Sprinklers, which spray water into the air where it is easily evaporated or lost to the wind, are inherently inefficient. They spread water over large areas, regardless of whether there are roots ...

Pulsed irrigation, according to Michigan State University researcher Josh Vander Weide, improves growth, yield, and quality in blueberry plants — which is good news for water-deprived growers in not ...

The sight is not uncommon in California: water moving slowly across farm fields, in broad sheets or through a grid of ditches, propelled only by the pull of gravity. Flood irrigation is a tried and ...

No matter where you live, whatever your climate, you and your garden can benefit from drip irrigation. Long considered a virtual necessity in the arid climate of California and the southwest, ...

Irrigreen has partnered with Netafim to offer a watering solution for gardens that's fully integrated into their smart watering ecosystem.

If you garden in raised beds, there is no improvement that will save you time and enhance results better than drip irrigation. The time spent installing a drip irrigation system will be returned many ...

For marginal and small farmers with small landholdings, having a mechanism for optimum use of water is a boon. At a time when the Prime Minister had announced setting up a task force to study the ...

The domestic drip irrigation system, developed by city-based environment and wildlife filmmaker Vilas Kane, uses the principle of capillary motion to water plants. He created the model after several ...

As the water scarcity looms large in Madurai, superintendent of police V Balakrishnan has initiated a cost-effective way of drip irrigation for watering plants in gardens. Using the innovative drip ...

Ah, the rituals of spring such as the annual turning on of the irrigation system. With all this warm weather, the ground was getting dry.