Winter is the time to think about salt leaching irrigations, and soil-water monitoring for next irrigation season.
Collecting soil moisture data all year round is pivotal in understanding what reserves are held in the soil, and for using the live data at important irrigation stages like flowering and fruit set.
Sentek Technologies, a leading manufacturer of soil moisture monitoring products, has been busy innovating ways to make this easier and more cost effective.
New soil moisture probe
The Australian based company has recently released a soil moisture probe solution, named Sentek PLUS All-In-One, that has no external cables and does not require a solar panel mounted above the canopy.
Combine this with the internet based IrriMAX Live data viewing platform, and you have a very neat monitoring package ready at your fingertips when you need it.
Contact Colin Packer
For more information, see Tree Fruit April 2014
