Watering is one of the most important aspects of caring for any garden plants, because without water, there will be no harvest. If you have a garden with plantings, then you probably have information about the various ways of watering it. These include traditional manual watering with a watering can or a hose, an automated drip , and also something in between them is watering by means of a pump. The latter method is convenient if you collect rainwater in deep containers (barrels, basins, eurocubes), or in this way drain water from the pool. Often, water is collected from a home pond located on the site or the nearest river, which also has its advantages.
The same can be said about wells and boreholes, where water is usually very cold. For warming it is poured into barrels, and only then used for irrigation.
Advantages of watering from a barrel or other container using a pump are obvious:
- this watering is always warm water, which is important for plants (the use of cold water usually leads to decay of their root system);
- standing water has fewer impurities, which also affects well the crops being irrigated;
- and, finally, you do not need to pay for the water used for irrigation, because rain is a free and inexhaustible source of moisture, you just need to collect it.
Now let's determine which pump to water from the barrel to choose.
Features of the pump for watering the garden from the barrel
A classic "drum" pump is used for irrigation from stationary tanks. It has a pressure regulator, through which the water pressure is regulated, as well as a filter that deters large debris. And, of course, each such pump is equipped with a hose - the only difference is in their length.
These units are light enough, they have a weight of not more than 4 kg and therefore they are easy to move around the site, moving from one storage tank to another. With this pump you can work with tanks up to 1.2 m. The pump should be simply fixed on the barrel, and then connected to the mains and immediately used. As you can see, the device is very simple to handle, and the service is not particularly difficult.
Advantages of such a mini pump for watering from a barrel is a sufficiently low level of noise that it emits, and also that it is possible to add not only plain water to the tank, but also various ready solutions for fertilizing the soil and feeding your plants. Choosing a pump for irrigation from a barrel on a site of a country house or summer residence, pay attention to its capacity. The best are considered models with a two-stage mechanism - they are able to pump a larger volume of water per hour, respectively, have greater productivity and service life. However, if you do not have a garden, and if you need, say, a small flower bed with water, then you do not need to buy such a powerful unit, it will be enough for the most ordinary pump.
You can use this pump for drip irrigation from the barrel. In this situation, you should choose models equipped with good powerful filters that will not allow large particles to hammer and spoil the whole system. The degree of water contamination is a very important factor in choosing a pump for irrigation.
It is not superfluous to find out how popular the chosen pump brand is in your area: this will affect the possibility of repairing the unit in the event of a breakdown. On the running models it is always easier to find spare parts for replacement, and their cost will be less. Popular models of pumps for watering the garden from a barrel of brands such as "Kercher", "Gardena", "Pedrollo" and "AL-CO".