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Publication Date

11-1974

Series Number

Bulletin 3933

Abstract

The use of trickle irrigation in the home garden can save money, time and water.

Trickle irrigation is a concept first used in glasshouses in England, then applied to field crops in Israel and developed and refined in Australia and America. Today it is widely used in orchards, vineyards, vegetable gardens and now has gained wide acceptance in the growing of ornamental plants.

Any good trickle system uses small quantities of water over an extended period of time. In the home garden, flows of 2.25 litres to 4.5 litres per hour are usual though for small shrubs lesser amounts may be used. The water is filtered and the pressure on the mains is reduced to about 103 kilopascals (15 p.s.i.) and then distributed by low density black poly- ethylene tube to the garden beds and applied to the plants by drippers or some other device which gives a small constant flow for several hours.

Number of Pages

16

Publisher

Western Australian Department of Agriculture

City

Perth

Keywords

Home gardens, Trickle irrigation, Reticulation, Western Australia

Disciplines

Environmental Monitoring | Fresh Water Studies | Hydraulic Engineering | Hydrology | Natural Resources Management and Policy | Soil Science | Water Resource Management

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