Lots of info on this guys youtube channel. Work through the videos. You might not have the sensors so much of what he discusses doesn't apply, but after watching his videos you will have a better understanding of crop steering watering practices.
Yeah I get all this. I also did a thread on media and how it impacts watering. I'm not saying the information is not valuable. What I'm saying is I don't feel this equates to crop steering by itself but rather watering practices. Imo several changes are employed to varying parameters like light, temperature, nutrients, watering, plant damage etc.
So unless you employ many of these at particular times imo it's just watering practices. Drought stress imo does not kick in until the plant is stressed due to lack of water. However larger dry backs can also induce salt stress and if far enough drought stress. I'm not saying there is not a benefit but by itself I don't feel the parameters given are going to have much effect on either of those.
With that said knowing the WC of your media is important. Understanding how it effects yourr watering practices and how to change it is equally important. I'm asking how the user is quantifng that a change from 60%WC to 40%WC is actually inducing a stress response (which is what crop steering is) that benefits our desired goals.
Notice how this is at a certain depth. And yet below that depth it will still be at in this case coco 100% saturation or 65%WC in the saturation zone. So this is where I cant see how this is going to illicit those responses
I didn't want to link my threads in here but for the sake of explanation read through here. With taking all of these into account I don't get how you can't blanket statement WC. Say for eg. A short wide pot vs a tall skill one. Same WC and much different moisture level or dispersion of waterthrought the media.
All I'm trying to say is imo I don't believe the difference of the stated values are enough to have any real impact on say crop steering. As a tool it's absolutely beneficial BUT in order to use it you need to understand how it's all works. I love the plug and play factor but imo nothing is truly plug and play for best results in cannabis there are far to many moving parts.
Ok lots of posts on how to water plants. So I thought I would put together a thread on how different factors contribute to different results that ppl see. This will be a long read based on my personal knowledge, opinions, research and others work to consolidate information for our members. I'm...
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. I've got the bluelab pulse. It is a VERY cool tool I must say. 
brother man
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