With your gallons per minute calculation, how much drip ...

1 Step 3: Design YourSystem (Calculatehow much drip you can water at one time)With your gallons per minute calculation, how much drip tape can you use at onetime?Find flowrate on label of drip irrigation package GPM per minute /100ft of drip tapeGPM of water source/GPM of drip tapeX 100ft100 X 100ft= 3,330ftPump can handle 3,330ft of drip tape22 lines, 150ft longGallons Per minute / gpmper 100ft= number of 100 ftlengthsStep 3: Design Your System (Calculate how much drip you can water at one time)Example:You have 60 lines of drip tape, each line is 200ftlong. The flow rate is 2 gallons per minute for every 100ft of drip much water doyou need?# of lines of drip tapeLength of drip tape= Total length of drip tape=Total GPM requiredTotal length of drip tape / specified length XGPM of specified lengthRow SpacingUnderground InstallationPros You won t drive over your pipes Once installed, easyto use Simply gluepipes togetherCons Difficultto install in wet soil Difficult to repair if there is a leakLayout of drip Irrigation SystemLayout of DripIrrigation SystemOrchard IrrigationStep 3: DesignYour System (Trees)You have emitters that water trees 2 gallonsper hour.

2 There are 2 emitters per to give 100 gallons per tree per watering. Your orchard contains 300 many gallons per minute doyou need?=1200 gallons per hour2 gallons /hourX2 emitters/treeX300 trees=20 gallons per minute1200 gallons per hour/60 minutesStep 3: Design Your System (Trees)How long do you needto water?=4 gallons /hour2 gallons /hourX2 emitters/tree=25 hours100 gallons /tree/4 gallons /hour