Drip Irrigation Vegetable Gardens

Conventional irrigation system is confined with number of disadvantages to be associated with. The development of the facilities in agriculture has prompted people to adopt drip irrigation for carrying out all agricultural practices. Drip irrigation provides several features when compared with the

Drip irrigation for vegetable gardens

Vegetable gardens are irrigated by drip irrigation in modern agricultural practice.. Gardens employ different kinds of plants to be grown under one shelter. This makes the work of gardener to be difficult in maintaining the garden. So it is advisable to use drip irrigation technique to have programmed watering of plants. This enables proper maintenance of moisture level in the ground. Since vegetable plants require different watering for obtaining better growth of plants.

Tips for getting efficient drip irrigation for vegetable gardens

It is essential to maintain adequate level of pressure in the tubing of drip irrigation. The micro irrigation technique can aid planned watering of younger plants. The watering of large and grown plants can be done using different types of emitters. Overall usage of water can be optimized with some practical testing of the drip irrigation system after installation. Vegetable plants like carrot can require only adequate amount of moisture to be maintained through out its growth cycle. So it is advisable for the designers to use multiple emitters and bubblers to carryout watering of those plants. Stream bubblers can be used for watering plants like tomato. The constant moisture can be preserved in the vegetable garden by drip irrigation technique.

Advantages of drip irrigation in vegetable gardens

Vegetable gardens with drip irrigation involve splitters used to channel the water for different plants. These can reduce the overall wastage of water yielding to effective water conservation. Drip irrigation provides random type watering enabling elimination of the weeds in vegetable garden. Vegetable gardens are prevented from soil erosion by using modular drip irrigation system.

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  1. Laurel said

    This has some good information. I’m all for drip irrigation. It saves water and with a timer, saves time and allows you to take some vacation time during the growing season. I bought a lot of my supplies at my favorite online nursery. This year I bought a self-contained strawberry garden that works amazingly well and keeps my chickens out of the berries. Check out GardenHarvestSupply.com. They have great customer service and are always adding new products. I’ve never had a plant that comes from them fail!

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