Description

Sentek’s Drill and Drop probe accurately measures soil moisture, temperature and salinity*.

The probe is fully encapsulated, easy to install and can be completely buried to reduce the risk of machinery damage.

Drill and Drop can be used for vegetable crops, fruit and nut trees, vines, berries, research projects and landscape management.

Sensors are fixed to the probe in 10-centimetre increments. You can purchase a probe at any length with your choice of either:
1. soil moisture and temperature sensors
2. soil moisture and temperature plus salinity sensors

The Drill & Drop SDI-12 is also available as a single point sensor, at 10 cm in length.

Features:
– Tapered shape allows for extremely fast and high-quality undisturbed installation in majority of soil types.
– Ability to measure the true soil profile, NOT slurry.
– Buriable to any depth.
– Pre-normalised sensors with inbuilt default calibration equations.
– Access soil profile data through IrriMAX Live.
– Available with moisture, salinity and temperature sensors at every 10 cm (4 inches) depth.

Benefits:
– Best choice for short-term use, such as the monitoring of vegetable crops, due to the fast and easy install and extraction techniques.
– Reliable option for long-term use, as it can be installed and left untouched for many years.
– Manage irrigations to save water, power, fertilizer and time, along with increased yields and quality.
– Fast and undisturbed, slurry-free installation procedure, increasing the validity of soil moisture and salinity readings.
– Combine soil moisture, salinity and temperature readings to see what’s happening in the soil profile.

*Salinity measurement capability is optional.