. But if you have just a couple of new trees to look after, it doesn’t take long each time – simply set a reminder on your phone to do so. Pros Instead of writing a detailed Buyer’s Guide here for each of the product types in this review, here are links to similar products that we review. Drip irrigation is a gentle way of watering plants and trees. The trees are vulnerable after being moved to their new location and the last thing they want is a strong blast of water, plus the water runs away from the base of the tree. These Brentmoor bags deliver 75L of water over a period of five to seven hours. The water goes down directly to the tree’s roots, eliminating run-off and evaporation from the surface. This saves you money, in not using water that’s wasted, but also helps out the environment. You connect each bag around the tree trunk using the zipper it has and the separate strap (included). However, if your tree is too large for one bag, just zip two bags together and fill each bag with water (using your garden hose) separately. Just refill the bags when you want to deliver the next dose of water to the trees – once or twice a week is usually enough, depending on the weather.This is a watering system that provides drip irrigation to the tree’s roots through aptly named drippers. The kit comes with 10 universal drippers connected by a hose. Each dripper delivers water to up to 100cm diameter of soil (10m 2 total). Stake these in the soil around your tree, connect the hose to your garden hose and outside water tap and you’re ready to go. Whatever irrigation system you’ve set up for your young or newly planted trees, the Orbit 96781 ‘Buddy HF’ Single-Port Digital Tap Timer allows you to automate the entire watering process. Connect the timer to your outside tap and connect your garden hose to the timer. Being a single-port timer, you can only attach one hose to it, however. The HF in the timer’s name stands for High Flow, in that it delivers 20% more water flow than most other timers. Cut the hose to whatever length(s) you want. We recommend using sections not longer than 30m. Your tree may be further into your garden than this, so just hook the soaker hose to your garden hose with a universal connector. This is a good idea anyway because if you connect the soaker hose to your outside tap and then take it over your patio and lawn to your tree, water soaks out everywhere and your patio and lawn will get wet too. And you may not want this. Our Runner up is the decidedly low-tech and totally manual Brentmoor Slow Release Tree Watering Bags. This is a 75L PVC bag that you zip up around the base of the tree and fill with water. The water releases through drip irrigation to the roots of the tree during a period of five to seven hours.
The bag capacity is 75L of water, released slowly over five to seven hours for even and sustained watering of your trees.Flexible watering schedules are possible through start time, duration, and frequency of watering sessions. The Flexi Hose carries water from your tap to the Universal Drippers that can be positioned around your garden. The flexibility of the hose makes installation a breeze; plus the hose can be easily cut to create a layout tailored to your garden. The HydroSure Soaker Hose gives you wonderful flexibility in how you configure the watering system for your newly planted trees. This hose is 100m of flexible rubber that’s porous along its length. Water seeps out when you connect the hose to a water outlet or to your garden hose, and irrigation of your trees proceeds. When your young trees are established and settled in, you may be interested in establishing some plants underneath them. Our article 10 of the best plants for underneath trees provides useful information on this.
The HydroSure Soaker Hose comes with only one end cap to stop the water from flowing out at the end of the hose. Put the end cap on the hose to keep up the water pressure in it; you may need to buy more end caps separately. You have the option to run more than one soaker hose section to different trees off the same tap or garden hose by using connectors with multiple outlets. The drippers have been cleverly designed to connect to the flexi hose and can deliver water from 0 to 40 litres per hour. Each dripper is capable of watering up to 100cm in diameter providing extensive coverage.
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A really useful feature is that you can adjust the flow of water through each dripper separately. If you’re watering two trees with the same hose/kit and they each have different watering requirements, you can make sure that each tree receives the correct amount of water. The end of the hose has a cap to ensure that all the water exits through the drippers. Consider replacing this with a sprinkler for an additional way of irrigating your tree. As well as saving water by scheduling the sessions, there’s also a rain delay feature of one to seven days. This halts watering your trees after heavy rain for the time period you select. If the weather turns unexpectedly hot, use the manual “water now” function rather than reprogramming the entire schedule. Doing this doesn’t change the programming you’ve already set. Some online users report that a downside of this timer is that it’s a bit noisy. Pros The kit comes with 10 drippers, each capable of watering up to 100cm in diameter therefore providing extensive coverage. You will need to buy the timer separately to automate this watering system. This is not essential because you can just turn the tap on manually when needed. Programming instructions on the dial are easy to follow for those not used to programming an automatic timer.
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