I purchased a drip system for my farm to save water. This is an investment that will help reduce water use during the drought and also save me money. I installed it over the last week and all of the rows now have drip lines instead of having to overhead water.
I am using Netafim drip tape and running two lines down each row. My rows are 3 feet wide. The water usage is very low. Its .359 gallons of water per hour per row. That's less than half a gallon per row per hour or 9 gallons a hour for all 25 rows. This will cut my water bill by 2/3rds.
An image from the Netafim website showing how drip tape works. I chose netafim because if offers a self cleaning variety.
The benefit of drip lines are the water is placed directly in the root zone.
The leaves of the plants remain dry - reducing the spread of disease.
You won't water the rows which will cut down in weeds in the rows.
Here are some images of the drip lines installed.
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