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A Low-Tech, Inexpensive Subirrigation System for Production of Broadleaved Species in Large Containers

Schmal, J. L., Woolery, P. O. Sloan J. P., and Fleege, C. D. Native Plants Journal 8(3):267-270. 2008.

A simple, inexpensive subirrigation system can be made using children’s plastic swimming pools. This system supplies irrigation water more evenly to large deciduous plants in containers than do overhead methods, and it can be combined with a typical injector so that plants can be fertigated.


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Author(s): J. L. Schmal, P. O. Woolery, John P. Sloan, Clark D. Fleege

Section: Water Management and Irrigation