KNOW YOUR FARMING SOIL

When putting together your drip irrigation system, it is useful to know what type of soil you have in your planting area. You do not need to be a soil expert, but you should be aware that water moves differently and creates different wetting patterns through the different types of soil: sand, loam and clay.

Sandy soil:  Water moves quickly through sandy soil and does not travel far from the dripper. The wetting pattern is much more vertical than horizontal in this type of soil. If your soil is sandy, then you may want to use higher flow drippers and drippers that are spaced closer together to ensure your plants receive enough water. With a higher flow, you may also want to water for shorter durations, but more often.

Loamy soil:  Loamy soil is more dense than sandy soil so water will travel slower allowing it to spread more evenly through the soil both vertically and horizontally. Mid-range drip emitters may be a good choice and you can space drippers further apart since the wetting pattern will be larger.

Clay soil:  This type of soil is very dense, which causes water to be absorbed very slowly. Drippers with the slowest flow rate are a good choice to prevent the water from pooling on the surface of the soil near the plant. Any water at the surface of the soil could eventually be lost to evaporation or runoff to areas you don't wish to water. With lower flow rate drippers, you should water for longer durations to ensure your plants receive enough water.

By knowing your soil type and how water behaves under the surface, you'll be able to design your drip irrigation system with the right components and the right watering schedule to ensure your plants stay healthy.

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As the world population climbs and water stress spreads around the globe, finding ways of getting more crop per drop to meet our food needs is among the most urgent of challenges. One answer to this call is drip irrigation, which delivers water directly to the roots of plants in just the right amounts. It can double or triple water productivity – boosting crop per drop – and it appears to be taking off worldwide. Amazingly, most farmers today still irrigate the way their predecessors did thousands of years ago — by flooding their fields or running water down furrows between their rows of crops. Often less than half the water applied to the field actually benefits a crop.

The rest isn’t necessarily wasted. Some of it makes its way back to a river or groundwater source where it can be used again.  But the excessive diversions can deplete rivers and streams, pollute water supplies with pesticides and salts, and result in large losses to evaporation. Today, as throughout modern history, irrigation is crucial to the global food supply: Yet less than 4 percent of the Kenya’s irrigated land is equipped with micro-irrigation systems. Clearly, the irrigation revolution has a long way to go.

To date, farmers have adopted micro-irrigation mainly for fruits, vegetables and other high-value crops that can provide a good return on the investment. But as rivers run dry, and the country look on to farmers for additional supplies, the rationale for getting more crop per drop is mounting in more places and with more crop varieties. Dripsol Company,the market leader in drip irrigation, we have expanded drip’s use around the country. Farmers which we have done the installation of a subsurface drip system on their farm claim a 90% increase in yield compared with a conventional sprinkler, and a 70% reduction in water use thus resulting in a dramatic increase in water productivity.

Over the last decade, low-cost drip systems tailored to the needs of poor farmers have begun to spread, as well. So will there be enough water to grow the food we need while still keeping our rivers and freshwater ecosystems healthy? The answer depends in large part on whether farmers will find it profitable to invest in more efficient technologies.  Reducing water subsidies, for example, would help expand the drip market.Drip irrigation is clearly on a roll, but its potential has barely been tapped.

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Dripsol Company Drip products are made especially for low-volume irrigation systems. By delivering water at or near the plants’ root zones,our  products offer targeted watering with greater efficiency for healthier plants and outstanding water savings. With over 150 products, we have the broadest drip irrigation product line in the industry to meet any site requirements.

Many slopes are planted with ground cover instead of turf, consider installing highly efficient Dripsol drip lines which offers controlled release watering to help eliminate runoff and encourage healthy root growth. Not only will the landscape drip line improve the visual impact of the site, it isn't visible, and may help cut down on vandalism.

Effective drip irrigation is a mixture of good upfront planning, proper installation, and a solid maintenance technique. If all three are done properly, many emotional, financial, and physical problems can be avoided—and a healthy, aesthetically pleasing slope planting will be the result. Call us today and make your order through 0711197823 or write to us through sales@dripsol.com.

A lot of time and hard work goes into planning, planting, and caring for a home garden. Once little seedlings sprout up through the earth, the impending solar heat could be the demise of all of your hard work.Depending on your location, the intense heat and a dry climate can provide poor conditions for your farm, and even in a fairly temperate location,hence withering plants and vegetables.

To keep your garden growing strong and to free up some time, install drip irrigation system with us. Read on for reasons why drip irrigation works, the basics on drip irrigation, the reasons why you should have a system of your own, and where to start.connect with us on sales@dripsol.com today for a success on your drip irrigation.

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