Irrigation

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Watering

Want to save water? Learn about watering of vegetables,trees and more. Here is information on gardening with graywater and using recycled water .
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Sustainable Gardening

Information on sustainable gardening topics - saving water, irrigation help, wildlife habitat, soil health and cover crops, helping the good insects.
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Plastic tubbing of drip irrigation system
UC Marin Master Gardeners: Article

May 2025: Drip Irrigation Troubleshooting

April 29, 2025
By Melissa McLean
 When the winter rains end, it’s time for gardeners to focus on providing spring and summer edibles with the water they need to grow and produce. While hand watering may be the simplest way to adjust watering to the needs of individual plants, it’s not the most efficient means for getting the right…
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Drip irrigation for healthy plants
UC Marin Master Gardeners: Document

June: Water Wise Strategies

 As spring transitions into the dryer months of summer, now is the time to check and refine your irrigation system to keep your plants appropriately hydrated. Having healthy and hydrated plants is an important component of a Fire-smart Landscape. Healthy and hydrated plants:Are more difficult to…
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Maintaining an Irrigation System

Yearly drip system maintenance is especially important to make sure plants are receiving the water they require and that none is being wasted. Check the system early in spring before it is turned on for spring-summer irrigation. This would include opening the end caps and flushing the system.
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Caneberries

Irrigation Scheduling Tools Evapotranspiration Scheduling CIMIS Overview Caneberry Manual Soil Moisture Monitoring Caneberry Manual How will Monitoring Soil Moisture Save me Water? Deficit Irrigation Market value is based on commodity freshness.
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How to get help

Sonoma County Master Gardeners are here to help! Garden Sense is a free program for Sonoma County residents who want to learn how to create a beautiful and sustainable garden that conserves water. We make home visits and provide information on low-water-use plant selection and irrigation.
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Citrus

Irrigation Scheduling Tools This tool, developed by Rueben and Shanti Hofshi, and Ben Faber, has instructions for use and allows you to calculate water needed per tree per day as well as watering time per day or irrigation period.
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Water use in the landscape and garden conservation tips
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Water in the Landscape

Correct awareness of our consumption and use of water are the key factors that affect water use behavior. We can efficiently provide water to our plants in ways that allow us to have a beautiful garden and landscape while minimizing our use of water. Managing water use for plants changes throughout the year…
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Olives for oil

Irrigation Scheduling Tools In development in Greece-An innovative irrigation scheduling tool for olive crops Soil Moisture Monitoring http://ucmanagedrought.ucdavis.
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