[Market-farming] Irrigation Question
Andy Fellenz
fellenz at fltg.net
Thu Feb 26 10:31:32 EST 2009
I'd like to know what you end up with. I'm looking at setting up a
similar system to irrigate a remote area which does not have access to
any water.
Andy
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> --- bcluton at aol.com wrote:
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> From: bcluton at aol.com
> To: market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: [Market-farming] Irrigation Question
> Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 21:33:55 -0500
>
> Hi All,
>
> I've been toying around with some irrigation ideas and would be
> interested in folks insight and experiences.
>
> We're looking at ways to get water to a few fields that don't have
> water access. And also looking to potentially recover our
> pre-filtered wash water.(which is currently drained to a swale)
>
> We currently have a 300 gallon tank that could be mounted on a hay
> wagon and towed to the field. The question is how to apply this
> water. I've been trying to figure out how to crunch the numbers on
> gravity pressure based on the distance dropped off the wagon and the
> volume of water in the tank (of course this would change as the tank
> drained) and I'd also need to figure this based on some standard
> length header, drip line, etc. This is one possible direction.
>
> The other is adding a pump to the system and utilizing a string of
> sprinklers. I could look at the low pressure mini-sprinklers we've
> been utilizing. Or explore slightly higher pressure system that would
> reduce the number of sprinklers and make the string easier to move.
> This would prove helpful in having a fairly easily mobile means to
> irrigate a small seeded/bedded crop. We're on municipal water for our
> main irrigation system so I have almost no experience with irrigation
> pumps. I can consider the length of the sprinkler line and the number
> and type of sprinklers. If I add up the GPM of each sprinkler head
> I'd get the total needed GPM, I can look at the operational PSI of the
> sprinklers and assume that would have to be my base pressure at
> however many GPM. I can figure out how quickly the 300 gallon tank
> would drain and if I dug up the formula and crunched the numbers could
> figure out how many acre/inches that would amount to. I know trash
> pumps, etc. are rated at how many GPM they move but don't think
> they're probably capable of handling back pressure. I'm assuming that
> an irrigation pump has a GPM rating and is somehow rated for or set to
> an operational PSI. Would this require a pump with bladder tank or is
> there some other system?
>
> Anyhow this is just the trend of my thoughts here. They're obviously
> rather raw and I've got some homework to do and phone calls to
> make....but bearing this info in mind if anyone has thoughts, ideas,
> experience, etc. I'd love to hear from you.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brian
> www.stonesthrowfarm.biz
>
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