By assembling drip irrigation with your own hands, you can significantly accelerate ripening and get a wonderful harvest of vegetables, berries, fruits, and significantly save money. Every gardener knows about the benefits of moisturizing the roots of a plant. A do-it-yourself drip irrigation system will ensure an even distribution of water and fertilizers to all plantings on the site.

There are several types of self-assembly of this kind of structures. It is enough to get acquainted with them and make a choice of a suitable option for a certain area.

For those who want to mount drip irrigation on their own and want to save money, it will be enough to purchase only the necessary components or pick up analogues from available tools, without spending a penny on parts, depending on the structure to be mounted, since there are several types of irrigation systems.

How to mount an irrigation system in the form of drip irrigation in a summer cottage?

Before you start to independently mount a structure for drip humidification of something, you need to take into account the volume of water in the bucket, it should be enough to fully charge the siphon.

A vertical arcuate pipe acts as a siphon, installed in such a way that one end is open for water transfer and immersed in a tank with water, and the other end is connected to the pipeline of this irrigation system. The height of the siphon depends on the volume of the tank and the water intended for irrigating the plants.

Through the siphon, the water is set in motion by the last portion of the liquid raised from the bucket to the upper level of the siphon.

The photo shows how the liquid from the tank flows through the irrigation water pipe until the levels in the tank and at the end of the siphon are equal. You can adjust the rate of water supply to the tank using a tap.

From the tank, the liquid enters the distribution system, which consists of hoses, a watering pipe with a certain size of holes for spraying water.

During the installation of drip irrigation, various forms can be formed, for example, ring shapes for irrigating shrubs or trees. Simple rectangular systems for watering beds are made from ordinary pipes.

To regulate watering, a special design of the subsystem is used, which consists of a rain valve, a lever, a pusher, a tank cover and a spring.

In order for the valve to work, it is necessary to prudently make a special recess on the tank lid, where rainwater will collect, which will play the role of a load at a certain moment.

To fit on the pins of the tank lid, holes are drilled along its edges.

The recess on the cover should be of such dimensions that, on the one hand, the weight of the collected rainwater is sufficient to close the valve, and on the other, so that after the rain, when the water evaporates, and this is about a day later, the spring can lift the cover, and the valve was able to open again.

In the process of mounting the drip irrigation system, it is necessary to correctly attach the pusher, the upper end of which must be attached to the tank lid, and the lower end to the lever.

A glass of the emergency subsystem is installed on the pusher. The principle of construction and operation of a rain valve is similar to the function of a float valve in a sanitary tank.

It is known that the rate of moisture extraction from the soil depends on the depth of the root system relative to the earth's surface.

The deeper the roots are, the lower the speed of the extracted water. Experience shows that roots extract at least 40% of the precious moisture from the upper layers of the soil.

Plants with the most developed superficial roots can die during drought. Most of the roots are located in soil layers at a depth of 20-25 cm.

During the installation of your own design of the drip irrigation system, it is necessary to take into account the peculiarities of planting and growth of the root systems of the grown plants.

The emergency subsystem mechanism includes a bowl and an emergency drain valve. After filling the tank with water, the glass is filled, which must close the valve, which, in turn, will block the flow of water into the tank.

The valve should open from the pressure of the water, after raising its level above the upper edge of the glass.

When calculating and installing a do-it-yourself drip irrigation system, it is necessary to take into account the value of a given pressure, and with the help of a spring and a fitting, create a certain force in the rod. If the set pressure limit is exceeded, the stem moves to the right.

The principle of operation is as follows:

At the moment when the ball retainer is displaced to the side to the annular groove, the balls from the action of the spring fall into this groove, thereby fixing the stem and opening the way for fluid to enter the distribution network through the valve.

The video shows the stages of installing drip irrigation for a do-it-yourself summer cottage.

DIY automated irrigation system

It is possible to create an automated drip irrigation system thanks to a simple scheme with the help of which at a given time every day without human intervention, the irrigation system will start and stop.

In this design of drip irrigation, a hose is connected to the pump, in which through holes are made. These holes in the hose can be made with a hot awl. Through such holes, water will be freely distributed and congestion will not be terrible for it. The distance between the holes should be within 30-35 cm from each other. A hose with holes made according to the project is laid along the site, in order to avoid clogging, it is necessary to put pieces of boards in several places.

To set the start time of the system, the pump power must be taken into account. The data is recorded using a circuit to automatically start the pump. This type of drip irrigation system will allow the owner to visit the dacha only once a week, since the irrigation of the beds will be carried out by this design independently.

This type of drip irrigation is beneficial for lawn grass. After all, its root system is located at a depth of about 15 cm and in the heat it is necessary to constantly water the lawns, otherwise there is a possibility of rapid drying of the upper soil layer, which leads to the death of plants. And the costs for a new lawn are quite high. On the example of lawn grass, which is most susceptible to the harmful effects of wind and sun, it can be seen where the soil dries up the fastest, and the benefits of regular and systematic watering can be seen.

What problems can arise in the operation of drip irrigation systems?

It is known from practice that with an economical supply, it may happen that all the water flows out in the first sections of the system, and may not reach the extreme.

And in the case of a strong pressure of water pumped from the well, there may be an overconsumption of it, and as a result, waterlogging of the soil. This problem can be solved by buying a special dispenser in a store or making a similar dispenser with your own hands from an ordinary plastic bottle, using the principle of a toilet flush system and connecting it at the junction of the distribution pipes with the liquid supply point. With this device, you can adjust the rate of water supply both to the beds and to individual plants.

What materials at hand can be used to make droppers?

An important role in the irrigation system is played by droppers that are installed on the pipes of the water supply system, since water is supplied through them to the root system of plants.

To save money when creating a do-it-yourself drip irrigation system, you can use plastic elements from medical systems for blood transfusion as drippers for irrigation.

There are various types of droppers on the market, which have mechanisms to adjust the water pressure in the system.