It's So Easy, You Can Do It Yourself!

Chemigation is the modern upgrade your land needs! Chemigation delivers liquid nutrients directly through your irrigation system, offering precise, targeted feeding right to the roots. This method uses significantly less product than traditional broadcasting, leading to cheaper input costs and a healthier environment. 

Key Terms:

· Chemigation is an inclusive term, but different names are used depending on the chemical being applied:

· Fertigation: Applying fertilizers and other plant nutrients. This is the most common form of chemigation.

· Herbigation: Applying herbicides (weed killers).

· Insectigation: Applying insecticides (bug killers).

· Fungigation: Applying fungicides (for fungus/disease control).

Improved Efficiency and Precision 

· ​Precise Placement and Timing: Chemicals are delivered directly into the irrigation water, making them readily available to the root system. This allows for "microdosing" nutrients in small, precise amounts when your lawn or plants needs them most, maximizing uptake.

· ​Uniform Application: When used with a properly designed and maintained irrigation system (sprinkler heads or drip systems), chemigation ensures a highly uniform distribution of chemicals across the lawn and plants.

· ​Simultaneous Operations: It combines two tasks (irrigation and chemical application) into one process, saving time and labor.

· ​Optimal Incorporation: For soil-applied chemicals, the irrigation water helps immediately incorporate them into the root system, which can improve activation and effectiveness.

​Economic and Operational Advantages

· ​Reduced Application Costs: The cost of application is often significantly lower than traditional ground or aerial spraying, especially when multiple applications are required throughout the growing season.

· ​Lower Chemical Requirements: The high efficiency and precise targeting can allow the use of lower total amount of chemical inputs without sacrificing efficacy, reducing input costs.

· ​Reduced Labor and Fuel: Fewer trips across the lawn mean less labor, lower fuel consumption, and less wear and tear on equipment.

· ​Flexibility in Timing: Applications can often be made regardless of muddy lawn conditions (which prevent tractor use) or weather conditions like fog (which prevents aerial spraying).

Plant and Soil Health

· ​Reduced Soil Compaction: Eliminating the need for heavy machinery to make separate passes for chemical application drastically reduces soil compaction, promoting better root growth and water infiltration.

· ​Less Damage: Fewer trips by machinery across the field minimize the risk of mechanical damage to the lawn.

Environmental and Safety Benefits

· ​Minimized Environmental Loss: By "microdosing" nutrients and applying them at the precise time and location of need, the risk of leaching (chemicals washing below the root system) and runoff into surface water is greatly reduced.

· ​Reduced Operator Exposure: Chemicals are handled and mixed in a localized injection area, and the application is often unattended once started, minimizing the operator's direct exposure to concentrated materials.

· ​Less Drift: Chemicals are generally applied in larger water droplets compared to conventional spraying, which significantly reduces the risk of wind drift onto adjacent fields or non-target areas.