Creative Fruit Tree Irrigation for zone 4b

[HunterHomestead]

I have around 20 trees on my half acre now. It’s a bit difficult to run around and fill up 5 gallon containers with holes in the bottom to water every week so I am trying to determine next steps. Anyone have any creative slow watering irrigation ideas?

Preferably, I want something that I can hook up to my home’s spigot, but hate the thought of leaving a hose sitting around. I also have in-ground irrigation and I’m contemplating adding in another zone for slow watering the trees.

What does everyone else do?

[disc4tw]

My initial thought was to plop perforated buckets in beside each plant you want to water with your system, then make a new irrigation zone with hight flow to fill the buckets for slow release. Alternatively, just make a soaker hose network and slow water those trees.

Here’s the rest of what I have thought about for a system.

Let's talk (budget conscious) homeowner scale irrigation

For someone who is newer to the intricacies of growing fruit and being raised in the suburbs, my knowledge of “irrigation” started with a garden hose and a sprinkler I ran through as a child. I never put any thought into it the last couple of years having pawpaws and a few raised beds, but after learning that our hanging baskets didn’t like months on end of drought without being watered every day, I decided this is the year to automate and save myself a large amount of time, time that I can spen…

[northwoodswis4]

Maybe there won’t be a drought this year, so you won’t need to water much. I seldom water my orchard.