Lapins fruit quality was excellent in all three years of the deficit irrigation study. Todd Einhorn A significant portion of sweet cherry acreage throughout California and the Pacific Northwest faces water challenges. Sustainable irrigation practices need to be developed to efficiently manage limited water supplies. The most readily available information for scheduling irrigations is reference evapotranspiration (ETº). High temperatures, low humidity, and/or wind drive plant water use, and, hence, are the essential components of evapotranspiration. An alternative, but often complementary approach to ET-based irrigation scheduling, is soil moisture monitoring. Irrigating based on soil water content requires knowledge of soil texture […]