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| Kris Horvath |
Let’s all
pray for rain in the valley and abundant snow in the Sierras in the upcoming
weeks. Water is a precious commodity that we can’t afford to waste and can’t
live without. I don’t claim to be fount of all knowledge on irrigation, but I
can recommend a few things one can do to be more efficient in the use of their
irrigation water in the landscape. I love lawns and so I am not inclined to
always jump at the idea of removing turf from the family landscape. Actually, I
would be looking for ways to keep my lawn and landscape healthy with the properamount of water at the proper interval to encourage deep irrigation and deep
healthy roots.
Three areas
come to mind and one of them is planting the correct plant material for the
right soil, exposure, climate, etc. Beyond that, I think one is crazy not to
look into smart clocks (irrigation controllers) and more precision delivery
from the newer emitters. You can make your controllers “smarter” with these
clocks that take into account the soil texture, zip code, daily temperature,
rainfall, slope, plant material and so on. The addition of a local mini weather
station or internet-based weather input will allow the amount of time needed to
run each valve to be adjusted up or down each cycle. This will go a long way to
increasing efficiency (possibly 30-40%) over the common method of turning the
clock on in March and turning it off in late October with no regard as to the
actual needs of the plants.
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Finally,
there is the choice of irrigation emitters themselves. There are nozzles like
the MP Rotators and Precision Series Nozzles that are much more efficient in
both their uniformity of coverage and the rate of delivery. With a larger
droplet size and slower rate of delivery one can greatly increase the
uniformity and significantly reduce the chance of runoff.
Check with
your local irrigation supply house and see what advances have been made in the
past few years or call Aqua Man Irrigation Solutions at 559-475-7777. Upgrades
will pay for themselves in your water bill, your plant’s health, and conserve
water. It’s the smart thing to do.
You are always welcome to call our Weed Man
office at 559-266-1624 or check out our website at Fresno.WeedManUSA.com if you
have further lawn questions.
The precision series has gotten quite a good reputation lately, as far as outdoor sprinkler system installations go.
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