Tomato Drip Irrigation Kit
Grekkon Limited’s tomato drip irrigation kit is for crops with medium-range spacing. These are; tomato, cabbage, and capsicum. A farmer will choose to have either raised beds or just plain lying land to install a tomato drip irrigation kit. Commercial tomato farming in Kenya is by irrigation. Tomato irrigation system requirement is an integral cost of tomato farming in Kenya. To recoup this cost, the best time to plant tomato in Kenya is during the dry season, to harvest in the rainy season when prices are high. Our agronomy team trains farmers on tomato irrigation techniques countrywide
Tomato Drip Irrigation Kit Cost
| Acreage |
Size in Meters Square |
Price in KES |
| Kadogo drip kit | 50 to 200 | KES 3,500 |
| 1/8th acre | 506 | KES 17,500 |
| 1/4 acre | 1,024 | KES 33,000 |
| 1/2 acre | 2,025 | KES 65,000 |
| 3/4 acre | 3,036 | KES 80,000 |
| 1 acre |
4,048 |
KES 125,000 |
These are prices for 2 drip rows per bed
How do you make a drip irrigation system for tomatoes?
1. Bed making
Your beds will be 0.8M wide to allow for 2 rows of drip lines, and 30cm high for good drainage. Drainage is key to prevent root rot as a result of too much stagnant water
2. Drip irrigation tapes laying
Place 2 rows of drip lines per bed. Each drip line row is 20cm apart and will be 20cm from the edge of the bed. Where no beds are made, each row is 30cm apart
3. Tomato drip irrigation schedule
3.1. When you should irrigate your tomato plant
- Put on your tomato watering system early in the morning
- Avoid afternoon irrigation when evaporation is high
- Avoid evening irrigation when the soil is cooling
3.2. How long to irrigate your tomato with drip irrigation
- Depending on your soil moisture level, water for 20 to 35 minutes
3.3. How often to water tomato with drip irrigation
In the dry season, irrigate 3 times weekly
Tomato Drip Irrigation Kit FAQs
Drip irrigation is the best for tomatoes because no water is in contact with the leaves. Too much moisture on tomato leaves is a precursor for fungal infections such as early and late blight. Avoid overhead irrigation through such systems as; rain gun sprinklers or impact sprinklers, and rain hose kits and pivots
Drip irrigation is the best system for tomato because it is water-efficient by providing water directly to the plants in measured quantities
An acre of land should retain 10,000litres of water t any time to meet the water demands of your tomato crop
Use 20cm or 30cm emitter drip tapes. Water early in the morning and avoid late evening irrigation
When the soil is wet enough, but without a runoff
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