Teaching Organic Farming and Gardening

Irrigation

Unit 1.5 | 15
Demonstration 2

Demonstration 2: Garden-Scale Irrigation

for the instructor

Overview

Students must be able to accurately

gauge soil moisture and use scale-

appropriate irrigation tools and

techniques in order to irrigate garden

crops efficiently and effectively.

The following demonstration

provides an overview of the basic

skills, concepts, and tools used in

garden-scale irrigation. During this

demonstration, the instructor should

discuss the different approaches

to irrigation (qualitative and

quantitative) as well as demonstrate

the tools and techniques used to

monitor soil moisture and schedule

irrigation.

PreParatiOn and MateriaLs

•    Oscillators

•    Fan

•    Drip   irrigation  system  

•    Rose

•    Micro-sprinklers

•    Rain   gauge

    • Ross  

    • Soil  moisture    chart   (see    appendix    1)

    • Blank irrigation  schedule    (see    appendix    4)

    • Soil samples or pre-irrigated soils at varying percentages of

field capacity

PreParatiOn tiMe

1.5 hours

deMOnstratiOn tiMe

2 hours