Quote Originally Posted by Pragmatic View Post
RPETER65, I cycle past a couple of commercial mango orchards and none of them have drip irrigation set up. On a commercial basis I'd assume they would have but they don't. Banana trees and cassava yes.
I'm not saying you're wrong in your post, in fact it's logical, but in practice I don't see it.
I don't see it in our area either, we have lived in the same place for 9 years, I didn't pay much attention to the orchard until my wife's dad past away thee years ago, since then I have gradually become more active in the operation. In the last three years, working with advice from my brother in the U.S., who is a horticulturist I have steadily increased both the quality, and amount of fruit, we have worked with adjusting the frequency of watering and application of fertilizer, from the looks of the trees this will be our best year.