PRX-SOIL

• Water and energy savings due to the incorporation of the real irrigation needs of the crop in the irrigation planning process.
• Precision farming through the incorporation of real soil moisture data according to the irrigation recommendations for each sector and crop.

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An IProx controller in the pumping station (or another location) with a radio base station.

P: How often are the soil moisture sensors read?
The user can configure the frequency of the readings. Since, with the exception of sandy soils, the filtration, evaporation and consumption of water by the crops are slow processes, in the majority of cases 1 or 2 readings per day is enough to obtain the information necessary to optimise the quantity and frequency of the irrigation. Moreover, a greater frequency of readings generates charts with more points, which are easier to interpret. A reasonable frequency could be a reading every 4 hours (=6 readings a day).

P: Can the soil moisture data be taken into account in the irrigation programmes set in IProx Irrigation so that they stop if the moisture level exceeds a configurable threshold (due to a storm, for example)?
Yes. The irrigation will pause for those sectors in which it has rained in the same way as it stops when the reservoir water level is lower than the established minimum. Yet another measure that helps to stop waste.

P: How many PRX-SOIL devices can be connected to the same radio base station?
The technical limit is around 100 PRX-SOIL or PRX-VALVE devices per base station. This amount is rarely reached on the same plot with one pumping station and one IProx controller.

P: Do the PRX-SOIL devices include the sensors?
The Watermark® sensors are bought separately and the number purchased does not need to tally with the number of PRX-SOIL x 4.