Sprinklers that used to throw now limp. The far end of a drip block looks dry while the head looks fine. A gauge that used to sit at a familiar number is suddenly soft. Low Irrigation Pressure: Common Causes and How to Find the Problem covers the main causes and why...
A low reading at the well during irrigation feels like a water-supply crisis. Sometimes it is. Often it is normal drawdown, a longer set, a nearby well, a dirty screen, or a pump that is no longer making the same water for the same energy. This is the follow-on to Why...
Once the crop is off, irrigation feels optional. It is not. Leaves are still working. Next year’s flower buds are still being finished. The soil profile you take into winter is the one bloom will wake up in. Fall irrigation is less about this year’s grade sheet and...
Most farms already have valves. The question is who has to stand next to them. Remote irrigation valve control means a supported valve can be opened, closed, or run on a schedule from a phone or a dashboard instead of a truck. It is not a new irrigation method. It is...
If you search for a tensiometer, the first results are often the wrong tool. Some are lab instruments that measure the surface tension of a liquid. Some are industrial gadgets that measure how hard a cable or bolt is pulling. Neither one tells you whether a vine or a...
Why Early September Pistachio Irrigation Is Still a Critical Window Pistachio irrigation around harvest is not leftover summer watering. For many California blocks, early September still sits inside Stage 3—rapid kernel fill and shell split—when water stress shows up...
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