Two soil scientists share their take on irrigation scheduling and systems. By Anna Mouton. “Irrigation is critical, but it’s difficult to optimise,” observes Karen van der Westhuizen of Agrimotion. “For nutrition, you take leaf and soil samples and make a…
Systems and scheduling with drippers and micro-sprinklers. This article is based on technical information compiled by irrigation specialist Karen van der Westhuizen from Agrimotion. Dr Johan van Zyl of the Department of Soil Science at Stellenbosch University provided additional inputs.…
A summary of Hortgro-funded research on water and irrigation. By Anna Mouton. Water scarcity was already a recognised risk in 1998 when Dr Theresa Volschenk and colleagues of what is now the ARC Infruitec-Nietvoorbij began investigating the Soil Water Balance…