Last summer, I installed a lawn irrigation system for the front and back yard, and this spring, I'm planning to add drip irrigation. My current setup has the POC / one manifold in the front of the house with two zones (1 lawn, 1 spare for drip) and another manifold in the backyard with three zones (2 lawn, 1 spare for drip) with a 1" PVC mainline to the back yard manifold.
For drip, I am going to have shrub/perennial beds with mostly native options (located in Colorado) in the front & back and also planning to start a small vegetable garden in the back. The front faces east and the back faces west.
Some other details:
For drip, I am going to have shrub/perennial beds with mostly native options (located in Colorado) in the front & back and also planning to start a small vegetable garden in the back. The front faces east and the back faces west.
- Would I be okay to use 1 zone for all of the shrub/perennial areas for both the front & the back (running blank tubing between the two) and the other zone in the back for the vegetable garden, or is it important to split up the front & back shrub/perennial areas into two zones? My preference would be to stick to 1 zone to save adding another valve and additional parts.
- If I just do 1 zone for the shrubs, would 1/2" blank supply tubing be sufficient between the front & back or would it be good to go bigger?
Some other details:
- Front & back yards would each have ~90 ft of potential drip but would use individual emitters vs. tubing due to spacing
- Front to back manifold distance would be ~100 ft of blank tubing
