Here we'll review all the steps behind a good irrigation schedule that will get your crops the right amount of water at the right time.

Produced in 2021

CONTENTS:

00:00 Irrigation A to Z
00:32 The Right Place
01:19 Sprinkler Application Rates
01:52 Drip Application Rates
02:21 How Much Water?
03:03 How Often to Irrigate?
03:38 Soil Water Storage
04:13 How Fast Does Soil Dry?
04:36 Weather-based Schedule
04:59 Technical Scheduling Terms
05:11 "evapotranspiration" & "crop coefficients"
05:26 "effective rainfall" & "moisture deficit"
05:38 "application efficiency"
05:54 Calculators & Guesswork
06:34 Check Soil Moisture
07:01 Adjust the Schedule


LINKS & RESOURCES:

"Farm Water Fix" — 12-video series produced by Andrew Bennett with the Climate Change Adaptation Program: [ Ссылка ]

"Irrigate Better with Bruce Naka" — 4-part webinar produced by Andrew Bennett with the Kootenay & Boundary Farm Advisors: [ Ссылка ]


BC Irrigation Manuals and Factsheets: [ Ссылка ]

BC Irrigation Management Guide: [ Ссылка ]

BC Irrigation System Assessment Guide: [ Ссылка ]

BC Sprinkler Irrigation Manual: [ Ссылка ]

BC Trickle Irrigation Manual: [Purchase from IIABC, below]


iMapBC: [ Ссылка ]

Soil Information Finder Tool (SIFT): [ Ссылка ]

Farmwest: [ Ссылка ]

Irrigation Industry Association of BC (IIABC): [ Ссылка ]

IIABC Agriculture Irrigation Calculator: [ Ссылка ]


BC Climate Change Adaptation Program Tools & Resources Library: [ Ссылка ]

Kootenay & Boundary Farm Advisors (KBFA): [ Ссылка ]


Bruce Naka, Sound Water Advise: brucenaka (at) gmail.com — Okanagan region

Andrew Bennett, Living Lands Agroecology: andrew (at) livinglands.ca — Kootenay & Boundary region

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