Landscape Management, November 2014
i IrrIgatIon Water ManageMent IS ThE ArEA IN quESTIoN Turf or A LANDSCAPE BED Turf Landscape bed Sand Yes Clay No Loam A lot These No No No Yes Yes Yes SourCES Jeff Knight vP of Knight Scapes Yorktown va mike Garcia founder of enviroscapeLA redondo beach Calif Pat Johnston regional technical services manager at Horizon Distributors mauricio Troche director of landscape and turf at Netafim USA LANDSCAPEMANAGEMENT NET November 2014 30 photo istock com mkurtbas Considering converting to drip g p Drip irrigation is a no brainer way to achieve water savings and in some locations a necessity under water restrictions We probe into whether or not a landscape itself is a good fit for drip By Sarah PfleDDerer LANDSCAPEMANAGEMENT WEB EXTrA Visit LandscapeMangement net to see how Enviroscape LA has positioned itself as an expert in subsurface drip irrigation for turf plus pick up a few pointers Rodents have a habit of damaging above ground drip systems mainly through chewing plants need a straw for how thirsty they are Cold and wet Not much or no more than your typical ornamental We see all four seasons so we get a bit of everything Hot and dry WhAT TyPE of SoIL ArE WE DEALING WITh DoES ThE ArEA rECEIvE A LoT of fooT TrAffIC INCLuDING froM roDENTS DoES ThE LAND hAvE A SIGNIfICANT SLoPE hoW MuCh WATErING DoES ThE BED rEquIrE hoWS ThE CLIMATE IN ThIS SErvICE ArEA IS A hArDSCAPE NEArBy ThAT CouLD BE SuBjECT To ovErSPrAy froM ovErhEAD SPrAy SySTEMS IS IT A LAWN yArD frEquENTED By PEoPLE No need to make a conversion It seems this landscape can function fine without a drip irrigation system I i Call up your vendor and start purchasing the tubing If the landscape is turf opt for subsurface drip irrigation see Web Extra If its a landscape bed point source or in line grid systems may be more up your alley
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