Sensoterra, recently integrated with Home Assistant, making it easier than ever to automate and optimize water management across gardens, landscapes, and farms. This integration allows users to combine Sensoterra’s soil moisture data with other Home Assistant smart irrigation systems like Rachio or OpenSprinkler and plant monitors, creating a seamless, data-driven approach to managing plants and crops.
Sensoterra and Home Assistant: A Perfect Match for Smart Gardening
Sensoterra’s wireless soil moisture sensors provide accurate soil moisture data (99.5% with soil calibration) and ease of use. With the new Home Assistant integration, users can monitor real-time soil moisture levels and automate home garden irrigation systems. Here’s how this integration makes a difference:
1. Seamless Automation with Smart Irrigation Systems
By integrating Sensoterra’s moisture data with Home Assistant, users can automatically trigger smart irrigation systems like Rachio or OpenSprinkler based on actual soil conditions. This ensures that plants get the right amount of water at the right time—helping conserve water while promoting healthier plant growth.
- Rachio Integration: Rachio, a leading smart irrigation controller, allows users to automate watering schedules based on weather, zones, and now, soil moisture data from Sensoterra. When soil moisture drops below optimal levels, Rachio can activate irrigation to ensure that plants get the water they need, only when they need it.
- OpenSprinkler Integration: With Home Assistant, OpenSprinkler users can set up fully automated irrigation systems that are triggered by Sensoterra’s real-time moisture data. This level of automation is perfect for both small-scale gardeners and large-scale agricultural operations looking to optimize water use.
2. Improving Plant Health with Smart Plant Monitors
Smart plant monitors like the Gardena Smart System can now work in tandem with Sensoterra through Home Assistant, offering a holistic view of your garden’s health. Sensoterra measures volumetric water content, while other plant sensors track other parameters giving you a complete picture of plant health for tailored irrigation, lighting, and even fertilization schedules.
3. Unified Control and Custom Alerts
Home Assistant provides users with a centralized dashboard to monitor all connected devices, including Sensoterra sensors, irrigation systems, and plant monitors. Through the platform’s automation tools, users can:
- Set custom notifications when soil moisture drops below a certain level, or when plants need watering.
- Create detailed dashboards to visualize soil moisture trends and water usage over time, helping users make data-driven decisions.
- Receive weather forecasts that adjust irrigation schedules, ensuring you don’t overwater during rainy periods.
4. Optimizing Water Usage for Sustainability
Integrating Sensoterra’s sensors with Home Assistant supports sustainable water management practices. For businesses and consumers alike, water conservation is crucial. By automating irrigation based on precise moisture levels, users can significantly reduce water waste, lowering costs and promoting environmental responsibility.
For homeowners looking to automate their garden care, this integration allows you to easily monitor and maintain optimal soil conditions, whether you’re caring for a flower garden, vegetable patch, or landscape. Pairing Sensoterra with a Home Assistant irrigation system ensures efficient water use, while plant monitors help you track plant health.
About Sensoterra
Sensoterra develops low-cost, simple, and robust wireless soil moisture sensors, providing actionable insights that enable water management platforms and solutions. Our sensors are built to integrate into any platform with our unique ‘API first’ philosophy – offering freedom and flexibility for data integration. It is our mission to enable water management platforms and solutions worldwide. We help by ‘Making Sense of Water’. We produce simple, robust, and low-cost wireless soil moisture sensors that are easy to deploy and built to integrate. With proven success in the applications of smart city landscaping, environmental monitoring, and precision agriculture, the Sensoterra solution integrates seamlessly in existing water and land management platforms.
Learn more at www.sensoterra.com
Contact for more information, pictures and/or interview requests:
Jessica Nuboer
Marketing & Communications
Sensoterra
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