Automatically controlled irrigation systems enable significant water savings and allow us to water the plants in a targeted manner.
The Sensorscope DS3 control unit measures soil moisture at various places and depths, and controls irrigation based on its findings. Users can permanently monitor soil moisture online.
Irrigation of a young orchard on deep soil
Automatic irrigation of a young orchard with sparsely laden trees. In this instance, we irrigated in a very water-saving fashion by means of low threshold values (-45 kPa at 20cm and -30 kPa at 40cm depth). Only 17% of the precipitation deficit was offset by irrigation, representing a substantial savings of water.
Irrigation of an Orchard with Densely Laden Trees
With threshold values of -30 kPa (20cm depth) and -20 kPa (40 cm depth), the plants were always well supplied with water. In this way, 64% of the precipitation deficit was offset, which is still in the normal range, and served to safeguard a yield of over 50 t/ha.
