Shoutout to my old drip sprinklers, you will not be missed

Three summers back I was running six old hose sprinklers on a timer that soaked my whole yard in Tucson whether the plants needed it or not. Two months ago I ripped all of it out and put in drip lines with a cheap battery timer, and I have not touched a hose since. For those of you who made the switch, how long did it take before you actually trusted the timer enough to go out of town?

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marymorgan13d ago

Is it really that serious though? I set up a cheap drip timer two years back and honestly I stopped worrying about it after maybe two weeks. If the plants look fine when I check on them, the timer is working, end of story. Going out of town for a few days is not some big trust test. Worst case you come home to a few sad plants and you water them. I get wanting to baby a new setup, but at some point you just gotta let the thing do its job and go live your life.

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