What is fertigation?
Just a fancy name for feeding fertilizer through an irrigation system. Similar terms are: insectigation, herbigation, and fungigation. All of these are parts of the overall technology called chemigation. Q: It sounds like I should ignore the chemical injection part of the business and just concentrate on fertilizer injectors. A: Not so! You have to start somewhere and all we re talking about here is putting first things first. Later in this series we ll discuss injection of liquids other than fertilizer. CSI builds fertilizer injectors and chemical injectors in 5 basic capacity ranges: 0 to 3 gph 0 to 15 gph 0 to 60 gph 0 to 160 gph 0 to 400 gph Injector Types Q: What kinds of injectors are used to inject fertilizer and chemicals into irrigation water? A: Two main pumping technologies are used: Venturi Injection: A venturi is a device which creates vacuum when fluid flows through it. The fluid which creates the vacuum is known as the “motive fluid”. The motive fluid for irrigation inje
