The iBebot Soil Quality measurement tool is a battery opperated, connected sensing probe which measures your soil's moisture level and electrical conductivity (EC) strenght of nutrients within the rootzone of your plants medium.
SoilQuality moisture measurement is given inAbsolute Volume Ratio(AVR), which is the ratio between the volume of water divided by total volume of Soil + Water after mixing both.
At a 70% AVR moisture amount the soil becomes extremely close to a liquid and not adequate for plants growing in soil. Therefore, SoilQuality has been designed with full scale at 70% and provides AVR Soil Moisture measurement between 0 to 70%; above 70%, the reading will remain at 70%.
The Soil Sensing Probe should be gently cleaned with disinfectant alcohol if moisture reading doesn’t reach 70% within water.
On moist soil, at a given temperature, the EC of soil is relative to the amount of nutrients in the soil: an increase of the nutrient produces an increase in Soil Electrical Conductivity.
To absorb & process nutrients within the soil, a plant needs minerals dissolved in water so they can be available as nutrition to the plant. In a too dry a soil your plant will not be able to grow at its full potential due to the lack of absorsable nutrients. Soil EC is also affected by the soil moisture: when the soil is dry, the EC greatly drops even if there’s minerals in the soil. Therefore, theSoil EC gives a good relative indication of the available nutrients to the plant.
Temperature is also a factor that will affect the soil’s EC level. Most EC agricultural standards are given at 25°C. The higher the temperature the higher the EC. As a rule of thumb, the EC of water increases by 2 to 3% for each increase of 1°C.
Comparison of Nutrient level in time or between different soil samples should be done based on the same moisture level and temperature.
When mixing a soil with a water solution, it is important to note that the resulting EC of the soil will be according to the EC level of the water solution combined with the mineral level of the soil and the moisture level of the mix of both.
- SoilQuality is compatible with iOS and Android devices.
- Cloud connectivity for full remote access via the iBebot HUB
- SoilQuality measures the Electrical Conductivity (EC) of soil.
- Dimensions: 22cm x 2cm x 2cm
- 1pc AAA battery (1.5 Year*) *20 minutes measurement.