Thursday, June 13, 2013

The Benefits Of Using Pulse Irrigation

By Teri Farley


People can use pressurized water to spray crops continuously and without their intervention, through pulse irrigation. A small quantity of effluent could be offered to the plants with the use of a low rate system. According to experts in the field, nutrients can be maintained even if a small amount of effluent is used, or there is an increase of the moisture level. The discharged water may be used in a way that allows a good ground humidity management.

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.

The nutritive substances have to be kept in the root zone. Plants must extract the compounds and effluents are applied according to this stage. Since no underground leaks exist, the nourishment can begin. In the majority of cases, soil humidity deficit levels can decrease. The traditional manual irrigation way that involves a person should not be combined with the modern one. Loss of nutrients can occur if the rule is not respected.

Even if soil humidity reaches the limit, pulse irrigation can still be implemented. Ground moisture does not affect the management of effluent, as it can work well on dry and cracked surfaces too. The nutritive substances can be held in the required locations. According to studies, for making a cycle efficient, the pulsing time has to be of twenty minutes, with pauses of forty in between.

According to the twenty minutes rule, in one hundred and eighty minutes you could make three watering cycles with an application rate of four millimeters per hour. One of the reasons for using a system is saving money, because the irrigation is not made without a stop. In the society and economic conditions of today, farmers see pulse applications as efficient ways of feeding crops. Watering and fertilization are usually the most costly procedures in the entire lifetime of a culture.

The entire cost of farming cab become lower if just one of the two components is cheaper. Pulse irrigation is not a classical mean and it is highly adaptive to a plant needs for nutrients. One of the reliable watering schedules could be ten or fifteen minutes each hour, for six or twelve hours daily.

The proper operation can be ensured by components like: an irrigation controller, solenoid vales for all areas in which they are required can buried cables for making connection between the devices. Researchers have tested the level of humidity before an operation and after it. Blackberries, blueberries and tomatoes were the subject of the measurements.

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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