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NewSoilo Essence for plantations and orchards

Which block needs intervention? Stop treating every acre the same.

Plantations are long-term investments, and fertilizer is a recurring cost. Soilo Essence, a portable AI farming intelligence device for soil testing with 97% accuracy, tells you what each block actually needs before you spend.

The hidden problem

A mistake across a plantation is expensive, and it repeats every season

01

Blanket application

Applying the same inputs everywhere wastes money on blocks that did not need them and under-treats the ones that did.

02

Hidden pH and salinity

Fertilizer is applied but the crop still struggles. The cause is often pH or salinity limiting what the plant can take up.

03

Decisions from memory

Without records, nobody can say whether a block is improving, or whether last year's treatment worked.

04

Inconsistent data across growers

Buyers and estate managers want consistency, but every supplier or block is measured differently, if at all.

Soilo Essence

Know what your field needs before you spend

Know what your soil needs before you spend money on it. Test in the field and read the answer on your phone in about a minute.

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Soilo Essence ready to test in an open field
What Essence tells you

Block-by-block soil intelligence, in the field

Nutrient balance by block

See where nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and key micronutrients look sufficient and where they look short.

pH and lime decisions

Identify acidic or alkaline conditions before you amend, so fertilizer is not applied into a problem.

Salinity and moisture

Screen for salt stress and check real soil moisture before irrigating.

Test before you plant

Compare blocks and sites before planting long-lived crops and trees.

Repeatable seasonal records

Build a field history, season on season, instead of relying on memory.

Before and after verification

Record soil before and after an intervention to see whether it worked.

Where it fits

Crops and operations we see it used in

  • Coffee, cocoa and tea estates
  • Banana and sugarcane
  • Cotton
  • Orchards, citrus and grapes
  • Rice and paddy, wheat and maize
  • Vegetables and high-value horticulture
  • Greenhouses and nurseries
  • Seed production farms
  • Contract farming and agribusiness sourcing
  • FPOs and cooperatives
How it works

From a block to a decision

  1. 01

    Test each block

    Take readings across the estate. Every test takes about a minute and works offline.

  2. 02

    Prioritise and treat

    Spend on the blocks that need it, correct pH or salinity first, and hold back where nutrients are already enough.

  3. 03

    Track over seasons

    Repeat the tests and keep the history, with the enterprise dashboard when you manage many sites.

The offerValid till 14 October
  • 3 or more units: 10% off.
  • 10 or more units: 20% off.
  • Free basic ground intelligence dashboard license with every device.
  • Lifetime Mobile app license included.

Quantity discounts apply automatically at checkout. A coupon can't be combined with them; you get whichever discount is larger.

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In the field

Soilo Essence in the field

Soilo Essence being tested in a shade-net nursery in Namibia
Farmer testing soil with Soilo Essence in Okahandja, Namibia
Reading Soilo Essence results on the mobile app in a nursery
Soilo Essence ready to test in an open field
Soilo Essence testing a soil sample at the field edge
Live soil readings on the Soilo app in a eucalyptus plantation
Soilo app showing pH and salinity results in the field
Soilo Essence in the soil between eucalyptus rows
Coffee farmer checking Soilo Essence results on his phone
Soilo Essence testing soil on a coffee farm
Placing Soilo Essence in the soil under a coffee plant
Soilo Essence device in the field under a coffee plant
Soilo Essence showing test complete on its screen
Soilo Essence under a coffee tree with drip irrigation
Top view of Soilo Essence in coffee farm soil
Front view of Soilo Essence in the field
Soilo Essence portable AI farming intelligence device
Test smarter, farm better with Soilo Essence

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Test whenever you need to, across your own sites or your clients'.

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Get tested by a Field Partner

No hardware to buy. A local Soilo Field Partner tests and explains the result.

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Soilo Essence is designed to support field-specific input decisions. Independent research shows site-specific nutrient management can reduce unnecessary fertilizer use, but those results are not Essence results. Essence does not replace accredited laboratory analysis where regulation, contamination testing, carbon-credit issuance or a mandated methodology requires it.

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