What's all the fuss about the GDot???
The GDot helps take the guess work out of irrigation scheduling....
...a single glance is all you need to tell if your plants need a drink.
How it works...
The GDot displays soil moisture tension, or how hard it is for the plant to extract water from the soil.
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Nice and wet soil | It's really easy for the roots to access water. |
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The soil is drying out | The plants are gradually having to work harder. |
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The soil is quite dry | Most horticultural crops are now on their way to experiencing water stress. This is your cue to irrigate! |
Yes. It's THAT simple!!!
Advantages
The GDot can easily be read at a glance from up to 15 metres away, even from a moving vehicle! Not only that, GDots are tough, scratch- and UV-resistant and their brilliant chilli-red base prevents them from disappearing into the background of the crop foliage.
The GDot costs little more than a tensiometer with none of the maintenance issues, it has no pieces to break off, and never needs adjustment or servicing.
Installation
The GDot is ready to go right out the box - there is no need to turn it on, the AA batteries are already in place. It can be installed in minutes with the most unsophisticated equipment. Simply auger a hole, bury the sensor in the active root zone and hang the GDot from a wire, screw it to a post or mount it on a length of 33mm pipe. The choice is yours!
The standard 1.5m cable can be extended so you can fix your GDot to the end of a crop row, outside a fence line or at the edge of a centre-pivot crop, tens of metres from the sensor.
