ITEMS THAT MAKE UP AN IRRIGATION SYSTEM
1. Pump - This works to draw water from the water source and send it directly to the farm or to a tank or a water reservoir for storage.
2. Filters - Filters filter water so that garbage and other things do not enter the irrigation system and cause problems such as clogging pipes and Emmitters are parts that release water for irrigation.
3. Back wash controller/back flow controller are valves that prevent water from returning to the back of the system, especially when the water pressure is low. Water should have only one direction (Unidirection). These are like valves in the veins that prevent blood from flowing back.
4. Pressure regulator or control valve - it works to control the water pressure entering the pipes. It is very important to control the pressure because if it gets too high, you may find that it is not a drip anymore, but the pipes or tape are all broken.
5. Water tank/resouvr or water source - the job is to distribute water to the drip, water must be available to be an irrigation system.
6. Main line/pipe – is a large pipe that delivers water to a tank or another source to the farm for distribution.
7. Small poly tubes/tapes are the ones that distribute water in the field now and are the ones with holes to drip water.
There are also connectors that connect the tubes and pipes.
There are also gate valves - these help to water the field in phases, that is, you can water half the field first and continue with half later. When the gate valves are closed, they prevent water from going to one area and allow it to go to another area, especially if the water has low pressure.
There is a power source like electricity or solar for the pump, but you can also use only fuel
BENEFITS OF USING THIS IRRIGATION SYSTEM
1. GOOD USE OF WATER
Farmers often do not know if emptying of water is a problem, especially when it is available in abundance.
Now the drip reduces water loss because it drips water only on the plant.
For my colleagues in the central region who have water problems, they will understand easily or if you use DAWASCO with a meter, you will understand more
2. REDUCTION OF WEEDS IN THE FIELD
Because this system pours water only on the stem of the seedling, it helps a lot to reduce the problem of weeds in the field when the plant gets enough water again, the weeds go hungry, it reduces the inconvenience and costs of weeding.
If you pour a lot of water at once, the water is lost very quickly and the rest goes to grow weeds.
3. GOOD USE OF FERTILIZERS
With store-bought fertilizers that dissolve in water (water soluble), you put them in the tank, they dissolve (making a solution) and after that they go to the plants through the drops coming out of the tubes, remember at that time the weeds sleep hungry.
Unlike pouring in a ditch where you can pour 5 liters of water, the fertilizer dissolves and is lost to the side and the weeds celebrate
4. EQUAL RIGHTS FOR EVERY PLANT
A drip irrigation system provides the same amount of water and fertilizer to all plants in the field. That is, the plant that is near the water source gets the same amount of water as the plant that is at the end of the field and because of this, the crops come out evenly and like many melons they grow big and very similar in size.
Unlike normal irrigation where the plant near the well is preferred and the one far away is thin because people are too tired to carry buckets back and forth.
5. REDUCES THE COST OF STEAMING AND REDUCES THE CHALLENGE OF STEAMING
Many people who live in the city have fields in the villages and the young people lie to them that they have watered it or not or that they have watered it because they have left it. at least because he does not use great power it is not easy to deceive you.
The drip system reduces trembling/treading the field which causes compaction of the field and reduces air circulation in the ground.
6. TO INCREASE FERTILITY
Drip irrigation increases productivity more than 3 to 4 times compared to the normal system, I use it on watermelons, usually I got 4 tons per heck but 12 tons per drip. This is caused by an imbalance in water and fertilizer.
7. DRIPS REDUCE SOIL EROSION.
Unlike watering locally or with ditches, that is, if you use drip and put plastic mulch, you are done... no weeding... no use of energy... high yield... high production
Also, the drip system is easy and you can use it even on a rented farm and put it in the kiruiu until you get home... there should only be a good source of water
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