Testimonials

IN PRAISE OF FLOWCONTROL

™

Growers know that irrigating on uneven, sloped, or hilly

terrain can be dicult. Getting a healthy, uniform crop is

tough because you tend to over-water at low elevations

and under-water at high elevations. Too much water can

create problems, such as plant disease, and not enough

water can be even worse – leaving you with inconsistent

and weak yields.

In the past, growers were forced to either accept the poor

uniformity and lower yields, avoid the uneven areas

altogether, or buy costly pressure-compensating driplines

that limit growers’ control over the system application

rates. But now, as market demands, weather patterns, and

resource availability change and become more

challenging, you can no longer aord poor performance

from your irrigation system.

Thanks to FlowControl

™

, you no longer have to.

CONQUER CHALLENGING TERRAIN

“We’ve seen rsthand how FlowControl helps increase yield and quality.

Over the past two years, we have tested it and seen it signicantly improve

our crops’ health, especially in challenging terrain. FlowControl delivers a

more uniform crop and higher yields in areas that were once impractical

to farm. We’ve even reduced our pre-plant fertilizer costs, thanks to the

improved uniform distribution it oers with fertigation. FlowControl’s

benets became especially apparent to us this year – during a major

drought we were consistently able to achieve uniformity on long irrigated

plasticulture rows.”

Trevor Hardy

Brookdale Fruit Farm | Hollis, NH

For years, growers have trusted Aqua-Traxx®, Toro’s original

drip tape, for unmatched clog resistance, durability, and precision

placement of valuable water and fertilizer. Standard drip

tapes like Aqua-Traxx, give growers the ﬂexibility to increase

or decrease water ﬂow rates, but provide moderate irrigation

uniformity. The best applications for standard drip tapes are

ﬂat terrain or medium-length runs.

For growers with challenging terrain, pressure-compensating

driplines made it possible to increase uniformity, quality, and

yield on changing elevations. However, pressure-compensating

driplines are only available in expensive, heavier wall thicknesses,

are even more expensive at closer emitter spacings, and sacriﬁce

growers’ control over their system application rates.