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Kaye starts with ... I have purchased and established a number of dwarf fruit trees from Daleys. I have established them using the water tube system. Now I want to move to a gravity fed drip system from a rainwater tank; the head tank is about 30m away with a 1:5 drop so the pressure is quite good. I have a few questions: how many drippers do I use per tree and how far apart do I space them? Do I need an in-line water filter? What problems should I watch out for? Cheers, Kaye | About the Author Kaye2 Moruya NSW 14th August 2009 8:58am #UserID: 2660 Posts: 1 View All Kaye2's Edible Fruit Trees |
amanda says... Hi Kaye - u should use a filter - u can get in-line filters from reticulation shops (go to a specialist shop - not bunnings etc - they will know exactly what u need)..the filters are not expensive and will save a lot of hassel down the track. If u get pressure compensated Netafim dripper line - then u will get even distribution of the water from every dripper to every tree - right to the last tree. Once again - I would talk to the specialists - as it is gravity fed I am not sure if the line would work. I used about 1.5m of dripper line per tree - with 2L/hr drippers - just multiply the No. of outlets by the volume (eg if 1m of line has 10 2L/hr drippers then u will b delivering 20L per hour to each tree) You may need to make sure u have a closed loop system (ie: no dead ends in the retic pipe) - one of the big problems with retic is pressure - making sure the tree at the end is getting the same amount of water as the one at the beginning..as pressure drops off along the line. A bigger main line will help overcome this. I would really recommend that u go into a retic shop tho'... :) | About the Author amanda19 Geraldton. WA 14th August 2009 9:30am #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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