Hi and welcome,

just a few thoughts on my experiences in developing 8.2 hectares in a low rainfall area. We have been here now for 28 years and because we developed this property from scratch and have been successful with some of the methods we have used, we have some tips both on the farming side as well as the gardening side that might be helpful.
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Showing posts with label flow rate. Show all posts

Sunday, January 17, 2010

Watering or Irrigatng its the same thing!

Believe it or not when watering through a hose or a pipe there is some quite complex physics going on inside the hose or pipe. If you know about this you can very simply increase the efficiency of your watering operation. The faster the water moves through a pipe, the greater the friction between the pipe and the water. This produces a layer of drag,  which has the effect of reducing the inside diameter of the pipe and this in turn restricts the amount of water that can flow down the pipe. OK the physics lesson has finished.