You walk into a greenhouse and every plant gets exactly the same amount of water. The tomatoes in the back corner, the basil on the middle bench, the seedlings on the propagation table. Same dripper flow rate, same run time,…
When a drip irrigation zone stops working, most farmers notice the plants first: drooping leaves, dry soil, stunted growth. By then, the damage is already done. A single dead zone on a 5-acre vegetable farm can cost $80 to $200…
Most farmers I talk to already have drip irrigation in the ground. The tape is laid, the laterals are connected, the filter station is plumbed in. They’re not starting from scratch. What they don’t have is automation. Somebody still has…
If you’re running drip irrigation on more than a couple acres, walking out to turn valves by hand gets old fast. By mid-July, when the heat is baking and you’ve got five zones to cycle through twice a day, the…
