Irrigation for nursery container plants…: Plastic Tube Irrigators with Electric Control

Stice, N; Booher, L

Irrigation for nursery container plants…: Plastic Tube Irrigators with Electric Control

Authors

N. W. Stice
L. J. Booher

Authors Affiliations

N. W. Stice is Farm Advisor, Sacramento County; L. J. Booher is Extension Irrigationist, University of California, Davis.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 19(5):4-5. DOI:10.3733/ca.v019n05p4. May 1965.

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Abstract

Large container-grown plants can be irrigated and fertilized by using nine 1/8-inch-diameter plastic tubes radiating from a central riser. Each master unit of the system is operated by a clock-controlled 3-inch valve and is capable of irrigating 720 containers simultaneously in five minutes. Four of the units now operating at a Sacramento nursery, where this study was conducted, can irrigate 2,880 containers in 20 minutes.

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