Sentences with phrase «laid drip irrigation»

I planted the plants right away, laid drip irrigation down, then covered the ground with red permeable plastic.

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Replacing earth channels by lay - flat hose and conventional surface irrigation by low cost drip at least doubles crop / drop efficiency.

The conventional approach — the center - pivot sprinklers that create alienlike green crop circles in the middle of brown deserts (easily visible when flying overhead)-- is extremely wasteful, spraying water into the air where a major fraction evaporates... In a typical drip - irrigation setup, long sections of narrow tubing laid at the bottom of plants sown in a row deliver water directly to the roots.