How we increased the yield on our site thanks to drip irrigation

As the owner of a country house with a plot of land, I wondered which watering to choose. Mechanical watering requires a lot of physical strength, it takes a lot of time to irrigate the entire vegetable garden and orchard. I was interested in automatic drip irrigation systems that are used for various crops, both in the open field and in film greenhouses.

As a result, drip irrigation allowed us to increase the yield on our site and at the same time reduce the amount of water used.

Watering was carried out almost regularly, water was supplied slowly at a certain time.

The system consists of a pipeline through which water flows through droppers to the plants. As with any system, drip irrigation has both advantages and disadvantages.

The advantages of automatic watering:

water is supplied directly to the root system;

drip irrigation can be done in any weather;

the risk of leaf and fruit diseases is minimized;

since water is supplied in a limited amount, this significantly reduces the growth of weeds;

it is possible to use the supply of nutrients to plants simultaneously with watering;

watering does not interfere with the conduct of other work at the summer cottage;

little energy is consumed;

leaves and fruits are not damaged by sunburn;

there is a possibility of salt water, since the irrigation system removes excess salt.

Disadvantages:

the irrigation system cannot be called a budget option, the mechanical irrigation method is much cheaper;

the system underground can be damaged by insects or rodents, which will require additional costs for its uprising;

not every summer resident will be able to independently install this irrigation; the help of specialists will be required.

Nowadays, traditional irrigation systems are fading into the background due to numerous shortcomings. In fact, they cannot be attributed to automatic structures, since the crane is constantly open. Uncontrolled watering can lead to waterlogging and late blight infection.

The micro-drip irrigation system is a simple but reliable and durable device. It is very convenient and easy to use, it has much more advantages than disadvantages. The irrigation system operates on one set of batteries for up to eight months.

We installed the system in the spring, connected it to the water supply - and forgot about the problem of watering for the whole time!