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Start-to-finish guides on choosing, sizing and buying an irrigation system.
Fixing uneven flow at the far end in a rain pipe system
Uneven flow at the far end of a rain pipe has three usual causes. Here they are in order of likelihood, with a field test and an honest fix for each.
12 October 2026 · 4 min read
Rain pipe for cotton: sizes, prices and pitfalls
Rain pipe for cotton does one job well — the even start — and this guide separates it from the mid-season rescue, with sizes and real prices.
12 October 2026 · 4 min read
Rain pipe for sugarcane: sizes, prices and pitfalls
Rain pipe for sugarcane has one honest window each cycle — setts to canopy — and this guide covers it: the 75 mm size, prices and pitfalls.
9 October 2026 · 4 min read
Rain pipe for vegetables: sizes, prices and pitfalls
Where rain pipe for vegetables earns its keep — the leafy, close-sown blocks and the replant rhythm — with sizes, roll prices and pitfalls.
9 October 2026 · 4 min read
Rain pipe for chilli: sizes, prices and pitfalls
Where rain pipe for chilli genuinely fits — the nursery and the unconverted field — with the right sizes, real roll prices and the pitfalls.
8 October 2026 · 3 min read
Rain pipe for groundnut: sizes, prices and pitfalls
Which rain pipe for groundnut — 40, 63 or 75 mm — with real roll prices, the layout that suits the pod zone, and the pitfalls that waste a roll.
7 October 2026 · 4 min read
Lapeta pipe for cotton: sizes, grades and pitfalls
Choosing a lapeta pipe for cotton — the sizes and budget grades that fit two protective waterings a season, with prices and storage pitfalls.
4 October 2026 · 4 min read
Lay flat tube for banana: sizes, grades and pitfalls
Choosing a lay flat tube for banana blocks — 63, 75 or 90 mm, what each roll costs, the 5% GST advantage, and the pitfalls that shorten one.
2 October 2026 · 4 min read
Lapeta pipe for sugarcane: sizes, grades and pitfalls
Choosing lapeta pipe for sugarcane — which bores fit furrow watering, what the rolls cost, and how one survives an 18-month crop and its ratoon.
2 October 2026 · 4 min read
Garden pipe for vegetables: sizes, grades and pitfalls
Choosing a garden pipe for vegetables — sizes from 3/4 to 1.5 inch, rolls from 10 to 100 metres, real prices, and the pitfalls that waste one.
25 September 2026 · 5 min read
Lapeta pipe for paddy: sizes, grades and pitfalls
Which lapeta pipe suits paddy — tarpaulin or LDPE, 3 to 6 inch — with real roll prices and the pitfalls that kill a roll in its first season.
25 September 2026 · 4 min read
Drip irrigation layout for one acre of chilli, worked
A drip irrigation layout for one acre of chilli at 60 cm rows, fully counted — 105 laterals, seven coils of tape, valves, pump hours and the total.
22 September 2026 · 3 min read
