Irrigation Design and Installation in Mallorca

The MP Rotator (Multi-stream Rotating nozzle) is Hunter's answer to the traditional spray sprinkler. Instead of a fine fan of water that drifts with the wind and runs off on limestone soil, it sends several thick rotating streams that apply water slowly and soak the ground before it runs downhill.

Three concrete technical advantages that make it a clear choice for Mallorca:

• 30% less water than a conventional sprinkler, according to the manufacturer's own data.
• The lowest precipitation rate on the market (10 mm/h in the standard model), so the ground soaks instead of getting wet and running off.
• Superior wind resistance: the rotating streams are far less sensitive to levante and poniente winds than the fine traditional spray.

It mounts on any conventional sprinkler body, so on a retrofit of an older system, swapping the nozzles is enough to unlock every advantage. We use it for lawn, large borders and wide-coverage zones. Combined with a curated mix of low-consumption Mediterranean grass species (Festuca arundinacea, Cynodon dactylon, Zoysia tenuifolia), accumulated water savings can reach 50% without losing visual cover.

DeepDrop is a subsurface irrigation system made in Spain: a self-compensating emitter at surface level with an outlet tube that delivers water straight to the root zone, around 40 cm below ground. In the Mediterranean, where the air dries the soil before the roots can use the water, that difference changes the way the garden performs.

We choose it for trees and large shrubs for specific technical reasons:

• 40-70% less water than surface irrigation, because all the water reaches the roots.
• Zero surface evaporation: the water enters the subsoil, not the hot summer surface layer.
• Trains roots deep: a tree watered at the surface develops shallow, dependent roots; one watered deep extends its roots and gains drought resilience.
• Self-compensating: constant flow regardless of pressure, which avoids the typical imbalances on sloping estates.

It works particularly well for olive groves, date palms, Mediterranean fruit trees (carob, almond, fig, pomegranate, orange), holm oak and large shrubs (mastic, myrtle, oleander, viburnum). Compatible with any existing drip system: can be added progressively, tree by tree.