Tuesday, 3 October 2017

Home Improvement: Improve Your Lawn With Irrigation Systems Southern NH

By Virginia Graham


In the summer months, more people are outside enjoying the warm temperatures and beautiful weather. Families have cookouts in the backyard, and neighbors are going on walks through the neighborhood. In times like these, having a healthy lawn can not only make these outdoor outings more enjoyable for you and your family, it can also increase your home's curb appeal. Growing a good looking lawn starts with making sure the grass is well taken care of and is given what it needs to grow and stay healthy. And, of course, a healthy lawn starts with a good drink of water. Lawn irrigation systems southern NH help homeowners, and commercial property owners alike keep their lawns property hydrated through the use of sprinkler systems.

These systems, often set to work on a schedule, will water the grass at certain times and for specific durations. For those who are busy or aren't home often enough to take care of the grass themselves, an irrigation system can step in and take care of the watering. There are also several other benefits that you can take advantage of when you have such a system installed on your property.

In drip tape watering, a drip tape or tube is buried under the soil surface and is perfect for row crops. The tape delivers water right at the point where it is most needed, i. E., the roots of the crop. This reduces wastage of water due to deep percolation, runoff or water evaporation. A drip tape buried sub-surface, also known as sub-surface drip watering, is less vulnerable to damage caused by cultivation and weeding.

An irrigation system, especially one that can detect rainfall, will give a lawn the perfect amount of water so that it can be as healthy as possible. This also helps you regarding water savings. When a system is providing a specific amount of water to an area, as opposed to someone manually watering and possibly using too much water, you're bound to cut down on usage and the amount you spend on your water bill.

The gardening system needs not be too sophisticated to cater your needs. You will only need to have a good and a systematic way of arranging the best position as ever to cover all your gardening area for the watering job. Garden watering system involves sprinkles with sprinkle heads that can be attached to your garden hose from your water system or water source.

While the advent of drip watering networks has revolutionized the use of scarce water resources, they are not accessible to everyone owing to the cost of traditional networks. In those cases where affordability is an issue, a low-cost drip watering system might be the answer and could reduce the cost by as much as 60% to 80%. These networks often use cheaper micro-tubing to reduce the cost. They can also be started on a small scale, and additional lines and components added later.

There are two main types of sprinkler heads you'll be using. Rotor heads pop up and rotate and throw water an average of 30 feet radius. Sprays pop up and stay stationary. They have a radius ranging from 4 feet to 15-foot radius depending on your nozzle selection. Rotors are best suited for larger lawn areas and sprays are best for smaller lawn areas and shrub/flower beds.

Drip irrigation is another good choice for shrub or flower beds, but as far as the design goes, that would take a whole other article to explain how to use properly. When out in the field, denote where each sprinkler head will go by putting a mark-out flag where it is to be installed. Use different colors for heads on different zones. Layout the heads where you will get head-to-head coverage.




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