One Acre Drip Kit Installation By Grekkon Limited in Isinya, Kajiado County. How Do They Do It?

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One-acre drip irrigation kits price depends on the crop type. In Kenya, the cost of drip irrigation per acre for; one drip row per bed, two drip rows, and three drip rows per bed varies significantly. The drip irrigation system price by Grekkon Limited is as per the farmer's crop choice. The planting beds width is according to crop type. 0.8M wide beds are for 1 and 2 drip row crops. 1M wide beds are for 3 row drip crops.
One-Acre Drip Irrigation Kits
1. How much does it cost to install drip irrigation on one-acre?
Kes 95,000. One drip row per bed crops such as watermelon 🍉
Kes 135,000. Two drip row per bed crops; tomato, potato, capsicums, chilies, cabbage, kales, spinach, collards, and traditional vegetables .
Kes 165,000. Three drip row per bed crops; French or green beans, strawberry, herbs, spices, onion, garlic.
The number of drip rows per bed remain the same whether the crop is established in the open field, or in a greenhouse.
2. How much does drip irrigation use per acre?
Drip irrigation is the most water efficient irrigation method. The amount of water the crop needs per day on average per acre is 16,000. A farmer will irrigate according to the depletion rate to maintain this volume in the soil.
3. How do you irrigate an acre?
During installation, we divide the farm into irrigation blocks according the the water volume, and water pressure available. The farmer will irrigate a block or two at a time for 20 to 40 minutes. This is depending on the crop water need.
4. How long should you run drip lines?
For gravity flow, we run them to a maximum of 25M. For water pump driven water, this extends to 40M per block.
As the leading drip irrigation kits supplier in Kenya, our technical team advises growers on crop drip irrigation management. We provide irrigation schedules for every crop, an carry out physical site visits to engage our farmers on the ground. Beyond drip irrigation, our farmers benefit from free agronomy advice by our company agronomists across the country.

[@petermwathi6334]

I read your estimates for one acre of irrigation my question is where does maize fall in those different crops you stated or what's the current cost for installation for a maize farmer?

[@grekkonlimited]

An acre of maize is from Kes 150,000

[@akokorapiaw6855]

Great videos. BTW, I have a quick question for you. How must sublines be laid on a gentle slope land when one is irrigating tree crop (avocado and citrus)? Across or down the slope? Thank you so much.

[@WamaeMwangi]

Across the slope

[@akokorapiaw6855]

@@WamaeMwangi Thank you.

[@sethrollins6893]

How much for 1 acres of onions

[@kiemajulius7072]

Please I have a question. Can a shallow well be used to do irrigation? If yes what amount of water is needed to irrigate one acre of maize farm through sprinkler irrigation?

[@grekkonlimited]

Yes it can depending on the area to irrigate vis a vis the well output. For sprinkler irrigation, your well needs to yield at least 1 cubic litres per hour

[@lilianwanjiru154]

How much would it cost me for an acre of 250 pixie trees 4M spacing

[@grekkonlimited]

This will be from Kes 115,000

[@lokomwadidymus3825]

Can you visit Turkana lodwar when needed?

[@grekkonlimited]

We do visit Lodwar from our Eldoret office. Please inbox us your contact number

[@kennethabinya5768]

Are you in siaya

[@grekkonlimited]

We serve Siaya from our Kisumu office

[@abubakarhassan2170]

do you have a branch within coast/Kilifi/Malindi.?

[@grekkonlimited]

Good afternoo. Abubakar. Our Mombasa branch is located along Jomo Kenyatta avenue, opposite the Mombasa Pentecostal church. Call us on 0114 494 500

[@miraculousdee2119]

How much do you charge for a sight survey?

[@grekkonlimited]

If you're an existing client it is free. If you're new to us, it is Kes 2,000+transport.

[@kiprotichngetich8490]

What's the cost of 1½ acres installation of drip irrigation system.

[@grekkonlimited]

Hi Kiprotich, which crop are you planning to grow?

[@kiprotichngetich8490]

@@grekkonlimited 1 acre managu, Africa black nightshade and ½ is mix of spinach and Collard sukuma wiki.

[@grekkonlimited]

@@kiprotichngetich8490 An acre of drip kits costs Kes. 135k approximately. For the entire farm of 1.5 acres, your irrigation budget will be roughly Kes. 195k.

[@kiprotichngetich8490]

@@grekkonlimited no negotiations?

[@grekkonlimited]

@@kiprotichngetich8490 we have to get the farm dimensions first to design the drip irrigation system then price it