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  • Nina Meiers

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    October 22, 2025 at 10:44 pm
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    We only ran fertigation through our farm with several fields – some up to 800 metres from the pump and the maximum amount we ran in any field was about 1.2 of dual drip tape, but I can’t remember the exact spacing between holes.

    We found issues with fertigation when we blended products incorrectly- that was lack of knowledge as we had never farmed with fertigation in this manner. We used John’s principles and fertilised minute amounts every single day in the season and at the end and prior new growth to preset the plants.

    I can’t remember what they are called but we did flush the lines out regularly because over time they do have some sediment but flushing the lines worked well.

    There were no AEA products available in our country per say but there were providers of the raw products so we mixed our own, which is probably why we ran into the