Plant growth platform

A method for continuous real time monitoring a crop growth, the method including the steps of:

• providing field units for positioning within a boundary of a crop growth, wherein the field units are capable of coupling to accessories selected from the group consisting of soil moisture sensors, soil temp sensors, soil conductivity sensors, soil oxygen sensors, air oxygen sensors, air temperature sensors, air humidity sensors, air CO2 sensors, frost sensors, solar radiation sensors, wind sensors, precipitation sensors, digital camera, and GPS location sensors;
• linking the field units to a base station;
• transmitting and receiving data between the field units and the base station;
• obtaining data corresponding to outputs from the accessories;
• transmitting data corresponding to outputs from the accessories to the base station;
• setting preferences for the field units and accessories;
• transmitting at least one of control commands, notifications and alarms from the base unit to applications;
• and
• generating values associated with at least one of soil saturation, soil nitrogen mineralization, and growing degree units, wherein values associated with soil saturation depend upon volumetric soil moisture measurements detected over time;
• and wherein values associated with soil nitrogen mineralization depend upon detected biological processes of soil organic matter;
• and wherein values associated with growing degree units depend upon transmitted data outputs, previous compiled outputs and reference data:
• adjusting at least one of irrigation, field units, and grower practices dependent upon the generated values associated with the at least one of soil saturation, soil nitrogen mineralization, and growing degree units.

A method for continuous real time monitoring a crop growth, the method including the steps of:

• providing field units for positioning within a boundary of a crop growth, wherein the field units are capable of coupling to accessories selected from the group consisting of soil moisture sensors, soil temp sensors, soil conductivity sensors, and soil oxygen sensors;
• linking the field units to a base station;
• transmitting and receiving data between the field units and the base station;
• obtaining data corresponding to outputs from the accessories;
• transmitting data corresponding to outputs from the accessories to the base station;
• obtaining setting preferences for at least two items selected from the group consisting of the field units, accessories, a date range, and a soil decay rate;
• generating values associated with field capacity wherein the values associated with field capacity depend upon volumetric soil moisture measurements detected over time;
• and
• transmitting the generated determined values to a user within a day of obtaining data corresponding to the outputs of the accessories.