What is Drip Irrigation System and its Benefits

Drip Irrigation System is a approach in which water is supply through pipes straight to the roots of a plant at a slow rate. In this technique the water loss is minimum because hardly there is  any water is wasted during evaporation. Drip Irrigation is used for growing vegetables, fruits and for flowers because more land is irrigated in short duration and saves water.
To keep your garden watered without wasting too much time and money, then you should consider the drip irrigation system. 

Drip Irrigation system has two types-:
1) Above Ground Level
2)  Below Ground level

1) In above ground  level:- Small amounts of water continuously drips onto the ground, and allows it to soakin. It can be  regulated from a pressure controller, which ensures that the water just comes out at a drip instead of a spray or a stream. These pressure regulators are very inexpensive. The whole drip system can be set up with a pressure regulator and a garden hose with holes poked in it

2) In below ground level:- Their is an underground system which is bit more difficult to install and maintain. But If you want that the water system is not visible then you should consider this option. In this the water is directly provided to the roots for the watering plants.

Drip Irrigation System Helps Us to save water in following ways :-
Drip irrigation - saves water as it applies low volumes directly around the plants. It can only really be used for “row crops” and not for pasture.

Let us assume  we apply  flood-irrigate method  to grapes. We would apply this  an “acre inch” in every ten days (yes, it was that long ago - before we changed to the easier cubic metres/litres), along a “furrow” that was (permanently), ploughed alongside the vines.

The old irrigation schemes allocated you water - “x” hours of uptake, every ten days. If you didn't take it - you “lost” it. The old saying being “Steal my dog, steal my wife - but DON’T take my water!”

An acre in is the equivalent of 103 cubic metres - thus 5 litres a vine a day (but only once every ten days). In temperatures of 35 degrees (95 F ), a significant volume of this evaporated, especially when there was a westerly and the humidity dropped below 20%. In most loam soils this was fine and the vines did well, however in some soils (stony silts and clays), the drainage was too fast or the soil sealed over - neither applying adequate water.

Over the course of a growing season (200 days), we applied something in the order of 1.6 million litres an acre.

Currently, drip irrigation is applying circa 4 litres a day (we are flowering), applied at night (no evaporation). This is then reduced after fertilisation - to the point where I now apply circa 600 to 650 cubic metres an acre over the season.

Advantages of drip irrigation system :-
1) It is an efficient method in saving water by putting the water preciously where it is needed.
2) It is an easy , cheap and convenient way in comparison with other sprinkler or bubble system.
3) It result in healthy , fast growing plant because constant moisture is provided by it.
4)  Plants undergo less stress as their is variations in soil moisture, and helps to improve the  plant appearance.
5. Weed growth is reduced because water is provided directly to the roots and no other area get WATER.
6) It is designed in such a way that it can be used in any type of terrain , sandy or different type of soil condition and make it fertile.
7) It also helps to reduce the Cost of fertilizers and less no. of labour are required.  
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