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Posted by ShepFL on May 24, 2005 at 05:25:59 from (155.14.78.39):
In Reply to: OT ? on crops posted by bhb on May 23, 2005 at 18:54:59:
When I was out there in 1998 all I seen was cotton. I was really surprised to see that, learned later that the boom started during WWI. The folks I spoke with said the cotton grows well in the very dry, hot climate of AZ. They also indicated the cotton is very susceptible to many pests like aphids, boll weevils, cutworms, bollworms etc. The irrigation method I seen was controlled flooding. They have all these concrete canals that run thru the fields. They release the water fill the canals and then using flexible piping the water is routed to specific areas of the field for controlled flooding (inches not feet). I was told this is used in place of typical overhead irrigation as to much water is lost due to evaporation and potential plant damage from scalding. FWIW, ShepFL
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