In this article, we present results of a
greenhouse experiment in a sandy soil applying daily irrigation
with fresh water until 76 days after transplanting (DAP), when the
first fruits reached full size. A coupled source–sink, steady flow and
uptake model, similar to that proposed by Communar and Friedman
(2010a,b) for modeling on-surface drip irrigation scenarios, but
modified to scenarios of one and two-sides water application, is
used here to analyze the effects of watering distance and symmetry
on the potential water uptake rate.