Hi all
I already it’s this. But I don’t have any knowledge to configure to controle the sprinklers, does anyone can help?
Of course will be a pay job
Regards
to be honest, it really depends. You can either buy something that allows you to turn on the sprinklers or build it for example with a couple of relays and an ESP.
@jeroenterheerdt how to handle situations when i run irrigation manually ? For example i need to fertilize lawn but i have to turn it on for 10min, how i can add this to the smart irrigation ? I mean i can somehow calculate how much water i’ve delivered to the lawn.
Hi
I came from zwave - home center 2 I just expose the devices to HA, I only need something quite automated to open and close the sprinklers.
Can somebody explain, how the drainage rate works? Default was 50.8, but even after a lot of rain, the bucket was 0, where i've expected a positive value.
After I looked into the problem, there were advises to decrese the value or set it to 0.
Hi everyone, I'd like to get your thoughts on an idea.
I've read in the wiki and in various threads that soil moisture sensors aren't effective for calculating Evapotranspiration (ET). However, my gardener has always advised me to check the soil moisture at the end of the day to determine if the watering was sufficient.
With this in mind, I was wondering if it would be a good idea to create an automation that checks the soil moisture via a sensor (e.g., 30 minutes before sunset) and dynamically adjusts the irrigation multiplier. It could add or subtract a value of 0.2 depending on whether the moisture falls within certain predefined ranges (obviously excluding rainy days).
Do you think this approach makes sense? Has anyone implemented something similar? Thanks!
Just installed this on my Home Assistant. Wondering how do I account for the lawn starting off dry?
I got to this by way of soil sensors in an attempt to figure out some dry looking patches of lawn despite sprinklers running for 35 minutes 3 days per week.
I understand soil sensors have limitations but I have gotten consistent reading in the front and back lawn of 24% in several locations.
Followed the wiki and have input all values