The Benefits Of Using Pulse Irrigation

By Teri Farley


Through pulse irrigation, pressurized water could be used continuously, with a pulsating output. By using a low rate system, the quantity of effluent provided can be small. Studies have shown that a moisture level increase and a smaller amount of effluent does not mean nutrients are lost. Moisture can be controlled is the soil because of the way in which the discharged liquid is used.

The device that pulses has two cross-sectional orifices: a small one(inlet) and a larger one(outlet). The system also contains a valve that opens and closes automatically because of differences of pressure. In order to store water, a reservoir is used. The storage container fill up when the valve is closed and also creates pressure for opening it.

Effluent must be applied in a way the will permit the nutrients in the soil to stay in the root zone, for feeding the plants. Instead of leaking into the ground, the liquid feeds the cultures. In many cases, the soil moisture deficit decreases. The old way of irrigation that involves traveling along the required areas should not be combined with the automated one, as it can cause loss of nutrients in the root zone.

It does not matter if the soil moisture reaches field capacity, as pulse irrigation can still be used. A good control of effluent can exist, regardless of the facts that soil can be very humid, or completely dry and cracked. The nutrients are kept exactly in the needed spots. Specialists say that an efficient cycle should have twenty minutes of pulsing and forty minutes in which the system is on hold.

In a period of three hours, three irrigation cycles should occur, if the twenty minute schedule is followed.In every hour, you should cover four millimeters. Many individual use the method due to its cost saving benefit. Cultures could be irrigated non stop without human intervention. In the modern economy, spending less can be crucial and this may be achieved with pulse application. Plants can be fed in an efficient way. The priciest operations in agriculture are usually watering and fertilization.

If at least one of the two costly procedures can become cheaper, the whole cost of farming could be reduced. Pulse irrigation is a nontraditional process and it can adapt nicely to the moisture and feeding requirements of a plant. A good schedule for watering can be ten to fifteen minutes every sixty minutes, for six or twelves hours each day.

The tools required for the right procedure can be: solenoid valves at each needed area, an irrigation controller and underground cables for linking the two components. Soils moisture levels have been measured by scientists prior to using the system and after. In the tests, plants like blueberries, blackberries and tomatoes were used.

Pulse irrigation is a modern method of watering crops that people can appreciate, especially because of decreasing the costs of farming. The systems are automated and allow the use of liquid in cycles, for fulfilling the needs of plants in the most exact ways. A maximization and optimization of production from agriculture can be achieved.




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