California Agriculture (Feb 1976)

Drip and furrow irrigation of fresh market tomatoes on a slowly permeable soil: Part 1. production

  • V Schweers,
  • D Grimes

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 30, no. 2

Abstract

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Growers of fresh market tomatoes frequently attribute an increase in small fruit during the growing season to poor water relations. In studies on a Vista sandy loam soil, greater numbers of small fruit were produced by drought-stressed plants. A high frequency of furrow irrigation caused the soil surface to