The Irrigation Blog is now live!
PROJECT OBJECTIVES: In three pistachio production fields from Eastside to Westside southern San Joaquin Valley create a demonstration platform for optimal irrigation practice over the season by:
- Showing/comparing real-time web-based and field data for optimal irrigation scheduling
- Showing the impact of salinity on monitoring and ET
- Provide a BLOG for comments/explanation/training
- Soil types: non-saline sandy loam to saline/alkali silty clay loam
- System: pressure transducer in hose for irrigation hours
- Soil moisture: WaterMark, tensiometer, Sentek/Jain capacitance, neutron probe
- Plant based: CERES imagery, Phytech dendrometers, pressure bomb stem water potential (SWP)
DATA EXAMPLES:
- Soil moisture tension, WaterMark-tensiometer: Non-saline / Saline
- Soil moisture volume (capacitance): Non-saline / Saline
- Plant based: CERES imagery Non-saline / Saline / SWP All compare
- All CERES imagery 4/24 – 9/2/2019
- Phytech dendrometers Non-saline / Saline / Compare
- ALL DATA SUMMARY FILE 7/1 – 10/2/2019