Description:
IRROMETER Tensiometers
The IRROMETER Tensiometer is the standard in accurate soil moisture measurement, offering growers an inexpensive and reliable means of measuring soil moisture for irrigation scheduling. An IRROMETER will measure the actual soil water tension, which indicates the effort required by root systems to extract water from the soil. Because the IRROMETER is a true measurement of soil water potential, the instrument is not affected by salinity and does not require site calibration.
The IRROMETER is available in several models, with standard lengths of 6″, 12″, 18″, 24″, 36″, or 48″ dependent on the rooting depth of the specific crop.
The “SR” IRROMETER is the standard instrument for use in medium to heavy soils. Each instrument includes a threaded replaceable tip as well as reservoir, air free gauge chamber, and membrane vented stainless steel vacuum gauge with a 0 to 100 cb/kPa soil water tension range.