How to make a drip irrigation system with your own hands - video
For most Russians, the need forsubsistence farming has remained in the past, but the need to grow anything at its dacha or garden plot has remained. And it does not matter what it will be: a luxurious flower garden, a cucumber greenhouse or a strawberry garden. In any case, all plantings require artificial irrigation, and the possibility of watering their pets regularly and in time is not every summer resident.
Folk craftsmen have long found a way to relieve the difficult share of truck farmers and came up with a system of drip irrigation of your beds.
What is the drip irrigation system of plants
A ramified water supply system that providesreceipt of moisture to the roots of the most expensive for you garden and garden pets. The principle of operation is simple to primitive. Of some capacity, the water that comes from the water pipe of your horticulture or pumped with a pump from a personal artesian well, through the system of pipes and drip pipes, this life-giving substance is brought to plants that need watering.
From the name it is clear that watering is carried outby drop method, i.e. through small holes in the drip tubes. Ensure the drip irrigation of beds or greenhouses with their own hands is capable of every summer resident.
The kit for the irrigation system includesa few mandatory elements: first of all, a water tank (a conventional barrel); a bay of flexible polyethylene pipes for system wiring; fittings for branch nodes; Drop pipes on irrigated areas.
Set of equipment for drip irrigation
It is clear that a significant part of the basicelements of the drip irrigation system you will have to buy. When selecting the spreading pipes and determining their length and diameter, be guided by the expected water flow and the selected irrigation schedule. Try to make the wiring as practical as possible, with the fewest connecting elements.
Each fitting included in the drip irrigation system is a potential stagnant zone, and with that quality of water that we have in the summer conditions, becomes a trap for dirt.
You can make a drop pipe yourself, saving on this part, just watch the video.
Video: how to make drippers for drip irrigation
Rubber gaskets necessary for connection of capillaries to the flexible pipeline can also be manufactured independently, based on the size of the discharge apertures.
Arrangement of drip irrigation with own hands
How would you not want to get rid ofcompulsory procedure for an evening walk with a hose in the suburban area, you should not put on a complicated plumbing system in your beds: walking will be impossible, and you will have to repair often. A drip system means rational irrigation during your absence at the dacha. First of all, this applies to greenhouses and greenhouses, where natural precipitation is impossible, and unquenched thirst for plants threatens their existence.
A drip irrigation system for a greenhouse can be an effective helper for any summer resident. The scheme of its device provides for a certain stationarity and a small number of branches.
From a storage tank for natural feedingwater it is sufficient to conduct one dispensing tube, to which, according to the indicated scheme, the drop pipes are connected. For the full automation effect, you can install industrial water level sensors and turn off the watering system.
Having spent a while on the drip irrigation system, money and strength, you will ensure, if not double the crop increase, then at least the right to an evening relaxing holiday.
