Onion Drip Irrigation Kit
Grekkon Limited’s onion drip irrigation kit is for crops with close spacing. These are; such as onion, garlic, lemongrass, herbs, strawberry, and green/ French beans. A farmer will choose to have either raised beds or just plain lying land to install an onion drip irrigation kit.
How to install a drip irrigation system on; onions/ garlic/ green beans/ strawberry and herbs
- Bed making
Your beds will be 1M wide to allow for 3 rows of drip lines, and 30cm high for good drainage. Drainage is key to prevent bulb rot for onions and garlic, and root rot for beans as a result of too much-standing water.
- Drip irrigation tapes laying
3 rows of drip lines will be laid per bed. Each drip line row is 20cm apart and they will be laid 20cm from the edge of the bed. Where no beds are made, each row is 30cm apart.
Onion Drip Irrigation Kit FAQs
1-acre drip irrigation kit; Kes 120,000
1/2 acre drip irrigation kit; Kes 70,000
1/4 acre drip irrigation kit; Kes 40,000
1/8 acre drip irrigation kis; Kes 25,000
Use closely spaced drip emitters of 15cm apart and below. This onion drip irrigation system will water every plant and they will be no irrigation dry shadows. Irrigate in the morning hours and avoid late evening irrigation
No. An onion plant will require just an inch of water per week under dry conditions. Too much water causes bulb rot
Stop watering onions 14 days before harvesting. This is when the mature leaves begin to droop.
Visit any of our offices in Nairobi, Eldoret, Nyeri and Nyahururu or reach us in the email and phone contacts on this website for installation details.
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