There are many benefits to automating watering in the garden: a well-designed system will not only relieve you of a tedious task but will also save you money in the long run.
Automatic watering, why and how?
Even though there is a great variety of models and systems, automatic watering always has more or less the same shape. The sprinklers, scattered on the surface of the garden, are connected by pipes and irrigation hose connectors to a water supply (simple tap or connection to the home network). All that remains is to connect the assembly to valves and a programmer, in order to control and plan the flow of the precious liquid. The choice of the right automatic irrigation system depends on several criteria, some less known than others: the configuration of the garden and your budget, of course, but also the quality of the water and the nature of the plants to irrigate.
Buried watering: efficient but more complex to install
More aesthetic, a buried system also requires heavier work. In principle, it is suitable for larger and essentially grassed areas. You can opt, depending on the total surface to cover, for nozzles (watering up to 4 or 5 meters) or for small turbines, more powerful (up to 10 meters radius). Before starting the first trench, it is strongly recommended to have a technical study carried out by a professional, who will be in charge of examining the configuration of the garden and the flow of your water supply, before proposing a complete project.
Surface watering: practical but less elegant
Often cheaper and easily modulable or modifiable, a watering system on the surface will be suitable for small lots and for lovers of simplicity. There are three different systems:
Drip is unbeatable when it comes to reducing your water consumption to a minimum. The nozzle of each sprinkler, pipette-shaped, distills water drop by drop, directly at the foot of the plant, without wetting the leaves. Suitable for shrubs, vegetable gardens or flower beds. Its only defect remains the need to have many sprinklers, and therefore many pipes.
To cover a larger area, micro-sprinkling is the ideal tool. The water, delivered in the fine rain, ensures a uniform irrigation on several meters of the radius.
The porous pipes let the water escape through their membrane. This is one of the simplest systems. Be careful, however, irrigation is considered less uniform and too calcareous water can quickly plug the orifices.
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