However,
irrigation of bell peppers via two drip lines located 20 cm from the
plant row, from day 17 after planting approximately doubled the
root-zone volume, and led to a somewhat smaller canopy, somewhat
higher yield, and significantly lower incidence of blossom end
rot (BER) as compared with continuous irrigation via a single drip
line attached to the crop row (Friedman et al., 2008).