Guides
Irrigation Guides
The guides behind the systems — how drip irrigation actually works, how to choose between the options, and how to keep a system running for years. Written for Kenyan farms: the real water sources, the real soils, the real crops.
Understand the system
How Drip Irrigation Works
The full system, from source to emitter — the components, the physics of the even flow, and why the head matters as much as the lines.
Read the guide →Drip vs Sprinkler Irrigation
The honest comparison: water use, cost, crop fit and failure modes — where each wins, and where the choice is obvious (and where it isn't).
Read the comparison →Drip Tape vs Drip Line
When the cheap single-season tape is the right tool, when the durable line pays for itself, and the economics that decide between them.
Read the guide →How to Choose a Drip System
The decision sequence — source, crop, soil, scale — that turns a farm into a system specification, without the guesswork.
Read the guide →Keep the system running
How to Maintain Drip Irrigation
The maintenance calendar — flushing, filter service, emitter checks, seasonal start-up and shutdown — and what each one prevents.
Read the guide →How to Clean Drip Lines
The flush routine, the acid and chlorine treatments, and the blockage diagnosis — how to get a clogged line back to even flow.
Read the guide →Common Drip Problems & Fixes
The four failure families — blockage, leaks, pressure loss, pump faults — with the diagnosis sequence and the fixes that work.
Read the guide →Drip Irrigation Filtration
Matching the filter to the water — disc, sand/media, two-stage — and the routine that keeps the emitters flowing for the season.
Read the guide →The engineering underneath
What Is Fertigation?
Feeding through the line — the setup, the injection methods, the safety rules, and the crop programs that make it worth it.
Read the guide →Irrigation Water Quality & Quantity
The water assessment — yield, quality, position, salinity — that every design starts from, and the storage decision that carries the gap.
Read the guide →Irrigation System Design
The design method in plain language — zones, pipe sizing, emitter selection, the hydraulic calculation, and the document that makes the system work.
Read the guide →Guides, then numbers
The guides explain the method — the decisions, the physics, the routine. Your farm's numbers are what the method produces: the farm assessment measures the source, soil and layout, and the design applies the method to them. Read as much or as little as you need — the design conversation works either way.
From the guides to your farm
The method is the guide; the numbers are the assessment. Send your farm details and we'll apply one to the other.