Evapotranspiration (ET) is the term used to describe the loss of water to the atmosphere by the combined processes of evaporation (from soil and plant surfaces) and transpiration (from plant tissues) and is needed for irrigation scheduling. Vegable retrieves ETo from CIMIS to calculate ETc for plantings/crops. If the CIMIS ETo can not be obtained, the ETr for your zone is used.
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Definitions for these practices can be contentious and variable. But in short, if you employ one of these practices, Vegable will take them to mean:
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