Late season irrigation management
Many crops, particularly in the northern regions, are fast approaching cutout. Cutout occurs when the plant has 4-5 nodes above white flower (NAWF) and generally occurs late January to mid February. This is the time of the last effective flower which can be used to plan irrigations after cutout. End of season water requirements can be determined by estimating the number of days until defoliation and predicting the amount of water likely to be used over this period.