drip irrigation clogged

Short answer: Drip emitters clog for three reasons — physical (sand, silt, debris), chemical (mineral scale, fertilizer precipitate) and biological (bacterial slime, algae, roots). Tell them apart by looking at the deposit: gritty particles mean sediment, hard white crust means mineral scale, brown or red slime means bacteria, green means algae. Most clogs are preventable … Read more