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It's up to you to match sprinkler system flow with pump output. You can either rework the drip, or maybe obtain a controller that allows drip zones to be run at the same time the lawn zones are being run. An alternative solution is to add extra pressure tank storage, so that several minutes pass between pump cycles. Also, there are some specialty valves (Cycle Stop Valve is one) that install upstream of the pressure tank and pressure switch, that allow you to run small quantities of water without the pump cycling.
Pump keeps cycling
I have a submerged 1 hp pump (85 ft. underground) it is controlled by a pressure switch on a bladder tank. This my only pump and it serves both my yard and my house. My problem is that the drip hoses (Rain Bird, 1/2 in. hoses) are on one zone and the sprinkler heads (Hunter PPM's) are on 3 other zones. On the drip zone and one of the sprinkler zones, my water pump cycled every few minutes as tank pressure dropped. The installer said to keep the pump running continuously. I needed to add more drip line to that zone, and more sprinkler heads to that zone. My yard did not need this extra watering. I have combined the zone with the least sprinkler heads and the drip zone together to form one zone. I think this is wrong because I think it takes too much pressure off the drip lines using sprinklers and drip on one zone. By combining the two zones the pump doesn't keep cycling though. Is there a way to keep the pump running without adding sprinkler heads or drip line?