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Section 3: Grower Tools and Resources


3.1 Water Budget and Trade

3.1.1 Water Budget Tools and Information

Comparing options when there is a water shortage. Partial budgeting guide - Extract from Irrigation Risk Kit. National Program Irrigation Research Development.

Click the icon below to view the 'Partial Budgeting Guide' or right click and choose 'Save target as...' to download.
Partial_budgeting_guide.pdf (499Kb)

Irrigation risk management tool.  Presentation on managing reduced water availability.

Click the icon below to view the 'Risk Management Tool' or right click and choose 'Save target as...' to download.
Risk_man_tool.pdf (275Kb)

Spread sheet tools prepared for horticulture drought workshops in SA

Water budget for citrus, stonefruit and almonds

Please download the following documents for further water budget tools and information:

Drought Business Skills Tool for River Murray Irrigators

3.1.2 Water Trade Information

Information on water trade for horticulture.

Click the icon below to view the 'Guide on Water Trade' or right click and choose 'Save target as...' to download.
Guide_water_trade.pdf (62Kb)

Information on permanent interstate trading in the Murray Darling Basin

 

3.2  Management Resources

3.2.1 General Guidelines and Information


Information on managing drought for horticulture in Victoria.  Includes fact sheets on fruit, winegrapes and vegetables.
Drought Preparation and Survival Guide: horticulture. DPI 2002..
Hardcopy available from Vic DPI

 

Information on applying deficit irrigation strategies for fruit trees and grapevines.
Deficit Irrigation practices. FAO Rome. 2002. ISBN: 92-5-104768-5.

 

Click the icon below to view the 'Deficit Irrigation FAO' or right click and choose 'Save target as...' to download.
deficit_irrigation_FAO.pdf (2.43Mb)

Irrigation survival requirements.  A collation of best information on survival requirements for horticulture crops in Australia. Tim Cummins and Associates.

Click the icon below to view 'Irrigation Survival' or right click and choose 'Save target as...' to download.
Irrigation_survival.pdf (94.1Kb)

General information on drought for horticulture

Information on improving irrigation scheduling by monitoring soil moisture

Soil water monitoring – an information package

Click the icon below to view the 'Soil Moisture Monitoring' or right click and choose 'Save target as...' to download.
Soil_moisture_monitoring.pdf (2.14Mb)

Drought Management

Managing Salinity

3.2.2 Crop Specific Information

General information guide for managing water in orchard crops.
Guide to best practice in water management – orchard crops

Click the icon below to view the 'Orchard Crops Manual' or right click and choose 'Save target as...' to download.
Orchard_Crops_manual.pdf (2.03Mb)

Pomefruit

Please download the following pdf for information on water budgeting guidelines - pomefruit.

Click the icon below to view 'Dry season information: apples' or right click and choose 'Save target as...' to download.

Click the icon below to view 'Dry season information: apples' or right click and choose 'Save target as...' to download.
'Dry season information: apples' (78Kb)

Information on management options for pears in dry seasons
Dry season information: pears

Click the icon below to view 'Dry season information: pears' or right click and choose 'Save target as...' to download.
Dry season information: pears.pdf (78Kb)

Stone Fruit

Information on management options for stonefruit in dry seasons
Dry season information: stone fruit

Please also download the 'Orchard Crop Manual' as above.

Click the icon below to view 'Dry season information: Stone Fruit' and 'Water Budgeting Guidelines - stonefruit' or right click and choose 'Save target as...' to download.

Grapevines

Management options for implementing deficit irrigation

Citrus

Management options for citrus when dealing with water shortages
Irrigation of citrus with reference to water shortages and poor quality water.

Click the icon below to view 'Citrus Irrigation' or right click and choose 'Save target as...' to download.
Citrus_irrigation.pdf (17.4Kb)

Management options for citrus under drought conditions
Producing citrus under drought conditions

Click the icon below to view 'Citrus Drought' or right click and choose 'Save target as...' to download.
Citrus_drought.pdf (24Kb)

Olives

Almonds

Pistachio

Avocado

Asparagus

Management options during drought Irrigation management in a water short year (U.S)

 

Carrots, Onions, Melons and Processing Tomatoes

Irrigation scheduling for vegetable crops: a grower’s guide.

Hardcopy available from Vic DPI

 

Nursery and Cut Flowers - Nursery and Garden Industry

Nursery industry water management best practice guidelines

 

Home Garden

Home gardeners reference to water management
Your guide to good garden watering

Click the icon below to view 'Home Garden Watering' or right click and choose 'Save target as...' to download.
Home_garden_watering.pdf (2.49Mb)

3.2.3 Other Important Information

Management options for orchards during drought

Maintenance of orchard trees

Management strategies for young fruit trees during drought
Strategies for managing young fruit trees in drought

Click the icon below to view 'Young Fruit Trees' or right click and choose 'Save target as...' to download.
Young Fruit Trees.pdf (25Kb)

Water needs of young orchard trees and young peach trees (DPI article)

 

Irrigation Scheduling for Regulated Deficit Irrigation (RDI) 

Managing evaporation from farm storages

 

'Horticulture Water Initiative' Website

Water is a fundamental requirement and is important to horticulture's future. It is for this reason that Horticulture Australia Limited has initiated it's own program to address the issues associated with responsible water use. The Across Industry funded Horticulture Water Initiative has been set up by Horticulture Australia Limited to provide a coordinated approach and focal point for the horticulture sector's water issues. Please click on the link to be directed to the 'Horticulture Water Initiative' Website

Section 4: Current Conditions (Feb 1st, 2007)

Drought conditions are summarised in the following document.  This includes an update on rural irrigation allocations and urban water restrictions.

Click the icon below to view 'Current Conditions' or right click and choose 'Save target as...' to download.

National Restrictions.pdf     (194Kb)





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