If you walk into any irrigation supply shop and ask for “drip emitters,” you’ll get three different answers depending on who’s behind the counter. That’s because “emitter” means different things to a row-crop farmer laying miles of disposable tape, a…
A drip irrigation system at the wrong pressure burns money two ways: too high and you destroy hardware, too low and you destroy yield. I’ve seen emitters launch off tubing like tiny bottle rockets, and I’ve seen lines where the…
What a Pressure-Compensating Emitter Actually Does A standard drip emitter works fine at a specific pressure, usually around 1.0 bar. Push 1.0 bar through a 2 L/h non-PC emitter and you get roughly 2 liters per hour. Nothing complicated. But…
I’ve watched farmers put the same drip system on flat ground and on a slope, expecting the same results. They don’t get them. Water pools at the bottom. Plants at the top of the hill look stressed. Nobody told them…
