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7 guides tagged pipe sizing.
Drip for banana: sizes, grades and the two pitfalls
Which drip laterals suit a banana crop, why the heavy wall earns its keep over a year in the ground, and the two mistakes banana buyers repeat.
14 September 2026 · 3 min read
Drip for orchard rows: sizes, grades and the pitfalls
Orchard trees take the least drip pipe of any planting — if the system is built for the mature canopy. Sizes, the online-emitter choice, and two pitfalls.
13 September 2026 · 3 min read
Drip for chilli: sizes, grades and the two pitfalls
Chilli needs more lateral per acre than almost any drip crop. The grades that fit a single season, the metres to expect, and the two buying mistakes.
11 September 2026 · 3 min read
How to size a drip irrigation system in two numbers
Our estimator sizes a drip system from just crop and acres. Here is what it assumes, which numbers to check on your own field, and when to trust the result.
7 September 2026 · 3 min read
LDPE coils are sold by weight, not length
A 15 kg coil of 3 inch LDPE can be 90 metres or 135 metres. Same weight, same bore. Here is the arithmetic that turns a quote into metres.
30 August 2026 · 4 min read
Bore, length and coil: reading an Indian pipe listing
A pipe listing gives you a size, a length and sometimes a weight. Here is what each number means, and which one you are probably misreading.
14 August 2026 · 5 min read
Which pipe size for irrigation: bore, run and pump
Which pipe size for irrigation? Match the pump outlet, step up a size on long runs, and order by millimetres — bore, run and pump in plain terms.
2 April 2026 · 4 min read
