Product Descriptions
Installation and Use of Drip Tape
Drip tape can be installed easily either above or below ground. It is designed for use in vegetable gardens, narrow rows of vegetation, and for row crops. Most often, a vegetable garden or vegetable crops are planted in parallel rows. This makes the layout of a drip tape very easy.
To successfully use drip tape for seed germination, the soil type, the drip tape outlet spacing, and the depth and spacing between the drip tape laterals should be determined first. The drip tape must be close enough to the surface and the drip outlets must be in close enough spacing to germinate the seeds. For example, drip tape 4 to 5 inches deep was successfully used to germinate onion seeds in silt loam soil, while drip tape with 12 inch spacing failed to uniformly germinate the same crop.
When using a drip tape system, the right amount of water must be applied. If more water is applied than the plants need, most of the benefits that the drip tape system provides will be negated. The soil will be excessively wet, promoting disease, weed growth, and nitrate leaching.
Drip irrigation is a system where water is pumped from the ground or surface, filtered, amended with nutrients and/or water treatment chemicals, and then delivered directly to the crop root zone through a network of pipelines into different types of emission devices depending on the crop to be watered. Micro-irrigation has typically been used for fruit, nut and vegetables. It has also been used successfully with field crops such as alfalfa, corn and soybeans too.
| Diameter (mm) | Wall Thickness (mm) | Spacing (mm) | Roll Weight (kg) | Roll Length (m) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 0.18 | 300 | 19.0 | 2000 |
| 16 | 0.18 | 200 | 19.6 | 2000 |
| 16 | 0.18 | 150 | 15 | 1500 |
| 16 | 0.18 | 100 | 16.2 | 1500 |
| 16 | 0.30 | 300 | 22.2 | 1500 |
| 16 | 0.30 | 200 | 23.0 | 1500 |
| 16 | 0.30 | 150 | 15.5 | 1000 |
| 16 | 0.30 | 100 | 16.5 | 1000 |
| 16 | 0.40 | 300 | 15.3 | 800 |
| 16 | 0.40 | 200 | 15.7 | 800 |
| 16 | 0.40 | 150 | 16.0 | 800 |
| 16 | 0.40 | 100 | 16.7 | 800 |
