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Stone Fruit Water Budgeting Tool.

Spreadsheet By: Dr Ian Goodwin, Senior Irrigation Scientist - Fruit Trees and Winegrapes, DPI: Tatura,
November 2007.

The tool attached may assist you budget for crop water needs.

Instructions:

  • Print off the example sheet (pdf 27 kb) provided and use this as a basis to change the spread sheet to suit your situation.
  • Base your changes on the best data available to you. [Rain fall and ETo data can be found by visiting the FruitCheque Weather Data Page.]
  • Enter your best guess for the rest of the season [based on your experience and assuming no rain fall], and update it with actual data as it becomes available.
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