info request: soil moisture probes
Duane Peltzer
I'm looking for suppliers and prices for a soil moisture probe which will
sample soil moisture non-destructively in field/garden experiments. I'd
like to repeatedly sample plots for several seasons. Having a permanent
buried probe/block etc. for each plot isn't feasible. I've considered a
neutron probe... but this is a little pricy! I'm very interested in
feedback from anyone who has worked with these probes in the field and
have suggestions on protocols and/or suppliers. Thanks in advance,
Duane Peltzer
Biology Department
University of Regina
Regina, SK, Canada
S4S 0A2
mthog...@aol.com
In article <Peltzer-1212...@142.3.27.26>,
Pel...@leroy.cc.uregina.ca (Duane Peltzer) writes:
>I'm looking for suppliers and prices for a soil moisture probe which will
>sample soil moisture non-destructively in field/garden experiments. I'd
>like to repeatedly sample plots for several seasons. Having a permanent
>buried probe/block etc. for each plot isn't feasible. I've considered a
>neutron probe... but this is a little pricy! I'm very interested in
>feedback from anyone who has worked with these probes in the field and
>have suggestions on protocols and/or suppliers. Thanks in advance,
>
>
Try Campbell Scientific in Logan UT. They have TDR (time-domain
reflectometry) equipment just suited for the purpose. Also a bit pricey,
but you don't need a radioactive materials license to use it.
I designed my own TDR probes and system around a Tektronix 1502C TDR meter
for my PhD work; the probes ended up costing me about $5 each.
Mark Thogerson
Biology Department
Grand Valley State University
Allendale, MI 49418
mthog...@aol.com or thog...@gvsu.edu
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