How to Automate Irrigation
To water your crops like clockwork in the desert, in the tropics, in minus temperatures and in a greenhouse, you will need
- A source of water:
Natural or man made reservoir
Lake
River
Redirected rivulet
Seasonally opened valves
Rainwater collection
Pond
Grid pipes
Create plateaus to retain water
Direct water from
Trenches to accumulate, hold, direct and drain water
Well. - Direct the flow of water
With concrete, stones, different dimensions of metal and plastic pipe, tubing, hose and lay flat. - Water filtration
Sand, filtration layers, water filters to remove suspended matter. - Valves, pressure controllers, sensors, monitors, iot, ai, actuators
To open and close water supply, maintain pressure in pipes, sense humidity, dryness, water levels, rain adjustment, readily read data and make decisions, automate decision making with machine learning, and activate levers at distance to mechanize agriculture.
Types of irrigation for each climate
| Arid | Tropical | Temperate | Arctic | Controlled |
| Drip | Gun Sprinkler | Sprinkler | sprinkler | boom logistic on rails |
| Micro spray | Pivot | moving pivot | keep water liquid | deep water culture |
| High pressure sprinkler | Drip | canal rice field | nft channels | |
| Overhead pivot | Reservoir | micro | bato bucket | |
| Canals | Heap to retain | underground | micro spray | |
| greenhouse cooling | valve | Borehole | drip tubes | |
| greenhouse cooling | Frost protection | delicate spray | ||
| warm water unheated polytunnel | glasshouse | |||
| orangerie | plastics greenhouse | |||
| season extension | cold & hot weather | |||
| permanent and seasonal crops & usage | ||||
| fertigation | ||||
| organic indoor growing | ||||
| integrated pest management | ||||
| Champignon |
To build your automatic irrigation system
Connect water and nutrients fluid transport piping, filtration, manual and solenoid valves, automation measuring and dosage injectors, overhead watering large range high pressure sprinklers, pipe connectors, indoor and field micro spray and driplines.
Permanent Orchard vs Summer Seasonal Row Crop Installations Needs vs indoor mushrooms or micro greens or vertical vine crops