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Take a look at this post from Tim Royce of Royce Turf :
http://www.landscapejuicenetwork.com/forum/topics/appeal-to-the-wat...
It looks as is we are all looking to increase our knowledge in this area due to the situation.
I remember half joking saying on LJN a long while, that (inbuilt) irrigation could be the next big trend. If only I had listened to myself ;-)
Thanks Gary. Hopefully Tim Royce will reply to Phil's post with some photos and more info. I would like to get some more info before I take a risk and buy and install it.
Would love to attend some 'formal' training covering designing, calculating and installing irrigation systems .hint ...hint to anyone out there......
Me too please
and me...
Extensive systems can be expensive if you use the proprietary brands. Depending on customer requirements, budget and aesthetics, probably handy to source raw materials (tubing, drippers, sprinklers etc.) and learn to DIY. Here in Spain we have everything on irrigation (veg, flowers, trees and hedges etc.) of necessity. Home built systems are much more robust and flexible.
I agree about that.
I used irrigation in every garden I made in israel of course, I had experience thanks to big projects I did voluntary while working in a kibutz.
One thing worth knowing ( I learned at uni from the people that were the first to develop drip irrigation) is that the movement of the water in the soil is in a shape of big onion.
So areas that on the surface are dried - may be wet underneath in depth of few inches.
that is how it actually save water ~( as these will not evaporate) , it also assist in reduce weeds if done well.
and that is actually why it is better than seating hose - that you barely find in hot countries.
the onion shape is depand on soil type, in sandy soil is much narrow.
Why is that important to know: because you do find many people saying that it does not water well, or that the plants do not get enough water. But you can calculate the amount of water that the plant get, ( normally drippers are 2 litres per hour) and explain to your customer that these water actually in the ground reaching the plants soil.
hope it helps, helped me a lot.