Hawkes Bay Sprinkler Trial

 
Project Status: active

Project Personnel (Lincoln):
Ian Woodhead, Paul Riding,

Andy Hayward

Project Team:

Hawkes Bay Grapegrowers

MAF Sustainable Farming Fund

Irrigation Services Hawkes Bay

Sileni, NaanDan, Deeco,

Delegats, Villa Maria

 



Project Description

The purpose of the project is to evaluate and compare the performance of several sprinkler frost protection configurations under typical frost conditions in the Hawkes Bay region of New Zealand.

  1. 2004 Report - a comprehensive report providing results from the first set of sprinkler configurations; both targeted and full-cover.
  2. Cool Climate 2006 Poster - a summary of 2004/5 data on one (large) page
  3. 2005 Report - a supplementary report including 2005 data and additional observations and tests.

Page last updated on 12 March 2006