New moisture targets

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Hi…is the following fair to assume based on the new moisture “word” targets vs previously “numbered” targets ?

WET+ = 90% - 100%

WET = 80% - 89%

MOIST+ = 70% - 79%

MOIST = 60% - 69%

DRY+ = 50% - 59%

DRY = 0% - 49%

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Hi @piratemonkey -

We’re in the middle of updating the User Guide, and will be releasing something really soon.

In the mean time, there are two parts needed to answer your question:

1. First, the mapping from percentage to soil description depends on your soil type

Please see the following table from the User Guide we published last October (Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MJF9Z20rlbjwNJOVSFqqms82c7Sr-Qy3/view ), that maps these moisture readings to approximate percentages, depending on your soil type:

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2. Second, how to look up the exact mapping to your soil

Warning: GeoDrops AI’s ability to detect and auto-map soil moisture adjective to percentages is currently a BETA feature that we’re actively working on finishing up, but we want to get this out to everyone early, as we expect to finalize the AI model for this within a month or so.

The latest App we have released recently is currently missing this feature, as we couldn’t make the cut in time, but we’ll include it in the next release. (Tagging @homedigy-leon who is working on this)

In the meantime, you can use the GeoDrops Public Dashboard (Link: https://geodrops-dash.homedigy.com/ ) to check how the Moisture Adjective maps to actual percentages for your exact soil profile. Here is an example for a random device I’ve picked:

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So as you can see for the above examples, the “Moisture Index” value has dropped from “4” to “2”. The integer value mapping works as follows:

  • 5 = Very Wet (At or Near Field Capacity)
  • 4 = Wet
  • 3 = Slight Wet (or Moisture+)
  • 2 = Moisture
  • 1 = Slight Dry (or Dry+) (or Near typical Permanent Wilting Point)
  • 0 = Dry (At or Below typical Permanent Wilting Point)
  • -1 = Unknown (GeoDrops AI cannot process or track your Soil Profile, so only RAW Moisture Values are reported)

Please let me know if this helps.

Thanks!
Lawrence