You can use a levee plow, but it is much higher and wider than it needs to be, destroying production area. You can install border dikes or borders almost any time during the growing season. If you install the borders early enough, the field is set up to irrigate whenever it is needed. If you put borders in too late, plant vegetation may become a problem. The borders are left in all season and typically melt or settle down enough they are not in the way for harvest.
Most producers harvest with the borders still in the field then work the field down as one unit.
Water Distribution Systems for Bays Producers have several ways to get water from the source to the borders. It is more desirable to inlet water into a border with multiple inlets across the top than to discharge all the water at one location in the top of the border. The multiple inlets give more uniformity of coverage and advance than a single inlet can. Flume pads have been used as a conveyance system and inlet system for border irrigation. One method is to construct the flume at the top of the field and move the water to the far end of the flume.