instructions
You don't have to spend a lot of money on a droplet irrigation. You will certainly have most of the utensils in stock. Otherwise, all the necessary materials are inexpensive commercially available. The system can be installed quickly in just a few steps.
material
- a rain barrel
- possibly a hill or a platform (see below)
- a garden hose
- Hammer and Nail
- a stopper
also read
- Empty the rain barrel with a hose
- Use the rain barrel for greenhouse irrigation
- How to connect your rain barrel to the gutter
Build drip irrigation yourself
- Place your Rain barrel in an elevated location (about 1m above the ground).
- Lay the hose in the garden.
- Compress one end with a plug.
- Network all plants to be watered.
- Mark the hose with a dot where you want the water to come out later.
- Later you poke small holes in the drip tube with a hammer and nail.
- To fill The hose with water.
- Put that open end in the rain barrel.
Connectivity
The method described above is the simplest variant. To the Watercourse to stop you have to manually pull the hose out of the
Rain barrels(€ 3.59 at Amazon *) remove. Alternatively, you can also connect the drip hose to the Outlet tap connect you then only open and close have to. Or you can drill with this one instructions a hole in your rain barrel and attach the drip hose to a separate location.Pay attention to
A water pressure of at least 0.5 bar is required so that the water flows into the hose independently and without a pump. Accordingly, the bin has to be a little higher placed will. Under this link read how to build a suitable base yourself.
