The October 15th Southwest Farm Press Article entitled System, nutrient management are keys to drip irrigation success discusses one of the caveats of drip irrigation. As a possible remedial strategy, the article suggests the process of injecting fertilizer through your drip irrigation system.

While some best practices were suggested in the article, technologies for measuring fertigation were not discussed in great detail. Metering technology can be quite beneficial in applying proper amounts. SeaMetrics manufactures Low-Flow Fertigation meters that can be used in conjunction with popular systems such as those from Agri-Jet. The beauty of these meters is that they are fully compatible with the NetIrrigate® Telemetry Box Version 3.0. In addition to monitoring your water application amounts to each zone within your drip irrigated field, you can also monitor your fertigation at www.netirrigate.com. Since our new telemetry box offers dual meter inputs, irrigation AND fertigation data can now be at your fingertips.