Irrigation Mastery Blog

I Won an Award! hunter award leaders in sustainability Dec 21, 2019

 

By Lori Palmquist

I’m super excited to report that Hunter Industries has named me as one of the five winners of their Ann Hunter-Welborn Circle of Excellence Award for 2019. That’s me in the lower left-hand corner of the screenshot above. I have to say that I am...

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Teaching and Learning Complex Subjects irrigation musings Jun 12, 2019

 

By Lori Palmquist

New Web Programming Technologies and Drip Design

I’m currently learning web programming technologies that are new to me. The subject matter is quite complex, and I understand it on the conceptual level. But in practice, even when walked through how to apply the...

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How Much Water for My Landscape? (cont.) application rate irrigation scheduling precipitation rate May 17, 2019

How Long Do I Run the Irrigation?  (Part 2 of 2)

By Lori Palmquist

We learned in part one of this post about the irrigation water needs of plants during the seasons when it's not raining. If you missed part one of this post, you can read it here.

How do we go from knowing the...

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How Much Water for My Landscape? evapotranspiration how much water landscape irrigation what's eto? Apr 30, 2019

How Long Do I Run the Irrigation?  (Part 1 of 2)

By Lori Palmquist

It’s commonly stated that we over-water our landscapes by at least double. I’ve found that to be true, as I've assessed and/or worked on hundreds of irrigation systems in my landscaping career.

One of the biggest...

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