Tips, Tricks & Recommended Products to Improve Water Efficiency
Test your sprinkler application rate with a catch cup test
As a general rule, your garden only needs 10mm of water on each of your watering days.
A catch cup test is an easy way to check that your run times are set up to supply 10mm of water to your garden, and that water is evenly distributed. Catch cups are designed to catch and measure the amount of water falling in an area over a set period of time. Visit your local design shop to get a free box of catch cups.
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
Rainbird
LNK WiFi Module
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
Set Up Smart Watering on the B-hyve Smart Sprinkler Timer App
Hydrawise™ Commercial Controller (HCC): Wi-Fi Control for Up to 54 Stations
Rain Bird WiFi Enabled Controllers
Pairing the B-hyve Indoor Outdoor Timer ABCD
Rain Bird LNK Wifi Module: Installation, Setup, and Connection
Rain Bird Mobile App: Basic Features
Rain Bird Mobile App: Advanced Features
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