Why Aquadusya is good: automatic micro-drip irrigation system

Description of construction

The Belarusian manufacturer offers a drip irrigation system designed for 50 and 60 plants (AquaDusya + 50 and +60), which can be increased if necessary. There is a manual option - you need to fill the tank with water, turn on and off irrigation, semi-automatic - only manually filling the tank, and automatic - it can work independently for 6 months.

AquaDusya +60 does not require electricity supply, the entire system has enough batteries. She waters the greenhouse with warm water, which is heated by the sun during the day. Water can be used whatever the owner provides.

When purchased, the entire structure fits in a small compact box weighing less than 2 kg. There are 2 motors providing the movement of water in two directions, a plumbing float, an electronic device with a photocell for programming the work, a set of hoses, droppers. Moreover, during assembly, the owner will cut the hoses into the lengths necessary for him in accordance with his beds.

The irrigation process itself lasts 40-60 minutes, it is possible to add fertilizers diluted in water, which is very convenient. In general, the drip irrigation system is very simple, it is assumed that the greenhouse owner himself will install it, program it and use it. Initially designed for 50 or 60 plants, it can be increased by the amount that needs to be watered.

Principle of operation

AquaDusya is able to replace the owner of the greenhouse in everything related to watering. Adjust the watering mode once - this may limit his care for the greenhouse after planting the plants. Usually, watering in the greenhouse is carried out once - in the morning or in the evening, the photocell will keep track of the time by the amount of light. You can set the watering mode for every day, every other day, two - what the plants need, maybe 5 modes. Since we are talking about those 50 or 60 bushes that live in the closed room of the greenhouse, it is easy to assume that there will be no weather changes here, as in the open air.

At night, water is slowly drawn into the barrel, the metering valve with a float stops the process when a certain level is reached. When the photocell indicates the right time, the starting pump will turn on, the system itself will direct the water (already heated by the sun) through the hoses to each bush. Everyone will get the same amount of warm water - about 2 liters. After that, the reverse pump turns on for a short time, and the water supply stops until the next session.

It is very interesting that electricity is used only at the very beginning, and then the water flows by gravity - this is an excellent engineering solution that allows AquaDusa to work for 6-7 months using only 8 AA batteries of 1.5 V.

Initially, the AquaDusya system is designed for only 50 plants, which corresponds to a plot of 3 m by 6 m, but this area can be increased by taking a large water tank and increasing the number of hoses, drippers and tees.

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How to connect the system

The fact that the automatic system AquaDusya is very simply designed makes it reliable. The AquaDusya + 50 kit contains an instruction, guided by which you can quickly assemble the entire drip irrigation system right in the greenhouse for which it is intended.

You need to start by installing a barrel of the required volume in a greenhouse at a height of 1 m - 1.2 m. A hole is cut in the top of the barrel into which the dosing valve tube is led out. A hose is connected to it leading to a water source.

A double motor is lowered into the barrel, a hose is lowered from it through the top of the barrel to its base from the outside, it must be connected to a large tee, which is installed at the level of the base of the barrel. A transparent indicator hose is connected to it, leading back to the barrel. At the tee, there are 2 more outputs, hoses for supplying water to the beds are connected to them.

The hose connected to the system (large tee) is cut at the level of the first plant (or plant pair) of the 50 or 60 to be watered. Here, a small tee connects it to the next section (which ends at the level of the second pair of plants). It turns out a long main hose, which has tees at the level of plant pairs for connecting other sections of the hose leading to the plants themselves. The lengths of the hose are connected to these tees, and droppers are connected to them at the ends, so they, in fact, produce drip moistening of the soil. These droppers are installed as needed for the best nourishment of the bush, from each gradually about 2 liters of water will flow out to an area with a diameter of 30 cm.

Hoses are connected to tees and droppers, after dipping the ends into hot water for a few seconds - this will ensure a snug fit, excess water will not ooze out.

Here the system is assembled, you can turn on, by setting the irrigation mode, the AquaDusi electronic starting device. When the first feed pump turns on, water will move upward, filling the hose from the barrel to the large tee, as well as the transparent indicator hose. After that, the pump will turn off, the water will flow through the main hoses by gravity, under the pressure of the force of its movement.

After the required amount of water flows out of each dropper, the reverse pump turns on, water from the indicator hose flows back into the barrel, the water supply stops, a small air ball forms at the base of the first opaque hose, interrupting the water supply. The water supply will resume the next day after the supply pump is turned on, the entire cycle of water supply by the drip method will be repeated to all 50 or 60 greenhouse plants at the same time.

The advantages of such watering

Growing vegetables at their summer cottage, everyone had the opportunity to face the problems that the watering process brings with it. It's not even about the severity of the work itself, but about the impossibility of watering each plant sparingly exactly where its roots are located. If water gets on the leaves, it threatens with diseases (for example, late blight in tomatoes), spilled on the aisles - stimulates the growth of weeds. And if you need to water a fragile bush, then you can also break it with a hose.

Probably, it does not happen that a summer resident does not miss a single planned watering for the entire season - there may be many reasons for this, but the result is always the same - unnecessary worries, a decrease in yield. Of course, automatic micro-drip watering solves all these problems.

Drip irrigation is good in that it brings water to the very root of the plant, the soil is moistened with an area of ​​no more than 30 cm, moisture does not collect on the leaves, does not contribute to weed cultivation, it is very economical, and most importantly, it is spent in a targeted manner.Such watering excludes the appearance of fungal diseases caused by waterlogging. Good from all sides. The Belarusian system AquaDusya + 50 was created specifically for greenhouses of the most common size. The non-automatic system AquaDusya + 60 is much cheaper, it can cover 10 more plants, or it can serve as a supplement for a larger greenhouse irrigation system.

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