Irrigation switch-off: Planning the shutdown before the first frost

Irrigation winterisation gets treated as a job rather than a plan, and that is where most freeze damage starts. A system blown down in a rush on the first cold morning of October is a system where something gets missed, and what gets missed usually does not announce itself until April.

Irrigation switch-off: Planning the shutdown before the first frost

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Irrigation winterisation gets treated as a job rather than a plan, and that is where most freeze damage starts.

A system blown down in a rush on the first cold morning of October is a system where something gets missed, and what gets missed usually does not announce itself until April.

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Irrigation winterisation gets treated as a job rather than a plan, and that is where most freeze damage starts. A system blown down in a rush on the first cold morning of October is a system where something gets missed, and what gets missed usually does not announce itself until April. The work itself is […] The post Irrigation switch-off:

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