Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The gardener who can do a thorough job of watering with hose in hand is rare indeed. Assuming that the hose spews out about 3 gallons per minute in a circle ...

The gardener who can do a thorough job of watering with hose in hand is rare indeed. Assuming that the hose spews out about 3 gallons per minute in a circle about 4 feet in diameter, I roughly ...

I love drip irrigation. I get such satisfaction from seeing the orderly lines of drip tubing in my gardens, emitting precisely measured drops of water onto plant roots. These commonplace scenes make ...

In this article, we will delve into some of the best drip irrigation systems perfect for your garden. What is a Drip Irrigation System? Scientists have estimated that rising global temperatures can ...

The best fertilizer may be the footsteps of the farmer, as the Chinese proverb says. But all of the fertilizer and shoe leather in the world won’t raise so much as a hill of beans without water. Just ...

Three principles are important when watering trees, shrubs, fruit trees and any other landscape plants: Apply water at the right time, apply it over a large area and apply it to the right depth. The ...

DRIP irrigation is a method of irrigating row crops and it helps efficient utilisation of water that is a key input for agriculture. Given poor efficiency of our canal system because of sizable water ...

Drip irrigation operates under low pressure, hence does not require pumps to push the water through the system. Drip irrigation can operate purely on gravity. This means reduced energy costs. Plants ...

This week, the question comes from yours truly (i.e., Dr. Marisa Thompson, regular writer of this column). I’ve heard about subsurface drip as an improved way to irrigate turfgrass, so I invited NMSU ...