Ground Cover Slide Show

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Irrigation

Without a minimum soil moisture status it becomes very difficult to establish a successful orchard groundcover system. Installation of irrigation for this particular experiment was completed on August of 1997. Three different irrigation systems were used:

sub-irrigation between the papaya rows to irrigate the groundcovers
above ground drip irrigation to irrigate and fertilize the papaya rows
overhead irrigation to flush weeds for desiccation prior to planting

Solar time clock inside the theft proof box to run the solenoids.

Trench made to bury sub-irrigation for groundcovers

The lines ran down the middle of the plots and were buried to allow for mowing of groundcovers at a later date.

The use of overhead microemmitters allows for the germination of weed seed at the soil surface. This is the first step in achieving a stale seed bed.

Last updated on 6/19/02