Drip irrigation/fertigation (“advanced fertigation”, “open hydroponics”) is being adopted by

the Australian citrus industry. Hardware sophistication and the complexity of management

Fertigation is being increasingly adopted by citrus producers as an alternative to traditional approaches to supplying fertilisers to trees.

The delivery of dissolved mineral fertilisers to the roots of crops in the field using irrigation water is known as 'fertigation'.

With recent advances in technology irrigators can now more precisely control delivery of mineral nutrients and water to the roots of perennial tree crops.