Proper watering in the country: professionals advise (20 photos)

Tireless summer residents try to get the most out of a small garden. In a happy host, greenhouses, greenhouses, beds are placed on a compact plot. Their productivity is influenced by many factors. And proper watering in the country is the most important.

Modern irrigation technologies greatly facilitate the care of plants, and allow you to choose the optimal irrigation system for specific conditions.

Types of irrigation systems: descriptions, advantages and disadvantages

Automated irrigation is a great opportunity to get rid of the obligation to manually water plants. Moreover, you can choose how to organize watering and mount the system yourself.

Subsoil method

Organization of watering in the country is simple: polyethylene pipes with holes are buried in the ground to a depth of 20-30 cm (which is determined by the type of plant root system). The pipe layout is performed according to the placement of the beds.

Advantages: low cost of components, water goes directly to the roots of plants, the soil remains loose. Disadvantages: careful water filtration is necessary, since it is very time-consuming to eliminate blockages in the system.

The invisible work of the construction at any time brings excellent results. A pleasant opportunity for a summer resident to go about their business and not adhere strictly to the rules of watering - before sunrise or after sunset.

Drip irrigation

It is not difficult to organize drip irrigation at the cottage, on a plot of 6 acres you can keep up in one day. Advantages: irrigation of the soil near the root system of the seedling, which provides the possibility of an early harvest, the possibility of watering at night, economical water consumption while improving the quality of irrigation, soil erosion is prevented and the likelihood of spreading weeds, diseases, and a long service life with proper maintenance of the structure, the ability to visually assess the quality of watering.

Disadvantages: mechanical impurities in water can clog dropper holes.

The greatest efficiency of the system is manifested in the irrigation of plots and gardens located on sloping lands. It is rational to install drip structures for irrigation in greenhouses and in areas with water shortages.

Sprinkling

Organized irrigation is very popular due to the ability to effectively water the garden, lawn grass. The principle of the system is that water under pressure is ejected into the air and enters the soil and plants in the form of small drops like rain.

Advantages: the soil is moistened evenly to the required depth, preliminary soil preparation is not required (creation of irrigation furrows, round-bore grooves / rollers). Disadvantages: high energy consumption of the process, uneven irrigation in windy weather and humidification of only the surface soil layer, the formation of puddles and water drains (in the presence of a slope of the earth), it is undesirable to water plants in direct sunlight.

It is better to install the system on a flat area, planted with plants of the same type (of the same height and splendor). When organizing irrigation of mowed lawns, it is advisable to install retractable sprinklers that, when lowered, will not interfere with the care of the grass.

How to install the irrigation systems with your own hands?

The uninterrupted operation of systems is highly dependent on the quality of components. Reliable functioning of irrigation is determined by the accuracy of assembly and the correct installation of the structure. Therefore, one should not rush when arranging watering in a country house from plastic pipes. It is better to devote more time to installation and enjoy comfortable watering all season than to quickly mount the device and then constantly adjust the irrigation process.

Phased arrangement of the sprinkler system

To organize automatic watering in the country will help sprinkler design. For its installation, serious preparatory work is necessary.

Standard set of automatic irrigation system: pump station, pressure regulator (installed when mounting different sprinklers), purification filters, solenoid valves (for the possibility of alternating watering of sections), HDPE pipes, sprinklers, controllers, fittings.

When choosing a system, the characteristics of sprinklers must be taken into account. Installations are available with different irrigation sectors: 90 ° (for corner zones), 180 ° (for installation along fences), 270 ° (for location near houses, arbors), 360 ° (for open lawns). Depending on the water pressure, sprinklers can irrigate from 50 to 700 sq.m. land and have radii of the water stream from 4 to 15m.

Irrigation areas of neighboring installations should intersect for full irrigation of the site. The uniformity of autowatering depends on the diameter of the nozzle and the speed of rotation of the sprinkler.

The step-by-step process of assembling and installing an irrigation device

A site plan is drawn up with the allocation of irrigation zones (lawn, flower beds) and dry (recreation, construction).

The number of sprinklers and their installation location are determined. For this, water consumption, working pressure and irrigation areas of individual devices are taken into account. Connecting simultaneously operating sprinklers to one solenoid valve optimizes watering.

On the lawn, lines for laying the trunk line and branches are outlined. It is important that the pipes are rarely kinked and brought to the sprinklers by short paths. The main pipes are selected with a larger diameter than the branches.

Trenches are dug along the planned lines to a depth of about 30 cm. For proper winter conservation, a slight slope of the pipes and the installation of drainage valves at low points of the system are provided.
The design using fittings is completely assembled on the surface, and then laid in trenches. Sprinklers are wound and then the whole system is covered with earth.

How to make watering hassle-free? The trouble-free operation of the devices will be ensured by cleaning filters and watering heads, timely and proper conservation of the structure for the winter period.

Assembly and installation of drip irrigation

This is an ideal way to water in greenhouses and outdoors. The main feature of the method is the possibility of irrigation equipment in any areas (with or without central water supply).

Accessories for the irrigation system:

• watering tank, water outlet (external thread 1 ′ or 3/4 ′);
• connecting valve (3/4 ”or 1 ′ internal thread), filter (3/4” or 1 ″ thread);
• a variety of plastic fittings and compression (for assembly, bends, branches of the pipe HDPE);
• plastic pipes for irrigation in the country (diameter 32 mm, can be larger, acts as a trunk);
• drip tape (diameter 16 mm, emitter pitch is from 10 to 40 mm, is selected individually);
• start connectors.

Stages of installation and placement of the structure:

1. The barrel is installed and securely fixed.
2. A hole is cut in the container (7-10 cm above the bottom, so that debris does not enter the system, but accumulates below the outlet).
3. We connect the tap to the water tank, install the filter and the adapter on the HDPE pipe.
4. We make pipe routing from the central pipe perpendicular to the beds with plants.
5. We muffle the ends of the pipes (it is better to install a tap on one end - it is useful for flushing at the end of the season a drip irrigation system for giving).
6. Opposite the beds with plants, we drill holes in the HDPE pipes and install start connectors for plastic tapes.
7. We connect drip tapes from polyethylene, and the emitter holes should be on top. The tape at the other end is drowned out as follows: 1-1.5 cm of the tape is cut off, the end folds tightly and a ring that was previously cut is put on top of it.

The watering speed in the greenhouse and in the open beds is individually regulated and depends on the height of the tank and the length of the drip tapes. It is advisable to place the tapes as close to the plants as possible.

Installation guidelines for irrigation systems

In the first installation, some controversial situations may arise, but over time, the installation processes will be worked out accurately. How many sites, so many nuances. But compliance with some general rules will help all summer residents to arrange convenient watering in the country with their own hands:

• first make a plan of the site with beds, greenhouses, flower beds and draw an arrangement of pipes and hoses on it;
• determine the type of soil (sandy soils dry faster than clay ones), the type of plantings and the required volume of water;
• if there is no water supply for irrigation in the country, it is necessary to consider the place of installation of the water tank (at a height of at least 1.5-2 meters). It is important to exclude the possibility of lighting the tank in direct sunlight (to prevent liquid from blooming). Owners of large plots should think about the possibility of arranging their own well.

Definitely, any automatic watering in the country house simplifies plant care, increases productivity, and significantly reduces water consumption. The choice of the optimal system is determined by natural factors - the zonal location of the site, the presence of a slope of the surface.