How to irrigate a vegetable garden
The best way to irrigate a vegetable garden is to use a system of drip irrigation. It is a system that fights waste, is easy to install and allows to provide water to the plants directly to the roots, thereby preventing the evaporation of water.
In addition, drip irrigation systems can take advantage of a system timer to schedule when and how much water will irrigate your plants, so the only maintenance that will make the vegetable inherent in the weeds.
If you prefer conventional watering, according to the size of the garden will choose to operate by means of pumps or watering cans. The watering is indicated even if the user has to make more effort.
With the watering, you should be careful not to wet the leaves, otherwise, we risk raising pests who harm our plants. The water should be applied during the early morning or in the evening, with the setting of the sun, otherwise, the majority of the water will evaporate making vain our labors.
With a watering can water directly to the root system, which is the normal pump that does not allow us. When we use a pump, we must ensure that the water pressure is low enough before starting with irrigation, which will have to be created will feed the appropriate channels where most of the water. The channels will be adjacent to the plants.
The grooves are practiced among the different rows of plants and are not to enclose the entire garden. With pumps not only promotes stagnation with the formation of mold and mildew, but it also wastes a lot of water. Which does not happen with the drip system or with the watering can.
The majority of gardening experts generally recommend the drip irrigation system to facilitate the manpower to devote to a garden. The advantages of this system are manifold: it does not get wet with the leaves and then the plants will be healthier and less susceptible to pests.
It prevents the collection of stagnant water or moisture with a lower formation of mold and mildew. The drip irrigation system is ideal for all circumstances, and with the garden in the middle of the field that if the garden is small and is served on the terrace of the house. The wastewater is very minimal, and the installation is easy.
Drip irrigation systems can be purchased at tackle shops for DIY and gardening. The kits that are on the market consist of plastic tubes of different lengths and a number of fittings for the hose.
Once you choose the length that is best suited to your garden, you toccherrà dial connections, that is, you have to mount the tubes that from the main pipe, will lead the water to your plants. One end of the plastic tube, mount an adapter that can easily be anchored to the tap of your garden.
The other end is called the closing and will be the end of your irrigation system. The most finicky will bury the plastic pipe under the ground to protrude only individual tubes directly to the height of the plants. For the entire, installation takes about an hour: the lateral tubes protrude from the main gate and come to different plants.
Starting the main valve, each plant will receive water, the right amount of water can be adjusted according to the species. Most of the gardens need water only twice a week, although much depends on the climate, irrigation drip system allows slow and deep; Furthermore, to irrigate a garden without fatigue, it is possible to install a timer.
