@dragnlaw Yes, there is one of those emitters near each plant, though sometimes there is more than one plant, like with those squash this year, that I had to re-plant, due to the first ones being destroyed by something. This time I put a small "hoop" of chicken wire over each planting, and a couple spots had nothing germinate, so I just planted a couple extra zinnias in them, and later, they came up, but I left the zinnias! Those emitters are the highest output I use - 2 gal/hr - because those butternuts become large plants, but in the beginning, I set them for just 8 minutes, twice a day. Eventually, I set it for higher, and once a day, and later, even longer, every 3 days. The emitters on the rosemary and sage are the lower 1/2 gal/hr, as they don't need as much, and when the seedlings are getting started, I'll water the herbs by hand, if the weather calls for it.
For the garlic, and things very close together like that, I use driplines, with the 1/2 gal emitters 6" apart. With the SIPs (sub-irrigated planters) I put the 2 gal/hr emitters in the "chimneys", and set them to where they just barely start to overflow, then set them a few minutes less. Surprisingly, those things will dry out in one day, with tomatoes and cucumbers! I learned that early on. Had to set timers for 12 hr intervals, and in this intense heat, every 8 hours - this way I don't have to overflow them.
Though no rain came with it yet, around 6:30 pm it got very windy, and the temp dropped 5°, so far. I'm hearing thunder now, so I assume it's coming, question is, how much.
And now, 7:50 pm, the temp has dropped all the way to 71° (from 91° when I was out earlier, with a 99° heat index), but still little rain - .13", so far, but more is forecast.