Spectrum Technologies
AE50 for New WaterScout SMEC300 Sensor
Introducing Spectrum's WaterScout SMEC 300 Soil Moisture/EC/Temperature Sensor
Spectrum Technologies, Inc., is proud to introduce their new WaterScout® Soil Moisture/EC/Temperature Sensor which has earned an AE50 Award from the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.
The new Spectrum SMEC 300 Sensor measures 3 key soil properties; moisture, EC, and temperature with little or no disturbance to the root zone. The carbon ink EC electrodes provide a large conductive surface area. The EC sensor can be calibrated with a simple, 1-step process. Use the available hand-held reader to take fast and accurate spot readings. Or, bury the sensor and track soil moisture changes over time with a WatchDog data-logging weather station.
The prestigious AE50 award recognizes the top 50 innovative new products produced throughout the world for the agricultural, food, and biological systems industries expected to save producers time, costs, and labor while improving user safety.
Spectrum manufactures and supplies affordable weather and nutrient measurement technology that help growers make better decisions on crop inputs.
AE50 Award for WatchDog 1000 Series
Spectrum Receives Eighteenth AE50 Award For Their WatchDog 1000 Series Micro Stations
Spectrum Technologies, Inc., a leading manufacturer of weather stations and data loggers, is honored to receive their 18th AE50 Award from the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.
The prestigious AE50 award represents the best and brightest products developed throughout the world for the agricultural, food, and biological systems industries expected to save producers time, costs, and labor while improving user safety.
Recognizing the need for affordable weather recording in remote microclimates, Spectrum has developed the WatchDog 1000 Series Micro Stations as user friendly devices to capture, process, and store weather history throughout the growing season. These powerful recorders present current and historical weather data, degree-day calculations, and plant disease alerts on location. Create your own station with multiple sensor options or purchase pre-packaged Plant Disease, Plant Growth, or Irrigation Micro Stations.
Mike Dunning, Weather Products Manager for Spectrum Technologies, explains that the WatchDog 1000 Series Micro Stations combine the inexpensive reliability of simple data loggers with pre-packaged sensors specific to a growers micro environment need. Growers enhance their stations with University-validated disease models and grower-defined additional sensors, sold separately.
If Plants Could Talk...Light
Click on the image to view a pdf which is aimed at providing you with an explanation of light from a plants point of view. Light is fundamental to crop production. Plant growth and development is significantly influenced by both the quantity and the quality of light. It is essential that growers understand this important variable in order to efficiently produce quality plants.
If Plants Could Talk...Nutrients
Click on the image to view a pdf which is aimed at providing you with an explanation of nutrients from a plants point of view. Proper nutrient management is key to healthy plant growth, especially with high-value vegetable crops that have a short growing season. Maintaining the right amounts of nitrogen and potassium is essential for achieving crop yield and size requirements.
AE50 Awards for DLI
Spectrum Technologies, Inc., has been honored this year with not one but two, AE50 Awards from the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. A leading manufacturer of weather stations, data loggers, and handheld measurement devices; Spectrum was recently recognized for their LightScout™ DLI 100 Light Meter.
The LightScout DLI 100 Light Meter is a simple, one button operated meter that measures the light "falling" on your plants. The DLI 100 Meter measure PAR light (Photosynthetically Active Radiation) and with a push of a button the meter runs for 24 hours and calculates your Daily Light Integral (DLI). The DLI 100 Meter is sold in sets of 3 so you can compare light measurements simultaneously at three locations.
The prestigious AE50 award recognizes the top 50 innovative new products produced throughout the world for the agricultural, food, and biological systems industries expected to save producers time, costs, and labor while improving user safety.
