General crop health is a subjective method of determining irrigation effectiveness. Although some skills are required in assessing tree health and the general condition of the trees, it is nonetheless a method where the whole orchard can be assessed for over- or...
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Monitor the Irrigation Scheduling
Various aids are available to monitor the implementation of the irrigation schedule. These aids include E-pans, rain meters, tensiometers and probes. This equipment provides information that assists with the calculation of the soil-water balance, thereby enabling one...
Introduction
Scheduling aims to maintain the soil water balance at the optimum level. In other words, the soil must not be too wet, in which case the plants drown, or too dry, in which case the plants will suffer from water stress. The correct stand time and irrigation frequency,...