The proposed innovation is a subsurface
indirect drip irrigation with porous reservoirs relates particularly to a drip
irrigation system for extreme scarcity of water. It includes water nozzles
mounted on main water line and directly connected to the mouth of porous
reservoirs and the complete system is subsurface around the plant roots. This method is useful for watering plants,
mainly horticulture and medium plants, in extreme drought conditions with
minimal water. The porous reservoir waters the plant roots only by seepage. The
proposed method tackles many issues in conventional drip irrigation system and
has many advantages like no evaporation, no weeds, no frequent watering, simple
structure, low cost, ecological and long life subsurface drip irrigation with
increased water holding ability. This system will facilitate economically
growing plants even in extreme drought conditions with minimal water.
In
accordance with the present invention the proposed subsurface indirect drip
irrigation system is a low cost, sustainable system which stores and provides
water to the plant roots through seepage only. The system has submerged water
piping and the watering nozzles are pressed in the mouth of the reservoirs which are submerged in the close
periphery of the plant. So minimal water is provided to the plants through
seepage and that keeps the surrounding wet. Further the system facilitates
prolonged watering intervals in case of extreme drought conditions and still
keeps the soil wet for longer duration and help plants survive longer periods
without watering. It restricts evaporation as no watering is done at the
surface of soil and restricts weeds also.
The
innovation is filed for patent and published by India Patent office with
following details
Application
No. 201821006321 A
Publication
Date – 23/08/2019
Publication
No. 34/2019
