––LEPIDIA IRRIGATA

*you are a man, you see when it’s dry,
you have hands, you touch the soil,

I am a machine, how should I know
what sensors say in 0 and “go”*

Processed data for demand-actuated irrigation of plants:
1) input:

Plant species

Soil type

→ estimated water demand

2) measured:

solar-radiation

wind

soil-moisture

precipitation

electric conductivity

soil-temperature

air-temperature

humidity

→ calculated evapotranspiration

3) timing

weather prognoses

→ decision if irrigation starts or waiting for natural rainfall

4) stored data (protocol)

timestamp

duration of watering

weather conditions

amount of water

Do I fail, do errors occur?
Yes, fault prone I am, but same are you.