Water: a tug of war between soils and plants

There is little argument that without water, plants will die. But despite the inarguable nature of this principle, insuring that sufficient water is regularly delivered to turf plants is difficult to achieve because so many factors are involved. Some, such as drought, poor irrigation system design, or the drying effects of tree roots are relatively obvious problems. But there are also other factors, which although less obvious, can just as seriously deprive turf plants of water. Because they affect water…