Water saving and efficient Built in drip irrigation tape drip irrigation system diy

Drip tape irrigation
Drip emitter tubing provides 90% watering efficiency, right at the root zone. Protects the emitter from root intrusion, creating a
long-lasting, low maintenance sub-surface drip irrigation system for use in organic gardens or shrub and groundcover areas.
Avoiding water-waste
Reducing run-off and leaching
Reducing evaporation enabling reuse of wastewater

Diameter
(mm)

Wall Thickness
(mm)

Spacing
(mm)

Roll Weight
(kg)

Roll Length
(m)

16

0.18

300

19.0

2000

200

19.6

2000

150

15

1500

100

16.2

1500

16

0.30

300

22.2

1500

200

23.0

1500

150

15.5

1000

100

16.5

1000

16

0.40

300

15.3

800

200

15.7

800

150

16.0

800

100

16.7

800

Drip tape can be installed easily either above or below ground. It is designed for use in vegetable gardens, narrow rows of
vegetation, and for row crops. Most often, a vegetable garden or vegetable crops are planted in parallel rows. This makes the
layout of a drip tape very easy.
To successfully use drip tape for seed germination, the soil type, the drip tape outlet spacing, and the depth and spacing between
the drip tape laterals should be determined first. The drip tape must be close enough to the surface and the drip outlets must be
in close enough spacing to germinate the seeds. For example, drip tape 4 to 5 inches deep was successfully used to germinate onion
seeds in silt loam soil, while drip tape with 12 inch spacing failed to uniformly germinate the same crop.
When using a drip tape system, the right amount of water must be applied. If more water is applied than the plants need, most of
the benefits that the drip tape system provides will be negated. The soil will be excessively wet, promoting disease, weed growth,
and nitrate leaching.
Drip irrigation is a system where water is pumped from the ground or surface, filtered, amended with nutrients and/or water
treatment chemicals, and then delivered directly to the crop root zone through a network of pipelines into different types of
emission devices depending on the crop to be watered. Micro-irrigation has typically been used for fruit, nut and vegetables. it
has also been used successfully with field crops such as alfalfa, corn and soybeans too.