How to Make a Homemade Drip Irrigation: 10 Cents Is All You Need
With the arrival of spring we are committed to ensuring that our garden and vegetable garden have enough water. Let’s see how to make a DIY drip sprinkler.
You can’t have lush plants without proper irrigation, which is made possible by a drip irrigation system.
Drip Irrigation: What is it for?
With the arrival of spring, those who have a green thumb, but also those who don’t, are moved by the desire to take care of their plants and prepare them for the arrival of warm sunny days. One of the main needs of the plants that make up the garden is, without a doubt, water.
Often it is not possible to water plants every day, so alternative and automated methods are used, such as drip irrigation. The latter is an irrigation system that distributes water directly to the roots of plants through a system of tubes and drippers.
The operation of a drip irrigation is simple and uses a system of flexible tubes placed near the roots of the plants, which release water gradually and constantly. The flow of water can be adjusted according to the needs of the plants and the weather conditions.
The drip irrigator consumes little water more efficiently for each plant. In fact, the resource is supplied directly to the roots, reducing waste caused by evaporation and runoff of surface water. In addition, the drip irrigator can reduce the risk of plant diseases because the water is supplied directly to the roots, avoiding wetting leaves and flowers. In addition, excessive use of water can cause stagnation that favors plant diseases.
How to do it yourself
What we will need are two plastic bottles of 500 ml each . If your plant is larger you can also use bottles of one liter, two liters, etc. Using scissors, make an incision about 4 fingers below the neck of the bottle and cut only one of the bottles.
The other side you will put it facing down in the previously cut bottle. This bottle, filled with water, will serve as a reservoir. At the base of the cut bottle, make a mark with a marker. At that point you will make a hole with the tip of the scissors. At this point insert a flexible tube into the hole.
Insert a galvanized wire into the tube and place a screw at the end of it. This will make the tube a little more rigid.
Pour the water into the uncut bottle, put it upside down in the cut bottle where you inserted the tube and wait a few seconds: it will start to drip. This drip irrigator will allow you to water for about 120 hours continuously and will cost you little more than a cent.