IFAS Extension
Managing Landscape Irrigation to Avoid Soil and Nutrient Losses
George Hochmuth, Laurie Trenholm, Don Rainey, Esen Momol, Claire Lewis, and Brian Niemann
Release Date: 8/5/2025
Water Resources
Abstract
About this Publication
This document is SL384, one of a series of the Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date November 2013. Revised December 2024. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.
About the Authors
George Hochmuth, professor, Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences; Laurie Trenholm, professor, Department of Environmental Horticulture; Don Rainey, Extension agent, UF/IFAS Extension Sarasota County; Esen Momol, director, Claire Lewis, senior information specialist, Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ Program; and Brian Niemann, Extension agent, UF/IFAS Extension Pinellas County; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.
Authors
former Florida Friendly Landscaping Extension agent, UF/IFAS Extension Pinellas County
retired professor, UF/IFAS Department of Environmental Horticulture
former director, Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ Program; UF/IFAS Center for Land Use Efficiency (CLUE)
professor emeritus, Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences
regional specialized Extension agent III, M.S., water resources, UF/IFAS Extension, Plant City, FL
state specialized agent II and director Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ Program, UF/IFAS Center for Land Use Efficiency
Contacts
associate professor and Extension specialist, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering