Watering Device Types

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Sprayhead Standard Sprayhead Rotating Rotating Sprayhead Drip Irrigation Bubbler

Sprayhead with standard nozzle

Sprayhead with rotating nozzle

Rotor sprinkler

Drip irrigation

Bubbler

These devices apply water much faster than most soils can take it in.

Water must be applied in short cycles with time in between to soak in.

In properly designed systems, these devices apply water at the rate sandy or loam soils can absorb.

Properly designed drip irrigation systems apply water at the rate your soil can accept it.

These devices apply water much faster than most soils can take it in.

They work best as basin fillers or as part of a tree root watering system.


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