Join Pete Dollimore as he talks us through his updated guide to irrigation for small-scale growers.

The guide gives an overview of the commonly used installations with details of concepts, terminology, equipment, design and some related aspects to consider. It will also provide tools and techniques to help growers estimate how much and when to water their crops. It will cover rainwater harvesting, water tanks, boreholes, reservoirs, using river water, mains water and tractors and show how these elements can be incorporated into a farm irrigation system. It also covers fixtures, fittings, and techniques for determining how much water crops need. We understand small-scale growers as those who generally cultivate and plant by hand and only use a tractor occasionally.

Whilst this series of webinars will touch on equipment that might be relevant for larger growers, it is really aimed at small-scale growers who might be farming 1-2 hectares. Pete Dollimore was formerly Director and Chief Grower at Hankham Organics, which has a 7000 m2 glasshouse at the core of a social enterprise supplying 500+ businesses and homes with vegetables and fruit each week. He studied Environmental Science at Aberystwyth University in Wales, is passionate about biological control, and writes and speaks nationally on organic growing. He now works at The Montessori Place, a school in Sussex, guiding the young people’s work developing a horticultural business centred around the school's one-acre walled garden.