US 12,256,680 B2
Crop-specific automated irrigation and nutrient management
David Lankford, Vineland, NJ (US)
Assigned to Earthtec Solutions, LLC, Vineland, NJ (US)
Filed by EARTHTEC SOLUTIONS LLC, Vineland, NJ (US)
Filed on Nov. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/054,662.
Application 18/054,662 is a continuation of application No. 16/667,475, filed on Oct. 29, 2019, granted, now 11,523,571.
Application 16/667,475 is a continuation of application No. 14/232,768, granted, now 10,512,226, issued on Dec. 24, 2019, previously published as PCT/US2012/046980, filed on Jul. 16, 2012.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/508,215, filed on Jul. 15, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2023/0180682 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. A01G 25/16 (2006.01)
CPC A01G 25/16 (2013.01) [Y02A 40/10 (2018.01); Y02A 40/22 (2018.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
accessing information indicative of a plurality of zones in a field, wherein each zone of the plurality of zones is associated with one or more soil types;
determining, based on weather data and a soil type associated with each zone, a difference between a current soil moisture percentage at an active root zone in each zone and a field capacity soil moisture percentage in each zone;
determining, based on the difference between the current soil moisture percentage at the active root zone in each zone and the field capacity soil moisture percentage in each zone, an irrigation requirement associated with each zone;
generating, based on the irrigation requirement associated with each zone, an irrigation schedule for each zone; and
causing, based on the irrigation schedule, an irrigation apparatus to irrigate each zone.