Tony Giroux has been planning this project out since he returned from Turf School. Tony is making some slight adjustments to the irrigation system.
We planted 78 new trees around the course at the end of last season. Tony has begun installing drip irrigation lines to each trunk.
Pictured here is the valve used to tie into a 2 inch lateral line. The valve reduces the pressure and into a 1/2 inch flexible pipe. The pipe is run by every tree and tacked down to stay in place. At each tree an emitter is installed into the pipe allow water to seep out. The nozzles used release 1 or 2 gallons per minute (gpm), depending on tree size. Extra communication wire was initially installed near these valves so drip lines could run alone from the central computer.
Pictured here is the valve used to tie into a 2 inch lateral line. The valve reduces the pressure and into a 1/2 inch flexible pipe. The pipe is run by every tree and tacked down to stay in place. At each tree an emitter is installed into the pipe allow water to seep out. The nozzles used release 1 or 2 gallons per minute (gpm), depending on tree size. Extra communication wire was initially installed near these valves so drip lines could run alone from the central computer.
This has been a nice learning experience for Tony. We plan on doing more tree planting in the future as we continue developing our master plan.
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