Accessories and connections for urban gardens

Are you one of those adventurous people who has decided to grow a small elemental crop in a small plot or garden? We tell you what are the accessories and connections for urban gardens most used and what they are for, as well as some basic aspects that will be of great help if you are starting with your small local crop.

It is increasingly common to see small urban gardens in plots, terraces, gardens or private patios.

The desire behind this increase in the presence of green over gray is not only to feed ourselves better with first-rate vegetables.

An important and weighty reason behind the initiative of many people who have prepared an urban crop is the need to eat better, care for the environment and save.

Three things that are very easily achieved by practicing a little home farming.

What do I need to set up an urban garden?

If you are starting, you need to have three fundamental elements:

1. Seeds: What do you want to plant? Before planting it is important to know what the needs of each specific crop are. (carrots, potatoes, tomatoes, peppers…)
2. Substratum: The substrate is one of the most important aspects for an urban garden to have a good harvest. It can be water if we use hydroponics or soil. In the latter case it is important to pay attention to the porosity, nutrient concentration and aeration capacity.
3. Irrigation system: It will depend on the size and the plants to be cultivated, since some are more efficient than others. the system of drip irrigation It is one of the most effective and respectful with the environment.

Accessories and most frequent connections for urban gardens

They are elementary pieces that allow the entire irrigation system as a whole to work correctly and in such a way that it provides us with the exact performance that we are looking for.

In urban orchards, the most widely used irrigation systems are drip irrigation or localized irrigation such as micro-sprinklers. These irrigation systems are responsible for maintaining the correct hydration of the plantations of a given area or plot.

We are going to delve into the accessories and connections for drip irrigation, since they are the most used and suitable both for water and economically for this type of urban crops.

Among the most common drip irrigation accessories and connections for urban gardens we can find:

• splicing sleeve: used for direct pipe-to-pipe joints in a linear manner. They can also be security with rings or in brown acetal.
• Tea: For direct pipe-to-pipe connections using 3 tee-shaped outlets. They can also be security with rings or in brown acetal.
• Elbow: it is installed for pipe-to-pipe joints gradually at 90º. They can also be security with rings or in brown acetal.
• Plug: used to close the end of the hose. The rings also perform this function through strangulation.
• branch valve: it is established to close the passage of water in the drip pipes. They can be a direct pipe-to-pipe connection or mixed with a male thread.
• Punch: its function is to perforate the pipe to puncture drippers.
• Links: are unions between threads and drip pipes. They can be for pipe union with male thread or pipe union with female thread.
• Nuts: used to enlarge/reduce threads. For this reason we can find enlargement and reduction nuts.

Final Tips

When setting up your urban garden, you must bear in mind that these irrigation systems need pressure for their operation. The pressure can be obtained both from the water supply network, an irrigation pump or by gravity (1m in height equals 0.1 bar). The pipes that are usually installed for dripping in urban gardens are 16mm. The water, if it is not a supply network, will need a 130 micron pre-filter.

All articles of accessories  and connections for urban garden you can find them in Mundoriego.

On the other hand, if you are still not sure what type of irrigation system you need, contact Contact us and we will advise you regarding this irrigation system or other queries related to this sector.