Comments on: The Best Way to Water Raised Bed Gardens

By: Angela Judd

Angela Judd — Sun, 23 Mar 2025 23:01:16 +0000

In reply to Barbara. Usually I just rub the hard water deposits off. Using something like a magic eraser works well. For stubborn holes you can use a push pin. I've been amazed at how well these hold up. I still have the original one I began using in 2019 and it still works great!

By: Barbara

Barbara — Sun, 23 Mar 2025 21:19:23 +0000

Thank you for your great gardening guidance!
My question is about cleaning out the holes of the grid system. I’ve struggled with drip irrigation getting plugged up and planning to convert the garden watering system to the grid system. How do you prevent or clean out the holes of/when they get plugged up?
Thank you!

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 09 Dec 2024 00:05:11 +0000

The straw mulch seems to be impeding the growing grids’ from watering evenly, any solutions?

By: Angela Judd

Angela Judd — Wed, 11 Sep 2024 02:51:17 +0000

In reply to Robert. Hi Robert. I think you'll like the grids. Once they are set up you'll have to run them and see how long it takes to water to a depth of about 12 inches. I use the cycle/soak setting on my system to make sure the water absorbs well. It may take a few tries for you to figure out how long to water. You should only have to do this one time. For seeds I also have a hose with a sprinkler attachment so I can hand water the areas with newly planted seeds without having to run the system for everything. Hopefully this helps. Happy to clarify more if you need me too.

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 20:13:21 +0000

Your videos have convinced me to buy the Garden Grids, now just a few questions. I have 3’ x 6’ x 18” raised beds with excellent soil, how long should I water to be efficient and resourceful? Also approximately how long to start seeds? Any input would be greatly appreciated

By: Angela Judd

Angela Judd — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 02:57:03 +0000

In reply to April. Right now I'm watering every other day for about 10 minutes. My watering grids water very fast however.

By: April

April — Sat, 05 Aug 2023 23:58:31 +0000

I live here in Phx also and am wondering how often you are watering your beds? I’m struggling with how long I should water.

By: Angela Judd

Angela Judd — Sat, 01 Jul 2023 19:09:48 +0000

In reply to Sherri Muncrief. This year I started noticing some of my older ones (4 years old) were getting clogged. I went around with a push pin and re did the holes that were clogged, that seemed to help. That's the first time I've had to do that since owning them. How often you do would depend on your water.

By: Sherri Muncrief

Sherri Muncrief — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 21:04:22 +0000

I live in tucson, on property with a well. Have you had problems with your garden grids getting clogged with hard water deposits over time?

By: Angela Judd

Angela Judd — Mon, 08 May 2023 22:34:35 +0000

In reply to Adam Gardner.

This video explains the process of how we did it: https://youtu.be/GXMsLnxkOEU

By: Adam Gardner

Adam Gardner — Mon, 08 May 2023 22:28:27 +0000

How is the best way to connect the gardening grids to your main irrigation/sprinkler system? Right now all I have is a 3/4 in pipe which is already attached to its own dedicated zone to the area of where our gardening beds will be.

By: Angela Judd

Angela Judd — Wed, 01 Mar 2023 03:11:15 +0000

In reply to Andrea.

Running PVC to each individual bed is what I had to do to maintain pressure with several grids: https://youtu.be/GXMsLnxkOEU

By: Andrea

Andrea — Tue, 28 Feb 2023 20:46:08 +0000

So im using a few IBC recycled totes to make raised beds with and im having a hard time figuring out how to connect 7 or 8 totes with walkways with an irrigation system without losing water pressure. How could I do that with this system?

By: Angela Judd

Angela Judd — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 02:40:33 +0000

In reply to Sonia. Yes. They were ok - I personally prefer traditional raised beds.

By: Sonia

Sonia — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 16:01:39 +0000

Have you tried self watering beds?