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We are running 4 10x100 dep houses this year. We are going to set up drip irrigation system for timed waterings when needed, we are planting straight into the ground. Our site is slightly sloping. Its not level and we don't want to level it, the slopes not that major just slight, don't want t disturb native soil. Only doing light till and top dress before drilling our holes to place month old babies into. We need a system that has good pressure to push water (and organic nutrients when needed) down the lines to adequately water evenly over its cycle. Previously we have done hand watering and it was tough with 2 houses. Automation is a must, just trying to learn the ropes here.
we have multiple 550 gallon water tanks setup at the topside of the holler (tanks are all uphill from houses) to feed down the lines which I plan to get some kind of line split so that we can provide different feeding to each house if need be. Also given the slope slight down hill the water will naturally flow but I'm sure I will need some type of pump
I also am not sure as to what size irrigation lines I should get because given we are growing organic I have heard its more likely to clog lines. So I'm thinking if we could get a size larger might help but then we'll need more pressure. Our nutrients using is "key to life" so they are water soluble if that helps in diagnosing our setup.
any help here is greatly appreciated!
we have multiple 550 gallon water tanks setup at the topside of the holler (tanks are all uphill from houses) to feed down the lines which I plan to get some kind of line split so that we can provide different feeding to each house if need be. Also given the slope slight down hill the water will naturally flow but I'm sure I will need some type of pump
I also am not sure as to what size irrigation lines I should get because given we are growing organic I have heard its more likely to clog lines. So I'm thinking if we could get a size larger might help but then we'll need more pressure. Our nutrients using is "key to life" so they are water soluble if that helps in diagnosing our setup.
any help here is greatly appreciated!