Application of soil moisture monitoring system to determine soil moisture content and soil temperature

Light, soil, moisture, temperature and gas are the basic needs for crop growth, among which soil environment includes soil moisture, soil temperature, soil compactness, soil nutrients, etc. Soil drought and water-logging can have a great impact on crops, and monitoring soil moisture is also important for crop irrigation and drought monitoring. The application of soil moisture monitoring system can measure soil moisture content, soil temperature, etc. at regular intervals to provide data support for seedling, insect and water monitoring of crops.

The moisture condition in the soil is an important and commonly used soil information. By measuring soil moisture conditions, we are able to carry out water-saving irrigation and achieve scientific water use and irrigation automation. In addition, for fertilizer application and drainage, certain references can be made.

According to the leading crops, soil types, climatic conditions, irrigation and drainage conditions and production levels in the planting area, we can select representative plots to set up soil moisture monitoring stations and install soil moisture monitoring systems, which can provide growers with timely and accurate soil moisture conditions at each monitoring point and can comprehensively, scientifically and truly reflect the soil changes in the monitored area and provide important data reference information for disaster and drought mitigation.

If in agricultural production, because of the untimely and unsuitable amount of irrigation, it is easy to cause the waste of water resources and farmland damage, thus failing to achieve the purpose of saving water and increasing production and income. For this reason, the mastery of the soil is moisture condition becomes an important factor in agricultural development. Soil moisture monitoring system collects soil moisture information in farmland in real time through data collectors and can use GPRS, 4G, 5G, etc. to transmit moisture information to the network for analysis, which can play a good guiding role for production such as remote telemetry survey and monitoring of soil moisture, water-saving irrigation, greenhouse control and fine agriculture.

The soil moisture monitoring system can be extended with multiple sensors to monitor more environmental information, such as soil water potential, UV radiation, light intensity, atmospheric humidity, wind speed and direction, etc. The instrument is charged by solar panels and can work normally regardless of cloudy or sunny days, which is very suitable to be placed in the field for long-term monitoring of soil moisture conditions.

Therefore, in the field of agricultural production, the application of soil moisture monitoring system can improve the management level of agricultural drought and disaster, and can help farmers quickly grasp the dynamics of land drought, which can also reduce the impact of drought, which is of great significance for the development of modern agriculture and intelligent agriculture.