Tips, Tricks & Recommended Products to Improve Water Efficiency
It's Spring and time to check in your garden and green spaces Reticulation is working well
Waterwise Drip Irrigation System
// Garden Answer
Mr. Retic - Backyard Waterwise
Reticulation Installation
BTT Bluetooth® Tap
Timer Product Guide
MP Rotator:
Resist Sand Debris
Hunter Dripline (HDL)
Product Guide
Backyard Reticulation
and Turf Installation
With this wet summer in Perth this year it's a great idea to turn off those Retic Controllers!
Mr. Retic - How to program your Hunter X-Core Retic control box
Adjusting a Hunter Rotor: Rotor Right Stop Adjustment
Pro-C Irrigation Controller Basic: 02, Setting Start Time
Hydrawise™ Commercial Controller (HCC): Wi-Fi Control for Up to 54 Stations
Readily Available Water (RAW)
To -20 kPa
Water sensitive crops such as vegetables and some tropical fruits should be irrigated
Sand: 35 mm/m
Sandy loam: 45 mm/m
Loam: 50 mm/m
Clay loam: 30 mm/m
Light clay: 25 mm/m
Medium to heavy clay: 25 mm/m
To -40 kPa
Most fruit crops and table grapes, most tropical fruits
Sand: 35 mm/m
Sandy loam: 60 mm/m
Loam: 70 mm/m
Clay loam: 55 mm/m
Light clay: 45 mm/m
Medium to heavy clay: 45 mm/m
To -60 kPa
Lucerne, most pasture, crops such as maize and soybeans, and grapes
Sand: 35 mm/m
Sandy loam: 65 mm/m
Loam: 85 mm/m
Clay loam: 65 mm/m
Light clay: 55 mm/m
Medium to heavy clay: 55 mm/m
To -100 kPa
Annual pastures and hardy crops such as cotton, sorghum and winter cereals
Sand: 40 mm/m
Sandy loam: 70 mm/m
Loam: 90 mm/m
Clay loam: 80 mm/m
Light clay: 70 mm/m
Medium to heavy clay: 65 mm/m
To -1500 kPa
Available Water (AW) is the total water available in the soil. Plants stress well before this level is reached.
Sand: 60 mm/m
Sandy loam: 115 mm/m
Loam: 150 mm/m
Clay loam: 150 mm/m
Light clay: 150 mm/m
Medium to heavy clay: 140 mm/m