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Tunnel Farming

Drip Irrigation Installation

Complete drip irrigation systems, or extensions to existing tunnel irrigation, delivering water and nutrients straight to the root zone.

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Irrigation pump station with filter and valves between two green water tanks

A full range of irrigation supplies and automatic watering systems for farming and for tunnels.

We can provide everything for a complete new irrigation system, or extend your existing greenhouse irrigation. Every system is tailored to you and your plants, whatever the size.

What’s included

  • Complete new drip irrigation systems
  • Extensions to existing greenhouse irrigation
  • Irrigation pump stations
  • Dripper lines laid beside the plants
  • Automatic watering systems
  • Advice on your irrigation requirements
Black drip lines laid along freshly ridged rows in an open field

How drip irrigation works

Water is dripped onto the soil surface above the roots, or directly into the root zone. Growers often choose it over surface irrigation because it reduces evaporation.

Water reaches the roots through a series of pipes, tubes and valves. Emitters and pumps control these parts so that water goes exactly where it is needed.

Irrigation running over rows of young lettuce inside a tunnel

Inside the tunnel

In the tunnel, plants are fed from dripper lines lying on the ground next to them. This keeps water management tight and wastage to a minimum.

Drip irrigation is the most efficient way to deliver water and nutrients to a crop. It puts them directly into the root zone, in the right amounts, at the right time, so each plant gets what it needs for good growth.

Two JoJo tanks plumbed to a pump station beside a tunnel

Plan your water

Make sure you have enough water for the project. A tunnel structure can use up to 2500 L of water a day in peak season.

Storage tanks beside the tunnel hold water and are used for mixing fertiliser before it goes into the drip system.

Young pepper plant growing beside a drip line
Two green water tanks on raised stands beside the tunnels
Young plants in long ridged rows inside a tunnel, with a worker at the far end
All tunnels
Standard tunnel covered in white plastic, with its gable flap raised and door at the endStandard TunnelThe standard size to start with: 10 m x 30 m x 4.5 m, room for 900 plants, built from painted mild steel with slanted legs.Joined multispan tunnels with an open gable showing the shared structure insideMultispan TunnelSeveral tunnels joined into one structure with no plastic between them, so one heating system can serve them all.White net house on wooden poles over freshly worked soilNet HouseFramed structures covered in UV-treated polyethylene net that cut light intensity and protect crops from sun damage.
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Rows of leafy greens, lettuce and chard growing inside a tunnel

Tell us what you want to grow. We will size the tunnel around it.

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