Simple Drip Irrigation Set Up - How Fix the Microtube & Driper?

During the fertigation system irrigation set up, one of the crucial activities is fixing up the microtube with the driper (which normally come together as one set) onto the p.e lateral pipe. The tools that you'll need are as follows:

1. 25 feet of 1/4 inch microtubing rubber hose
2. Driper head with micro filtration function
3. 100 feet of main 1/2 inch p.e plastic hose
4. Puncher - This tool is not shown on the photo above, but is shown on the photo below.
5. Cutter
6. Microtube nipple connector
   

First, a hole have to be make by using a special puncher with the standard punch hole size as the microtube nipple. Do not use any other tool like nail or any metal spike to do this because you might accidently make a hole on the other side of the p.e hose resulting a leakage. After that, insert the microtube nipple onto the hole. The nipple have a special catch which is design to hold the connection firmly and will not leak unless you plug it off.

After fixing the microtube, it has to be tested for functionality or wether there's any blockage or leakage without the driper and with the driper fixed. This has to be done before even start the seedling.