Independent notes for ecological growersResearch edition September 2026
Field desk / Water & tunnels

Follow the water. Keep the record.

Irrigation design, moisture observations and protected growing—separate the system from the crop’s needs.

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Tomato row with localized wet patches along buried drip tape and clover in the aisle.
Drip wetting patterns in a tomato row, from UMN Extension’s irrigation guide. Illustrative context, not this publication’s field trial. Dwight Sipler / Flickr, credited by University of Minnesota Extension · Image source

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