How many of you have irrigation and what type???

JOCCO · Jun 13, 2015

How many of you irrigate a crop? What do you have for pumps? What set up for pipe do you have? Any tractor pto pumps? For me its mostly aluminum pipe and in some areas hose.

Lazy WP · Jun 13, 2015

I have done everything from siphon tubes and poor ditches in sand, to center pivots that I can control with my phone. The tubes were most memorable. Dad pumped out of a gravel pit using an OLD DC, or looking back, it may have been a CC Case, turning a 6X9 Fairbanks pump. I do remember it would pump over 1300 gallons per minute, and burn less then 1/2 gallon of propane an hour. The pump was big enough that we would chase Perch in the irrigation ditch.
I hated gated pipe. We never had enough when I was a kid, and had to move it once a week. Most of the gated pipe was on a 60 foot deep well, that we used an SC Case with a belt pulley to drive the well.

bill mart · Jun 13, 2015

just saw this picture on in an article about rescinding 100 year old water rights in California . How do you get the siphon started in these tubes? Bill

tedregentin · Jun 13, 2015

Here in the Hood River valley, Oregon, everything is irrigated. Hay is either wheel line, or movable individual sections of aluminum pipe. For orchards, in-ground pipe is used. Grapes and blueberries, which are the new "in" crops around here, mostly use in-ground drip systems. Water is delivered mostly in in-ground pressurized pipe, with just a few open ditches left. This year the snow pack in the mountains was really bad, so everyone is being told to conserve water.

Allan in NE · Jun 13, 2015

Stick the tube down in the water, put your hand over the open end and pull it over the bank letting go just at the end of the pull. Easier shown that explained. :>)

Allan

DeltaRed · Jun 13, 2015

Here in the Uncompagre Valley in western Colorado we rely 100% on irrigation.The water all comes from mountain snowmelt stored in large reservoirs delivered through an extencive system/network of canals.The large majority is furrowed("water marked").With syphon tubes or gated pipe.There are a very few center pivots starting to show up.

used red MN · Jun 13, 2015

Here's a video. Watch real close at the first. I saw another video were the person swung at the water like he was using a sythe and brought the output end down in the field in a smooth motion.
Siphon staring

bill mart · Jun 13, 2015

thanks guys for the replies. Bill

Pair-a-dice farm · Jun 13, 2015

(quoted from post at 07:49:26 06/13/15) How many of you irrigate a crop? What do you have for pumps? What set up for pipe do you have? Any tractor pto pumps? For me its mostly aluminum pipe and in some areas hose.

In my part of the world it's either center pivot, poly pipe or flood irrigation. Most of the crop ground now days is leveled on a grade. Corn, soybeans and peanuts are watered down the rows. A few have center pivots. Rice is flood irrigated. For rice, the ground is leveled and land planed before planting. the levees are plowed and after the seed has emerged it is flooded. A few inches of water is kept on the crop until a couple of weeks before harvest.
The wells are 8-10" wells that are usually powered by either Natural gas, diesel or propane. An increasing number are electric where it's available. Some of the larger operators are burying pipe and pumping from a central location. There are risers that can be opened where ever needed.

Eldon (WA) · Jun 13, 2015

(quoted from post at 04:49:26 06/13/15) How many of you irrigate a crop? What do you have for pumps? What set up for pipe do you have? Any tractor pto pumps? For me its mostly aluminum pipe and in some areas hose.

I use 2 and 3" diameter 40' long aluminum handlines with risers and rainbird sprinklers. Water is supplied to us by an irrigation company, potable and irrigation water are the same. We have an aquifer about 60-90 ft below us, so water is cheap. I get 27 acre/ft piped to me at 80 psi for $375 a year. No pumps to worry about.

jwal10 · Jun 13, 2015

I had 12 of these Wade-Rain systems and a lot of handline. Water is free, just pump from the river. Took a 15 horse electric to run 1, 30 hp to run 2 1/4 mile runs. Took 20 hp to run 2 1/4 mile 3" handlines....James

http://www.rmwade150.com/?page=1939-1964

jwal10 · Jun 13, 2015

OOPS, have to scroll down to 1954....James

coonie minnie · Jun 13, 2015

Have 4 new pivots, 3 old water drives, and 3 travelling guns. 4 high capacity wells and 3 diesel centifigal pumps supply the water. It's raining today. I like that best.

jimg.allentown · Jun 13, 2015

Well, certainly nothing on the scale of most of the people here on this site, but........
I have been trying to garden in my back yard for many years. Every problem imaginable has plagued me from drought to near flooding to just simply being overtaken by weeds and critters, etc.
So far, the critter problem has mostly been solved with an electric fence with a 25-mile charger running it. Water problems ranged from too much when not needed to not enough when needed. Partially remedied by the addition of drip irrigation. This is powered off my municipal water connection and used when necessary.
Weed control has also been a big issue. I use a weed blocking fabric between the rows to keep things under control. This actually works really well, and has cut weeding time to a minimum. For areas not covered with weed blocker, I use a small 2-cycle tiller for the larger patches. Last year was the first time I was able to get good onions, carrots, radishes, cucumbers, and summer squash consistently. This year, I had total crop failure on onions, but everything else looks GREAT!!!

Spudm · Jun 13, 2015

I use a PTO pump when I have to. We are so Blessed here in Michigan with abundant fresh water and rainfall. I have a pond on the farm I pump from when needed. I have not needed to used irrigation since 2012.

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