How to Make a Homemade Drip Irrigation System

As we said, drip irrigation is one of the most effective forms of irrigation. These systems are very popular in areas where water is a scarce commodity, since they not only allow significant water savings , but are also more effective than other irrigation systems. It is a system that directs the water directly to the vicinity of the roots of the plants, so that we save unnecessary waste of water and through drip irrigation, the plants can be properly hydrated for a long time. In this way, it is an effective, cheap and comfortable system to keep plants in optimal conditions.

In addition, these systems allow the irrigation of areas with more difficult and uneven terrain and prevent the growth of weeds throughout the garden, since they only water the area that interests us.

Day after day, we dispose of a lot of plastic bottles . One of the simplest drip irrigation systems, they need a bottle (the larger, the more watering capacity it will have), a sharp object such as sewing scissors, needles or a knife and some cords or thin pvc tubes (optional, especially on soils that tend to compact). With this material, you have everything to make your home drip irrigation system , although there are several equally effective variants.

The possible variants of this type of home irrigation system are:

Bottle with holes in the cap

It involves making holes in the cap of the bottle, trimming its bottom and inserting the bottle upside down into the soil or pot and connecting it to a hose or tap with low water pressure. It is a very practical and useful system if you are going to be away from home for a long time.

Pvc tube or cord in the cap

To do this home drip irrigation you have to make a hole in the cap, insert the cord or tube and fill the bottle with water. It is a system that saves a large amount of water and is absorbed very slowly by the roots of the plants.

Put the bottle in the ground without the cap

This other method is really simple and effective. To do this, you just have to make small holes in the bottle, remove the cap, put it in the ground vertically and fill it with water. It is an interesting variant to use in the garden or in the soil of the orchard.

It is also possible to make a homemade drip irrigation system with energy from the sun . It is a very easy system to manufacture and it saves up to 10 times more water. In this system, two bottles are used, a large one of 5 L or more, such as a carafe of water, and a small one that can be 1.5 L or 2 L.

1. The large bottle or carafe is cut and discarded the base, while the small one is cut in half and the top is discarded.
2. The lower part of the small bottle is the one that is placed directly on the ground, while the large part is placed on top, so that when you open the cap of the large bottle, the water is poured over the small one.
3. Both bottles are arranged next to the plant that we want to water.
4. The system uses solar energy to evaporate the water and direct it to where it interests us. When the sun’s rays are directed towards the plastic bottle system , the air temperature rises and the water evaporates. Eventually, the air inside the system becomes saturated with humidity and the water condenses on the walls of the bottle, which become larger and larger and slide through the walls, watering the surrounding soil .

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