Plain / Blind Laterals

Plain Laterals / Blind laterals is a "line-source" product that incorporates a series of relatively inexpensive, engineered emission devices into a thin walled tube. Water is distributed evenly along the length of the tube through emission devices which may be spaced anywhere from 4" to 24" apart. To accommodate various crops and terrain, tube wall thicknesses are available from .004" to .015" (4 mil to 15 mil), emitter flow rates from .07 - .34 gph, and pipe diameters from 5/8" to 1 3/8". Drip tape is available in standard and pressure compensating models, and is used extensively for vegetable and field row crop cultivation. It may be installed above or below the ground, and may be retrieved for multi-season reuse or disposed at the end of each season. Drip tape is relatively inexpensive and is ready to install without any additional emission device installation labor.