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Plants that text you when they need a drink

by Jimbo May 19, 2021 2 Comments 2 Links

#agriculture, #farming, #garden, #gardening, #nature, #plants, #water,

Root or leaf sensor technology rigged up to an app – like the type that has been developed for farmers by AgriHouse and the University of Colorado.

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Mike on May 19, 2021 at 9:02 pm
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Idea: Plants that text you when they need a drink
Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008...
thought this was a joke, but yeah. sensors in the fields make sense. Why not have satellites alert farmers when things are too dry, flooded or on fire?

Plants Text Message Farmers When Thirsty
Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/rel

Beginning this crop season, farmers will be able to receive text messages on their cell phones from their plants saying whether they are thirsty or not. Accent Engineering, Inc., of Lubbock, Tex., developed the SmartCropTM automated drought monitoring system based on a patent held by the Agricultura... Read more

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astronut on May 19, 2021 at 9:00 pm
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Idea: Plants that text you when they need a drink
Link: https://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2012/ee_2....
Hardly rocket science, but it is a NASA spinoff. https://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2012/ee_2.html

Sensors Enable Plants to Text Message Farmers | NASA Spinoff
Link: https://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff

NASA Technology

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