Soil moisture status at the start of spring

Posted on behalf of Prof Derrick Moot The end of September is when the evapotranspiration exceeds rainfall at Lincoln. We start losing the stored soil water. I asked Jason to look at our neutron probe data from the RADE experiment to see where we are at this year compared with previous ones. Things are dry … Read more

Irrigate more less frequently

Posted on behalf of Prof Moot. Last week was hot, but not unusually so for the time of year – this is normal Canterbury summer weather. I had two experiences recently that reminded me we still have a lot to learn. The first was coffee with a prospective PhD student. She is working in the … Read more

Ode to 2016

Posted on behalf of Prof Derrick Moot. In all of my life, 26 years with my wife, I don’t think that there has been A year to remember, from Jan to December, as tumultuous as twenty sixteen Post truth we are now, but we got here how? An unfathomable political season For Brexit we know, … Read more