How to choose pump motor for your irrigation need is discussed in this post. any pump is described by its flow characteristics and its head pressure. the flow and pressure head needs to be calculated and the values need to be put in manufacturer’s pump curves to choose the best pump which will also be cost economic.
Every crop or plant require different nutrients and in different quantities at different stages of its life cycle. The farmer needs to take decision on this after carefully carrying out a thoughtful exercise. The soil and water itself have nutrients available and therefore it is cost economic first to have proper soil and water testing done, analyzed and evaluated, and, then only make only the required addition of fertilizers to bring up total content of nutrient up to mark for the particular crop or plant. It is very important to have proper soil and water analysis done.
To have a fencing around your farm or not is the question. Fencing can be through barbed wires on pillars, planting ring of trees, or plain posts. barbed wires on posts require a lot of maintenance otherwise they look ungainly and also are causes of injuries and accidents. Trees fencing has several draw backs – it stops sun shine, roots extend all around, impedes growth under its shade, and is home to many worms, pests and virus . Posts planted at regular intervals provide required demarcation and allow full utilization of land end to end for farming. Fencing only for keeping animals inside or for security purposes.
Fertigation Management of soil and water is highly important. Normally this is done through soil and water analysis which is likely to take some time. A quicker visual method is discussed for monitoring plants for an early assessment if you are giving more or less of fertilizers. Afterwards more precise methods may be carried out to regain fertilizer balance. Discussed in this post are the nutrients Nitrogen (N), Phosphorous (P), Potassium (K), Calcium (Ca), Magnesium (Mg) and Iron (Fe).
Calculation of actual requirement of fertilizer in easy and timely is important. The exact amounts of N, P and K to be provided in the life cycle of a plant are different and thus need to be calculated differently. This blog presents a simple method to calculate the amount of fertilizers through equation A = X / P x K to get the required PPM value of N,P and K for the fertigation solution.
This is my first blog on my site. It is appropriate that it is devoted to farmers worldwide. Farmers who toil hard facing the nature in all its colors from being friendly to adversary, fighting the odds of infestation by…
To know the E.C. and pH of your field soil and irrigation water, and to control that E.C. and pH, is the cornerstone to increase in agricultural and related products productivity. Experts advise in a general way to give so…
Pesticides-Miticides-Fungicides-Weedycides The term Pesticides is defined by FAO in collaboration with UNEP (1990) as chemicals designed to combat the attacks of various pests and vectors on agricultural crops, domestic animals and human beings. The word “Pesticides” is an umbrella term…
