Irrigation questions answered

josh_ · May 06, 2015 9:39 pm

Regarding subsurface drip irrigation design, after reading the design guides I'm still not clear on how much dripline you can install on one station. For example, Rainbird specify the maximum length of each piece of dripline between headers, but not the total length of dripline that can be attached to the station. I feel as though I'm missing something obvious. Any advice?

Thal · Dec 19, 2015 10:12 pm

Used this forum at length over past hour to help research a few things, particularly drip feed, so thought I'd add some useful resources which hadn't been mentioned:

Good overview of drip irrigation with nice pics and explanation of key requirements

http://www.irrigationtutorials.com/drip ... -and-more/

Decided to go with netafim as per Fu - fairly straightforward instructions available on document below including pictures of connectors and descriptions of different setups:

http://www.netafim.com.au/Data/Uploads/ ... 202010.pdf

Bought from these guys:

http://sunshoweronline.com.au/irrigatio ... irrigation - as per Fu's advice, the irrigation stores are nearly 50% cheaper than hardware stores, particularly on tubing. aka ~ $50 vrs $90 / 50 meters

Thanks.

aussieta · Dec 20, 2015 10:00 am

Hi Fu or anyone else that has some ideas
i have 2.5 acres of extremely sandy soil
i am adding manure to the soil as fast as i can but obviously is a slow process on an area this large
i plan on having horses on 1,5 acres and remaining vegiies/fruit trees
i am looking at sprinkler type irrigation
any advice on what size pump or pumps
what size pipe or hose
and what size/type sprinklers
how many zones and types of solenoids
i know it's a big ask
but stepping from domestic backyard to acreage a normal irrigation system wont cut it