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Dripper insertid in a pipe |
In Australia Hannis Thill also worked on different methods of using plastic pipe to drip feed water to plants.

When and where to use drip irrigation
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You can use drip irrigation in most situations, it is ideally suited to small areas, roof top gardens, balconies and large shrubberies or in agriculture where you have a high value crop planted in rows. If you install a drip line system on a slope, it would be best to use self compensating drippers so that the water drips at the same rate at the top of the slope as at the bottom. On a large area make sure you follow the contour of the area rather than up and down.
One of the main problems with drip irrigation is the emitters can get blocked especially if you are using water from a bore hole, well or rain water harvesting tank. in these instances you should use a filter. If you only have a few pots to water and mains water pressure is high, above 2 bar, you should install a pressure reducer to avoid the drippers popping out of the pipe.
At Arcadia Irrigation we stock dripper pipe and LDPE pipe
that we supply to our irrigation contractor customers. sales@arcadiairrigation.co.uk
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