I now have a water supply via 22mm PEX pipe to the corner of my veg plot with a John Guest 22mm stopvalve the end of it.

I've been looking at various options for setting up an irrigation system for the veg plot to connect to my water stopvalve.

I looked at the black piping kits from Hozelock with all the drippers and soaking hoses. They seem expensive for what they are.

It then struck me it might be more cost effective to use Hep2o or flomasta PEX pipe and fittings particularly as all the Tees and elbows and pipe stiffeners can be re-used again from year to year.

I could also put in isolating valves for each veg row so when out of season, turn the water off for that veg row etc,

I could either:

(a) use a row of 15mm tees & reduce down to 10mm for individual pots along the pipe run

(b) even put a stop end on the end of a 15mm pipe run and drill 3mm holes at regular intervals and place along a row of veg to water rows of veg.

Anyone been down this route before and got any comment to make?

S.