Ua hoʻokumu ka mea mahiʻai Spanish ʻo Antonio Rico i DeepDrop, kahi ʻōnaehana e mālama ai i ka 40-70% o ka wai i ka wā e hoʻoulu ai. ʻO ka ʻīpuka ʻo Ecoinventos.com.
He mea maʻalahi kona kumu, e like me ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu, he "manaʻo maʻemaʻe." A aia ma ka maʻalahi o ka pono nui: ʻo ka hāmeʻa he 15-centimeter tube i hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o ka lepo, me kahi mea holoi lole i ʻole e komo i loko o ka lepo. Hoʻokumu ʻia kahi capsule me ka ʻili aniani i loko o ka paipu, kahi e hoʻopili ai i ka ʻōnaehana irrigation maʻamau a hiki i ka wai ke kahe pololei i nā aʻa o nā mea kanu. I ka manawa like, hiki i ka mea mahiʻai ke ʻike mau i ke kahe ʻana o ka wai. Inā kū mai kahi pilikia, hoʻoponopono ʻia ma ka ʻili, ʻaʻole ma lalo o ka lepo, ʻoi aku ka nui o ke kumukūʻai a ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī. ʻO ke kumu, he dripper kēia, akā mahalo i kona ʻano, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohuli i ka irrigation i lalo i lalo a ma ka manawa like e mālama i ka maʻalahi o ka mālama.
He kūpono ʻo DeepDrop no kēlā me kēia ʻano mea kanu. ʻO ka mālamaʻana i ka wai mai ka 40 a 70%,ʻaʻole wale i ka hua, akā ma ka lepo.
Loaʻa ka mālama wai i kēia hihia ma muli o ka nele o nā pilikia o ka evaporation a me ka holoi ʻana mai ka lepo. Eia kekahi, hoʻoikaika kēia ʻano irrigation i ka ulu ʻana o ka mea kanu, ka lawe ʻana i ka mea kanu, hoʻopau i ka pono o nā aʻa e omo ikaika i ka wai, a pale i ka ulu ʻana o ka mauʻu. ʻO kēia mau mea a pau ke ola olakino maikaʻi a me ka ulu wikiwiki. Eia kekahi, hāʻawi ʻo DeepDrop i nā wai pōkole a kaumaha e mālama mau i ka lepo ma lalo o ka lepo, e pono ai ka ulu. ʻAʻole pono ka wai i kēlā me kēia lā, e like me ke ʻano me nā ʻōnaehana sprinkler ʻē aʻe a i ʻole nā pūnaewele irrigation.
ʻO kekahi mea maikaʻi ʻē aʻe o ka mea i hana ʻia ʻo ia ka maʻalahi o ka hoʻokomo ʻana i kēia mau capsules. ʻAʻole pono kēia i kahi loea, a hiki i ka mea mahiʻai ke hoʻokomo pono iā ia me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea i loaʻa iā ia.