Growing the industry

Assessment of hand watering in production and retail nurseries

During 2008, Nursery & Garden Industry Australia NGIA commissioned the Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries, Queensland DPI&F, Qld to evaluate and quantify the efficiency of hand watering against other irrigation methodologies. In this month''s Nursery Paper, Dr. Rachel Pouler, DPI&F, Qld presents the results from this study.