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- From: Ken Hargesheimer <minifarms2@yahoo.com>
- To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: [Livingontheland] emitters stop up
- Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2011 07:44:16 -0800 (PST)
The farmers in Honduras and Nicaragua make their own drip lines for bucket drip irrigation. The pressure is only 1 psi and how it would work with more pressure I do not know. Might be worth a try.Bucket Drip Irrigation
The bucket must be suspended at least l meter above the ground. A tube is connected to the dripline and the other end is placed in the bucket to siphon the water out. Assuming the bucket is 20 liters, fill it twice for each row of vegetables. The dripline can be moved to another row for irrigating. Each row of vegetables is irrigated every other day. Plant a row of vegetables on each side of the dripline and use 40 liters of water. Bucket Kits
The key to the simple drip irrigation system that we use is the gravity
fed "bucket kit". The bucket
kit consists of four 8m lines [or two of 50 ft or one of 100’] of drip tape
connected to a bucket suspended 1m above the vegetable bed. Water is poured into the bucket and is
evenly distributed to 100 watering points.
By filling the bucket twice a day, a small kitchen garden can be
watered. Studies in Using sleeves Farmers in Using screws Farmers in Pin holes for drip I am wondering if a dripline could be made by using a hot pin or very small hot nail, etc. to punch holes in the poly tubing. I mean really tiny holes. DIY drip kit: Roger Pigott [ Buy enough hose to connect the drip line to the top of the bucket to siphon out the water. It takes about 1-2 hours for the bucket to empty. The dripline can be moved to another row of vegetables or plant a row of vegetables on each side of the dripline. Use more water. If one is willing to carry the water, one line will irrigate several rows during the day. Ken H |
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Re: [Livingontheland] World Hunger Best Cured by Small-Scale Agriculture
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- Re: [Livingontheland] World Hunger Best Cured by Small-Scale Agriculture, Michelle Silva, 01/14/2011
- Re: [Livingontheland] World Hunger Best Cured by Small-Scale Agriculture, Tradingpost, 01/14/2011
- Re: [Livingontheland] World Hunger Best Cured by Small-Scale Agriculture, paul, 01/14/2011
- Re: [Livingontheland] World Hunger Best Cured by Small-Scale Agriculture, Tradingpost, 01/14/2011
- Re: [Livingontheland] World Hunger Best Cured by Small-Scale Agriculture, paul, 01/15/2011
- Re: [Livingontheland] World Hunger Best Cured by Small-Scale Agriculture, Tradingpost, 01/15/2011
- Re: [Livingontheland] World Hunger Best Cured by Small-Scale Agriculture, gloria, 01/15/2011
- Re: [Livingontheland] World Hunger Best Cured by Small-Scale Agriculture, paul, 01/15/2011
- Re: [Livingontheland] World Hunger Best Cured by Small-Scale Agriculture, Tradingpost, 01/15/2011
- [Livingontheland] Bermuda - not the island, Ken Hargesheimer, 01/15/2011
- [Livingontheland] emitters stop up, Ken Hargesheimer, 01/15/2011
- [Livingontheland] amount of water needed, Ken Hargesheimer, 01/15/2011
- Re: [Livingontheland] World Hunger Best Cured by Small-Scale Agriculture, Michelle Silva, 01/14/2011
- Re: [Livingontheland] World Hunger Best Cured by Small-Scale Agriculture, Tradingpost, 01/14/2011
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