For a beginner gardener spending the funds on a water timer for irrigation may seem reckless and just a way to stand out. In fact, such a device does not just save time and simplifies the care of the garden, but also has a beneficial effect on the quality of the crop.
Automatic watering timer
About the timeliness of watering and the correctness of the process you will tell any neighbor in the country. But to do all this under the condition that you do not live in a dacha or a construction site at full speed will be quite difficult. And then the watering timer comes to your aid.
Modern systems of drip irrigation make it possible for a long time not to appear on the site and at the same time not to worry about their seedlings. The timer for drip irrigation solves a lot of problems in one fell swoop:
- you do not depend on weather and employment, because watering is carried out with a given frequency and intensity;
- due to the measured supply of the plant, water is produced on time and in the right amount, which does not allow the soil to over-moisten, and the roots of the plants - to rot;
- so you solve the issue with the weeds, the leaves remain dry and do not burn in the sun.
What role will your timer play in this whole process? It will then control the water pump. There are two types of watering timer: electronic and mechanical. Both belong to the so-called multi-channel constructions. The mechanical timer for watering is much easier to operate: you need to set the cycle itself, in other words the interval between watering, and the duration of irrigation.
The electronic watering timer is somewhat more complicated. There you will have to set the date and time, and then choose a program suitable for the crop. After the program task, the timer will turn the pump on and off at the right time.
The most expensive models of the water supply timer for irrigation are equipped with complex functions, for example, they can determine the humidity, and then the watering time is shortened or prolonged, some offer separate modes for specific crops in the garden. Either way, and using such a mechanism makes it much easier to care for plantings, saves time, and in the end result - and budget.