AI + Tensiometers
Why Tensiometer For Irrigation Control
Why We Chose Soil Tensiometers for Automatic Irrigation Control Automatic irrigation only works if the data behind it is clear and actionable. That’s why we didn’t choose traditional soil moisture sensors. Moisture sensors depend heavily on soil type, calibration, and drift over time.The same “moisture %” can mean very different things in different soils — […]
Meet Tensiometer AgrioTens
Tensiometer has been long time used by growers to measure soil moisture and make irrigation decisions. It measures the tension that the plants roots need to apply to extract water from the soil. Below 20 kpa indicates wet soil while above 40 kpa indicates dry soil. Unlike capacitive soil moisture sensor tensiometer doesn’t depend on […]
Soil moisture sensors: expectation vs reality
Expectation Reality The reasonsThe problem is not the sensor itself. VWC sensors measure capacitance, not soil moisture directly.This leads to several fundamental limitations: Soil moisture sensors can provide useful trends and local signals, but expecting them to deliver reliable, absolute irrigation decisions on their own is unrealistic.