A barrel irrigation pump cannot be called a gardener's luxury. Rather, it is a necessary tool to reduce the time and effort spent on watering the site. Although many still continue to use classic watering cans and buckets, but still this is already the past.
For the right choice of pump for irrigation, you need to take into account a number of conditions that you have to face in summer gardens. These include the availability of electricity and the stability of its supply, the type of reservoir from which it is supposed to draw water for irrigation, the area that needs to be irrigated with water. The rainwater collected in a barrel is an ideal means for irrigation. If you plan to irrigate the garden with water from the well, you should first pump it into the tank so that it warms up to air temperature.
By their functionality, all pumps can be divided into two groups - mechanical, driven by the physical strength of a person, and electric. In the event that electricity has not yet been supplied at your summer cottage, or there are interruptions and other difficulties, it is advisable to use a mechanical pump. They are available in different versions: rotary, diaphragm, piston, with pressure injection into the barrel and without it.
Mechanical pumps
A mechanical pressure pump is inconvenient for summer watering. It is mainly used in industry and for pumping water from bottles. For a garden, a rotary or piston type pump is more suitable, which can pump water from open reservoirs and tanks. The maximum depth with which a mechanical pump can pump water ranges from 7-10 m.The main disadvantage of using such a device is that two people are required to water the garden, one of whom pumps water, and the second is engaged in direct watering.
