Irrigation Set up Question 5000 gallon tank

DougsNugggs

DougsNugggs

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What up,

I have a general question regarding set up as I’ve never done this before and any insight and help would be greatly appreciated!

28 GPM from well

As the diagram dictates Im proposing a 2” line off the storage tank down to an on off valve which would reduce to 1” diameter.
From the 1” line I wanted to run 6 individual 5/8 plastic line and finally spaghetti tubing with drippers 4 per plant.

The question is should I:

Maintain the largest diameter for as long as possible to increase flow?

Or would I fare better stepping down over distance.

I’m running a total of 72 plants so I would need to account for that type of pressure which is why I went with spacing the rows 6’ apart as well as each row having its own mainline

let me know your thoughts!
 

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DougsNugggs

DougsNugggs

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It wouldn’t be efficient to be gravity fed as the growing area is basically flat ( water pressure alone might cut it but not when the tank is low )

I was wanting / planning on running a sump pump to also keep water circulated, is that a thing?

here’s a look at the grade.

that hill is a little over 100’ wide. I had planned on running a grid on top of the hill but understand utilizing the grade would greatly improve my performance. That being said I wanted to keep all growing on top of the hill as to really not be seen.

happy growing
 
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mistergrafik

mistergrafik

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DougsNugggs said:
What up,

I have a general question regarding set up as I’ve never done this before and any insight and help would be greatly appreciated!

28 GPM from well

As the diagram dictates Im proposing a 2” line off the storage tank down to an on off valve which would reduce to 1” diameter.
From the 1” line I wanted to run 6 individual 5/8 plastic line and finally spaghetti tubing with drippers 4 per plant.

The question is should I:

Maintain the largest diameter for as long as possible to increase flow?

Or would I fare better stepping down over distance.

I’m running a total of 72 plants so I would need to account for that type of pressure which is why I went with spacing the rows 6’ apart as well as each row having its own mainline

let me know your thoughts!
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