FullStop Wetting Front Detectors
Important: Please read these instructions before assembly
The FullStop™ Wetting Front Detector shows how deep water infiltrates into the soil after irrigation or rain. It takes a soil water sample so that the movement of plant nutrients and salt through the soil can be monitored.
The Wetting Front detector can be used to:
- find out if you are irrigating too little or too much
- assist in the management of fertilizer and salt
- show if the soil is water-logged.
The FullStop Wetting Front Detector helps you to "see" what is happening down in the root zone when you irrigate the soil. Wetting Front Detectors are usually buried at two depths in the root zone and pop up an indicator to show when the infiltrating water goes past. They also capture and store a sample of water from the wetting front.
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Shallow Indicator: DOWN If neither indicator is triggered, then watering is generally too shallow |
Shallow Indicator: UP Water has moved past the shallow detector to the lower part of the root zone. |
Shallow Indicator: UP The deep indicator should be triggered only when it is necessary to fill the whole root zone. |
