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research article

Irrigation of tomatoes in a single harvest program

authors

P. E. Martin
J. C. Lingle, University of California
R. M. Hagan
W. J. Flocker, University of California

publication information

California Agriculture 20(6):13-14. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v020n06p13. June 1966.

author affiliations

P. E. Martin is Laboratory Technician IV Department of Water Science and Engineering; J. C. Lingle is Associate Olericulturists, Department of Vegetable Crops, University of California, Davis. R. M. Hagan is Irrigationist, Department of Water Science and Engineering; W. J. Flocker is Associate Olericulturists, Department of Vegetable Crops, University of California, Davis.

abstract

The general pattern for optimum tomato production in a single-harvest program appears to favor a high level of soil moisture throughout the vegetative and early bloom phase, followed by a gradual drying-out to a moderate soil moisture level during the fruit development phase, and decreasing to a low level of soil moisture available during the ripening stage—subjecting the plants to a soil moisture tension of at least 5 bars in the zone of greatest root development.


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