{"id":158,"date":"2018-03-19T01:39:14","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T01:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hussat.com.au\/?p=158"},"modified":"2018-03-19T01:43:32","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T01:43:32","slug":"horticultural-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hussat.com.au\/?p=158","title":{"rendered":"Horticultural probe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With built-in long life internal batteries and underground telemetry, the Terrasonde can operate without wires or solar panels \u2013 those nuisance additions that ultimately get damaged during farming operations such as harvesting, sowing or spraying.\u00a0 In the dryland model, the primary lithium batteries has a lifetime of &gt;10 years and the probe samples once per day. However, for application in horticulture, especially in drip irrigated crops, more data is required and hourly readings are typical.\u00a0 Such a high energy use would drain the internal battery in 2 years, but there is a solution \u2013 replaceable primary batteries.<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-159 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/hussat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Battery-housing-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hussat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Battery-housing-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hussat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Battery-housing-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/hussat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Battery-housing-230x230.jpg 230w, https:\/\/hussat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Battery-housing-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/hussat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Battery-housing.jpg 388w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-163 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/hussat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Battery-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hussat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Battery-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hussat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Battery-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/hussat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Battery-230x230.jpg 230w, https:\/\/hussat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Battery-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/hussat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Battery.jpg 388w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The horticultural model of the Terrasonde is 120cm long and has eight sensors spaced apart at 10cm intervals. The top sensor is 20cm under the cap so that it can make the first measurement at 10cm depth.\u00a0 This probe model is ideal for row crops, cotton, nuts, grapes, citrus, veges.\u00a0 It is installed with a hand auger and sealed into the soil with a slurry compound. The IP68 battery housing holds two primary lithium C-cells and the dust cap keeps dirt and water away from the housing o-rings, so the probe can last for many, many years.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-160 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/hussat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Irrigation-probe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"388\" height=\"519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hussat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Irrigation-probe.jpg 388w, https:\/\/hussat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Irrigation-probe-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/hussat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Irrigation-probe-230x308.jpg 230w, https:\/\/hussat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Irrigation-probe-350x468.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 388px) 100vw, 388px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In late 2017 we installed the new horticultural probe in the sultana farm.\u00a0\u00a0 The chart below shows the stored water in Block 8.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-161 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/hussat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/chart-5aaf1412bb2fb.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hussat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/chart-5aaf1412bb2fb.png 800w, https:\/\/hussat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/chart-5aaf1412bb2fb-300x131.png 300w, https:\/\/hussat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/chart-5aaf1412bb2fb-768x336.png 768w, https:\/\/hussat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/chart-5aaf1412bb2fb-230x101.png 230w, https:\/\/hussat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/chart-5aaf1412bb2fb-350x153.png 350w, https:\/\/hussat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/chart-5aaf1412bb2fb-480x210.png 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You can view the soil moisture data on our farm in real-time by clicking on the Demonstration sites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With built-in long life internal batteries and underground telemetry, the Terrasonde can operate without wires or solar panels \u2013 those nuisance additions that ultimately get damaged during farming operations such as harvesting, sowing or spraying.\u00a0 In the dryland model, the primary lithium batteries has a lifetime of &gt;10 years and the probe samples once per day. However, for application in horticulture, especially in drip irrigated crops, more data is required and hourly readings are typical.\u00a0 Such a high energy use would drain the internal battery in 2 years, but there is a solution \u2013 replaceable primary batteries. The horticultural model of the Terrasonde is 120cm long and has eight sensors spaced apart at 10cm intervals. The top sensor is 20cm under the cap so that it can make the first measurement at 10cm depth.\u00a0 This probe model is ideal for row crops, cotton, nuts, grapes, citrus, veges.\u00a0 It is installed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hussat.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hussat.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hussat.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hussat.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hussat.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=158"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/hussat.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":165,"href":"https:\/\/hussat.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158\/revisions\/165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hussat.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hussat.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hussat.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}