using moisture probes to measure rootzone water...moisture probe calibration. 0 10 20 30 40 50. 1 h...
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Using Moisture Probes to Measure Rootzone Water
Doug Karcher, Ph.D University of Arkansas
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Soil Moisture Probes -how to use them
15.3%
Is this green wet or dry? Does it need water?
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Soil Moisture Probes - what they measure Measures: volumetric soil moisture content Units: % (cm3 water / cm3 soil)
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Soil Moisture Terms
Water Content – the amount of water present in the soil, either on a mass (gravimetric) or volume (volumetric) basis Measured by probe
Water Potential – the amount of suction force required to move water from soil into turf roots Indicator of turf drought stress
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Water Potential Measurement: Tensiometers
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Water Content vs. Water Potential
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How to calibrate a moisture probe for your site:
1. Irrigate the turf thoroughly- take reading 1 hour later
2. Take readings twice daily and note visual moisture stress symptoms
3. Continue until turf shows drought stress symptoms and determine irrigation threshold
4. Calibrate for each root zone type
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Moisture probe calibration
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Irrigation thresholds 9% for 1 yr old USGA 12% for 10 yr old USGA 18 % for push up
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Rod length will determine your threshold for irrigation
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Rod length will determine your threshold for irrigation
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Longer probes have wider base, which leaves larger holes in turf
Depth control plate
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Soil Moisture TDR Probes -how they work
Dielectric constant principle Capacity of soil to transmit high frequency
electromagnetic waves (600 MHz – 1.2 GHz) Related to volumetric water content
Dry soil < 5, Water = 80
Also, many probes separately measure EC and temperature
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Soil Moisture FDR Probes -how they work
Similar technology as TDR Use lower frequency radio waves (~ 150
MHz) to measure capacitance of soil More precise in fine-textured and high salinity
soils
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Porous Blocks Moisture Meters - EC measurement
Less expensive Reading affected by salinity
(fertilizer applications) Relatively poor measurement
sensitivity Not enough precision for
putting green turf
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Soil Moisture Probes - available devices
Spectrum Fieldscout Campbell Sci. Hydrosense Dynamax Thetaprobe Decagon ECH2O probes IMKO Trime Stevens Hydra Probe Cost ($500 - > $2000)
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Moisture probes –
MAKING THE MOST OF LESS EXPENSIVE MODELS
Jim Colo and Fransico Bareera – The Alotian Club
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