What are the types of drip irrigation?
Water is conveyed through a system of flexible pipelines
operating at low pressure and it is applied to the plant through
drip nozzles. This technique is also called as feeding bottle
technique.
There are two types of drip irrigation:
- surface drip irrigation (drip tubes placed on the surface, or
hung on a trellis as in vineyards) and
- subsurface drip irrigation (where the drip tubes are buried
beneath the surface and water is applied directly to the root
zone).
Drip irrigation can also be supplied with a root intrusion
inhibitant - to stop roots affecting the drip emmitters. This is
recommended for subsurface drip - although there are new products
available that do not require the addition of herbicide to deter
root intrusion.