Posted: Let's talk (budget conscious) homeowner scale irrigation - #53 by LordRatner
My goal is to create a program that:
- Adjusts watering intervals based on cumulative heat and solar radiation (HeatAdjust)
- Cuts watering amount during a ripening window
- Tracks the amount of rain the orchard gets to subtract from watering routines (RainAdjust)
- Logs the watering amounts over time
And a template for each tree with inputs for:
- Water needs (inches of rain) per Watering Interval
- Watering rate of that zone based on emitter setup and root area (Inches/Hour)
- Heat factor: modifier for HeatAdjust
- Watering Interval in days
- Ripening window start, stop and reduction %
- A first-year setting for watering more often for an establishing tree
Put in new tree, input the settings, and hopefully forget about watering for the season. Next I need a spraying robot…