Competition for limited water resources is challenging producers of container-grown nursery plants to investigate alternative irrigation strategies. One water-conserving method available to nurseries ...

Many conifers, even the junipers we think of as having cast-iron constitutions, respond to a water deficit by shedding older foliage.Limited soil fertilityWhere there is a lot of paving, or a lack of ...

EAST LANSING, MI - Competition for limited water resources is challenging producers of container-grown nursery plants to investigate alternative irrigation strategies. One water-conserving method ...

Scientists quantified irrigation volume, runoff volume and nutrient content, and plant growth of container-grown conifers irrigated based on plant daily water use (DWU) vs. a standard irrigation rate.