Tree Watering Systems
Trees consume large amounts of water, so it is important to ensure that they can be regularly watered while they are establishing. You can achieve this with our hedge and tree watering systems.
Automated watering saves trees
Regular tree irrigation is important if the trees are located in hostile environments such as town squares or in tree pits, as it is difficult for the trees to form the root structure they need to find water. Specimen trees have a considerable cost, so it pays to protect them.
Hand watering of trees is difficult, even when there has been provision for water points adjacent to the root ball. Although this allows an operator to push a hose down into the root ball, it is difficult to get sufficient quantities of water into the root area in a short time.
Drip Watering for Trees
Using drip irrigation lines for tree irrigation can provide the required amount of water over a much longer time period than hand watering. By watering the trees over a longer time frame the output of the tree irrigation can be kept low – ensuring the water is readily absorbed into the root ball.
When trees are placed in their own tree pit, a supply pipe will bring the water supply to each pit. A ring of Permadrip drip irrigation line is designed to be wrapped around the base of the tree. Larger trees have longer lengths of drip pipe containing more drippers, allowing smaller and larger trees to be watered in the same irrigation zone.
Drip Irrigation for Hedges
Hedges are normally constructed to provide a screen, so it is important to ensure that these establish as quickly as possible. As a general rule of thumb, with irrigation we would expect 3 years growth in two years.
A drip line is laid in a single run down the length of the hedge, although for deeper hedge planting one line of drip irrigation can be laid down each side of the hedge. This provides a highly efficient watering system.
Drip Line Specification
On all projects both for reliability and longevity it is important to specify only commercial quality drip pipe, rather than any aimed at the domestic market. The reason is these are not manufactured to a similar tolerance and cannot provide the performance required for this type of environment.
Access Permadrip due to its unique design provides the benefits of consistent dripper output, self-cleaning technology and long-lasting performance. This not only gives peace of mind when specifying but also and more importantly will benefit the planting.
Our expertise
Access Irrigation advise the architect at the start of the project on the most suitable type of irrigation and provide information on compliance with the water regulations. Using scale plans, we are able to produce irrigation designs and costings for the project, along with the relevant information for specifiers and contractors.
Once the project commences we provide project management services. Once commissioned, Access Irrigation will also offer service visits to ensure that the irrigation system keeps operating as intended.
