Building the case for subsurface drip irrigation

Name: Building the case for subsurface drip irrigation
Uploaded: 2018-08-24
Description: There’s no messing around when the lead researcher of the subsurface drip irrigation (SDI) system at Lethbridge College asks for soil for her project. Bins measuring six by three metres and one metre deep were filled with three different, but common topsoil types found in southern Alberta. They include Grassy Lake sand, Lomond loam and Coaldale clay…

Aug 25, 2018 by Jessika Guse

There’s no messing around when the lead researcher of the subsurface drip irrigation (SDI) system at Lethbridge College asks for soil for her project. Bins measuring six by three metres and one metre deep were filled with three different, but common topsoil types found in southern Alberta. They include Grassy Lake sand, Lomond loam and Coaldale clay…

Categories: Agronomy / Crop Production / Irrigation / Podcasts / Research

Tags: Lethbridge College / Willemijn Appels

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