Irrigation plays a critical role in the success of plant cultivation, and choosing the right system (or the wrong one) can significantly affect plant health, water efficiency, and overall productivity.
The Resource Innovation Institute and FarmTech Society are joining forces to drive energy and water data collection and analysis, with the goal of advancing climate-smart indoor growing practices.
The partnership will operate as Integrated Water Process and will focus on total water management by providing growers with a range of scalable water solutions.
A recent review of current information on water and energy use in controlled-environment horticulture shows there is still much to learn, but also much to gain.
The Water Circularity Working Group plans to identify strategies that all growers, regardless of size, can follow to reduce water waste and improve water quality.
Installing irrigation systems designed to efficiently apply water to the plant, evenly and specifically, can reduce labor greatly while keeping plant growth healthy and even.
Drought can strike in increasingly extreme forms, causing concern in global horticulture. With availability of high-quality fresh water no longer certainty in many areas, here’s how you can plan ahead.
