Could someone help me with the HR-33T to measure soil water potential?

29 August 2022 0 5K Report

I found out there an instrument to measure the water potential HR-33T with psychrometers and as I am not so familiar with it, could someone please guide me in their experience to make some measurements of soil water potential.

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