Tag Archives: micro-irrigation

New Blog Website – driptips.toro.com

Hi, fellow drip irrigation enthusiasts – Our blog has been moved to http://driptips.toro.com.  All our old posts can be accessed at the new website, along with our new post, “Drip Irrigation is the Future for Processing Tomatoes.” So if you are interested in following … Continue reading

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Closer Emitters Can Yield Better Results

Closely spaced drip tape emitters can enhance salt management for seed germination, leach salts in permanent crops, dilute soil salinity for salt-sensitive crops and manipulate the wetting pattern – all with less cost and more efficiency than widely spaced emitters. … Continue reading

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Learn About Drip Irrigation Online

Want to learn more about the benefits of drip irrigation?  Visit http://www.dripirrigation.org, an educational website from Toro.  Aimed at the agricultural, landscape, and greenhouse industries, this site offers articles, illustrations, software, videos, and other links to answer questions about drip … Continue reading

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Why Drip Irrigation is Gaining Popularity

Improved crop yield and quality. Water and nutrients are spoon-fed to the crop uniformly and on the desired schedule. Water conservation. Drip irrigation helps stretch limited water supplies by reducing water runoff, deep percolation and/or over-irrigation due to poor application … Continue reading

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