Precise knowledge of how plants access and use water is essential for healthy growth, efficient irrigation, and sustainable crop management. By combining sap flow measurements, soil water potential, and temperature monitoring, growers gain a complete view of plant-soil-water dynamics.
Understanding Plant Water Uptake
Sap flow sensors track real-time water movement within the plant, offering direct insights into how much water plants absorb and transport for growth, transpiration, and cooling.
Measuring Soil Water Availability
Soil water potential sensors reveal how easily plants can extract water from the soil, helping growers ensure that water levels remain within the optimal range for plant health and productivity.
Balancing Water Supply and Demand
Combining sap flow and soil water potential data enables precise matching of irrigation to the plant's actual water needs, reducing both overwatering and water stress.
Monitoring Environmental Stress Responses
Temperature sensors, paired with sap flow data, allow growers to monitor how plants react to heat, drought, or changing weather conditions, helping prevent long-term damage from water scarcity or excessive evaporation.
Supporting Drought Resilience and Resource Planning
Understanding both soil water status and plant water use allows for proactive water resource management — especially during dry seasons — helping optimize irrigation schedules and conserve water.
Improving Yield Stability and Crop Performance
Stable water availability and efficient uptake are essential for steady growth, flowering, and fruiting. These sensors allow growers to maintain the ideal balance for maximum yield potential.
Data-Driven Irrigation Control
This sensor combination delivers highly accurate, plant-based and soil-based insights, supporting automated or manual irrigation systems for smarter water management and higher sustainability.
Temperature Measurement Range: -200 to >+1000 cm/hr (heat velocity) Temperature Range: -30 ... +70 °C Resolution: 0.01°C Accuracy: ±0.1 °C Cable length: 5 meter LoRaWAN® class A External power supply: 12.0 VDC regulated, 0.3 A max.
Soil Potential Range: From −9 to −2'000 kPa Resolution: 0.1 kPa Accuracy: ±(10% of reading + 2 kPa) from −9 … -100 kPa Temperature Range: From −40 to +60 °C Resolution: 0.1 °C Accuracy: ±1 °C LoRaWAN® class A 2 C alkaline batteries
Precise, Plant-Based Water Insights
Sap flow sensors show exactly how much water a plant is using in real time, giving a true measurement of plant demand instead of relying on indirect estimates.
Optimized Irrigation Efficiency
Soil water potential sensors help determine how available water is in the soil, so irrigation can be timed to prevent overwatering, minimize runoff, and reduce water stress.
Improved Stress Prevention and Plant Resilience
Early detection of water stress, based on sap flow, soil moisture tension, and temperature data, enables growers to adjust irrigation before crops experience yield-threatening conditions.
Reduced Water Waste and Lower Costs
Precise knowledge of plant and soil water status allows for highly efficient water use, lowering consumption, reducing pumping costs, and conserving freshwater resources.
Higher Yields and Better Quality
Consistent, well-managed water availability promotes steady growth, balanced nutrient transport, and healthier crops — directly contributing to improved yield, fruit size, and quality.
Informed Response to Environmental Changes
Temperature sensors reveal how heat and weather shifts affect plant water demand, helping growers adapt faster to changing conditions and protect crops during extreme weather events.
Supports Sustainable Agriculture
This smart sensor combination enables growers to move beyond traditional irrigation models toward precision water management — reducing environmental impact while improving productivity and profitability.
Combining plant and soil-level water insights gives growers the ability to fine-tune irrigation, reduce waste, and improve plant health all while ensuring long-term sustainability and resilience.
