The gardener who can do a thorough job of watering with hose in hand is rare indeed. Assuming that the hose spews out about 3 gallons per minute in a circle about 4 feet in diameter, I roughly ...

You can irrigate your lawn or garden with an automated sprinkler or drip system. Sprinklers irrigate more widely, but they ...

Drip irrigation applies water through small holes called emitters in a network of hoses or pipes rather than through broadcasting sprinklers or hoses. It delivers the water more closely to the root ...

Last spring, my mom set up her garden with drip irrigation. Even though she has a sizable yard filled with vegetables, ...

I do not like drip systems, especially those placed underneath landscape fabric or a layer of mulch. You can’t see what is happening and you will lose plants before you discover you have a problem. I ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Laying out the hoses in my beds as I installed drip last year. The hoses uncoil with the heat of the sun. Credit: Amanda Blum Drip irrigation systems ...

The performance of drip irrigation systems is critically influenced by clogging mechanisms that reduce hydraulic efficiency and compromise water distribution uniformity. Sediment deposition, calcium ...

Researchers from China's Northwest A&F University have developed a novel drip irrigation system powered by PV, which stores energy in the form of compressed air. The use of compressed air not only ...

Drip irrigation systems are probably the most efficient for our climate, but they do require some periodic maintenance. It’s pretty easy to do this maintenance yourself, and it won’t take long. It ...

Sugar beet irrigation trials in the Imperial Valley, in California’s low desert, using drip and furrow methods. A recent test has shown that drip irrigation is more efficient than furrow irrigation ...

Efficient water use is important to superintendents. Precisely irrigating small or isolated tees is challenging with traditional sprinklers. New Mexico State University scientists evaluated four ...