Cover Story
STATE OF MATTERS:
IRRIGATION By Max Schlossberg, PhD.
The
important cultural practice of irrigation comprises three components. They are, in chronological order; monitoring, control, and delivery. They may ring familiar too, as they were just articulated by Dr. Grady Miller in the Sept. 2021 issue of SportsField Management (p. 50). Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, right? Then I added some otherwise original content and withheld discussion of the ‘control’ component for last.
MONITORING Current monitoring tools and techniques have undergone significant advancement in recent period. While they share the common goal of providing timely soil water status to managing personnel, they fall into one of two categories.
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Pennsylvania Turfgrass • Spring 2022
