Plant Available Water

Monitoring soil moisture alone is an incomplete management tool – Vital enables growers to monitor plant available water, so they can manage irrigation on varying soil types. We measure moisture content at field capacity and permanent wilting point – giving you actionable insights on irrigation management.

Evapotranspiration

Directly measure crop evapotranspiration with the LI-710 to optimize your watering schedules. Knowing how much to irrigate has never been simpler – take the guesswork out of your weekly scheduling decisions with in-field knowledge of consumptive water usage.

Leaf Temperature

Avoid crop stress with leaf temperature monitoring. Leaf temperature sensors function as an early warning detection system before your crop shows visual signs of stress – enabling you to be proactive in your irrigation adjustments.

Microclimates

Monitor microclimate weather data with in field weather stations for frost alerting, growth stage prediction, ET modeling and more.

Soil Oxygen

Over-irrigation and soil compaction can lead to oxygen deprived roots, stunted root growth and increased potential for root diseases. Prevent these issues and promote healthy root growth with soil oxygen monitoring solution,

Soil Water Potential

Understand how hard your plants are working to extract moisture from the soil with our soil water potential monitoring solution. Combine this with evapotranspiration monitoring for a complete view of plant-soil-water relations in your field.

Applied Irrigation

Monitor applied irrigation and on/off status using advanced pressure switches. Set point and reset point pressure thresholds work well for different irrigation systems and adjustable dials can be set to the specific operating pressures of your systems.