Water and fertilizer management system
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1. A method for managing a field water and fertilizer system, said method comprising:
- positioning at least one field monitoring unit in the field, wherein said at least one field monitoring unit is capable of sensing parameters related to conditions in the vicinity of root zone, wherein said at least one field monitoring unit comprises at least two sensors, wherein one of said two sensors is a tensiometer;
transferring the parameters from said at least two sensors to a processor so as to establish a database;
providing a controller capable of activating the water and fertilizing system in accordance to the parameters in the database; and
wherein transferring the parameters from said at least two sensors to a processor so as to establish a database involves;
presenting desired parameters'"'"' values for optimal growth of different crops as a model;
comparing the parameters with the model; and
establishing desired amount of water and fertilizing needed to set up the controller.
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Abstract
A monitoring system is provided for monitoring the growing conditions of plants in the vicinity of the roots. In addition, it is provided a system that applies real-time analysis of the growing process parameters and takes into consideration components such as plant, soil, climate, fertilizer and water. A management system based on the real-time analysis is designed that computes the amount of water and fertilizer needed every day to the plants.
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1. A method for managing a field water and fertilizer system, said method comprising:
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positioning at least one field monitoring unit in the field, wherein said at least one field monitoring unit is capable of sensing parameters related to conditions in the vicinity of root zone, wherein said at least one field monitoring unit comprises at least two sensors, wherein one of said two sensors is a tensiometer; transferring the parameters from said at least two sensors to a processor so as to establish a database; providing a controller capable of activating the water and fertilizing system in accordance to the parameters in the database; and wherein transferring the parameters from said at least two sensors to a processor so as to establish a database involves; presenting desired parameters'"'"' values for optimal growth of different crops as a model; comparing the parameters with the model; and establishing desired amount of water and fertilizing needed to set up the controller. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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