What is the Orchard Drip Irrigation Runtime Calculator?
Running drip for too long wastes water and power. Running it for too little stresses your trees. The right run time depends on how much water each tree needs and how fast your drippers give it.
Enter the water need per tree, or let us work it out from weather (ETo), crop factor and canopy size. Add drippers per tree, dripper flow, efficiency, number of trees and pump flow. You get minutes per day, water per tree, total water and how many zones (valves) to split your orchard into.
How to use it
- Enter the water need per tree, or use the weather method.
- Enter drippers per tree and dripper flow.
- Enter the number of trees and your pump flow.
- See run time, zones and pump hours.
Why people like this tool
Two methods
Litres per tree, or ETo Ă— crop factor Ă— canopy.
Zones for your pump
How many valves to run one after another.
Pump hours
Total pump time per day for the whole orchard.
Efficiency counted
Adds a little extra for water losses.
