This low cost, innovative soil moisture profiling system continues to be used successfully by international research institutions and the world's farming community. The MicroGopher is a revolutionary, direct reading soil moisture measurement system that enables you to improve crop yield, reduce irrigation costs and eliminate  leaching of fertilisers.

The MicroGopher is a single sensor  probe that is inserted into a 15mm PVC access tube. The soil moisture data is recorded at 10cm intervals and stored in  the memory of a handheld controller. The unit stores 48 profiles from 54 different sites. It has its own internal battery pack and does not require external battery power.

The computer software includes a three-dimensional graph which gives a dynamic display of soil moisture recharge  and use by the irrigated crop. It lets you see the total picture of soil moisture changes and movement in the soil. Graphs can be printed in colour and zoomed and scrolled. Summed histographs  and histograph slices display the dynamics of water use by  the plants and soil moisture recharge from irrigation or rainfall.

PRICES (All pricing in New Zealand Dollars) Delivery charges are additional.

• 2x PVC access tubes (15mm Class 15 PVC pressure pipe)
• 2x PVC access tube top end caps
• 2x PVC access tube bottom end plugs
• 1x Gopher data recorder
• 1x MGopher sensor head
• 1x MGopher staff
• 1x set 4xAA batteries
• 1x RS232 cable
• 1x nylon "impact" plug for driving PVC tubes
• 1x Gopher V9.2 PC software / handbook

The Three Dimensional  graph gives a dynamic display of soil moisture recharge  and use by the irrigated crop. It lets you see the total  picture of soil moisture changes , and movements in the soil. Graphs can be printed in colour and zoomed and scrolled

The Gopher® gives the grower a  visual display of the soil moisture profile as it is being  recorded. Summed Histographs display the total soil moisture  in the plant root zone for all the recorded profiles for each  site. Histograph slices show soil moisture trends over all  the recorded profiles at a single depth. The graphing programs  can scroll through all the recorded data of each site for  visual comparison of all the soil moisture values for each site. The Gopher® also features a single point  timed recording mode. This allows detailed recording of either rate of penetration of irrigation water or water use by the plant's root system.

Summed HISTOGRAPHS and HISTOGRAPH  Slices display the dynamics of water use by the plants  and soil moisture recharge from irrigation or rain fall. The graph program extends the water use to show the  predicted next irrigation time.

All recorded data for each site is also displayed  in a tabular format that includes soil moisture content at  each profile depth and water use per day in mm per 100mm of soil depth. This data can also be sent to your printer for permanent hard copy.