How to irrigated outdoor plants in summer?

Im worried about when it gets hot and like the hose when you first turn it on hot water comes out for a few minutes. Whats a way around that when using irrigation?

Bury it or cover it so its out of the sun.

What can i cover it with?

Mak'er Grow said:

Bury it or cover it so its out of the sun.

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NoobgrowerLbc said:

What can i cover it with?

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Mulch hay or soil . Or just water at 5 am with a timer on the hose

I just went thru this.
- Let it run for a bit then water by hand,
or
- Put it on a timer and water at night.

Awsome thank you guys!

NP. Another upside to the timer is that you can go away for a long weekend and not worry.

If your irrigating a 30 gallon frabric pot. How do you do it?

NoobgrowerLbc said:

If your irrigating a 30 gallon frabric pot. How do you do it?

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You can dig a hole and put your fabric pots directly into the ground. It'll reduce the aeration of the soil that fabric pots provide, but it will also reduce evaporation and the roots will grow through the pots into the surrounding soil. I've done that with my plants in 10 gallon fabric pots this year, throwing a little compost in the bottom and some soil with good drainage surrounding the bag. You can even leave a small amount of the fabric sticking up above the soil and it acts as a berm.

I always watered about 6am. And then few times a week come through and water with compost tea

TychoMonolyth said:

I just went thru this.
- Let it run for a bit then water by hand,
or
- Put it on a timer and water at night.

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Good suggestion but I don't recommend watering at night, better early morning. Soil that is too moist overnight increases the chances of guttation, which will increase your chance of budrot in flower.

7am it is then.

NoobgrowerLbc said:

If your irrigating a 30 gallon frabric pot. How do you do it?

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Drip emitters or a soaker hose.

irrigating a single pot? or a bunch of 30 gallon fabric pots?

drip emitter would be good for a single pot, but definitely a pain to rig up for a whole field of 'em.

For a field i'd dig trenches, run soaker hose down the middle; stick the fabric pots on top of the soaker hose then either back fill or mulch 1/3 up the side. The soaker hose won't get hot that way and you can throw it on a timer like Tycho suggested.