Benaraby Junction Nursery, located near Gladstone, is a production nursery supplying their own retail facility as well as landscaping projects in the region. Over a period of 21 years Colin Olsen and Judy Turner have implemented a number of water efficiency measures both prior to, and during the Rural Water Use Efficiency Initiative (RWUEI) project…
Wild Valley Propagation specialises in contract growing, producing a range of quality, sun hardened ornamentals, ground covers and grasses for production nurseries, landscapers and retail nurseries across the eastern states of Australia. This fact sheet describes the expansion plans of the business and its improvements in irrigation and water management with the use of an…
How do the new water rules affect your business?
Improving Water Use Efficiency – A case study
Water quality and quantity is essential for nursery production to facilitate the growing of healthy crops in a reasonable time frame. Water conservation and crop water use are discussed in this fact sheet.
One of the key factors for an overhead irrigation system to continue to operate effectively and efficiently for many years, is the careful selection of the sprinkler. The sprinkler selected is a crucial part of having a system that operates to industry Best Management Practice (BMP), but is only part of the puzzle to be…
An evaporation pan is one relatively simple method of obtaining reliable and consistent information on evaporation that can be used to aid grower irrigation scheduling decisions.
Scheduling irrigation following rainfall events appears simple enough. However, recent investigations using the Portable Weight Based Scheduling Unit (PWBSU) have highlighted some fundamental problems with current practices.
The most significant raw material to the human race is water. Water in its clean, uncontaminated and unpolluted form is colourless, odourless and tasteless.
Information on reducing nutrient leaching from pots.