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Description A simple and elegant way to water your outdoor potted plants and raised garden beds, this kit supplies everything you need except for the water. Just put the 5 gallon bucket near where you want the irrigation, attach the XL Blumat Classic watering stakes, and insert them into the potting mix or soil. The Blumats wick moisture as the plants deplete it, irrigate on the plants schedule instead of an arbitrary timer, and saves precious water. To increase or decrease the moisture content in your containers, just raise or lower the bucket. UN secretary general, António Guterres, says "we've passed the era of global warming" and “the era of global boiling has arrived." According to new scientific studies, less moisture in the soil leads to more severe heat waves while more soil moisture lowers air temperature. We designed this kit as a simple and inexpensive way almost everyone can help. You can let it fill up from rain, from a hose, or normally-wasted water like the water from a sink, shower, or bath that goes down the drain while we wait for it to get hot (just put a watering can or container under the faucet). Download installation instructions here.

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A float valve that stays out of your way and doesn't so easily break or get stuck like the common ones. Instead of the arms like used in toilets, this has a float that goes up and down in a protected cylinder. When the water rises, it automatically turns off the input line. When the water gets used and the float goes down, it turns the water back on.  Use with a gravity rainwater system to fill a reservoir during long times without rain, in gravity backyard systems, in tent grows, and any time you need to fill a reservoir without worrying when to turn the incoming water off — this will do that for you!

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Sustainable Village Take a vacation and let your plants look after themselves. Blumat Plant Stakes ensure a constant supply of water. They automatically supply just the right amount - never too much or not enough. Your plants will love it. They won't experience the drying out that stunts growth or the over-watering that squeezes the air out of the soil and keeps them from "breathing" properly. EASY SIMPLE SETUP: Within 15 minutes have your plants watering themselves; The water is drawn from any container through the thin tube and released directly through the clay cone onto the soil of the plant; The bigger the reservoir/container of water, the longer they water your houseplants; Water discharge is approx. 75 ml / 24 h IDEAL FOR TRAVELERS: Dependable technology and reliable solution; Your plants will take care of themselves while you are on vacation or otherwise busy; waters your plants only as needed VERSATILE HOUSEPLANT TOOL: Use these in any potted plant or flower in your house, office, or even balcony; While being both effective and reliable, these are also versatile for watering all types of indoor or outdoor plants; Can be used all year-round, rain or shine, and are adaptable for outdoor or indoor use HAPPY HEALTHY PLANTS: No more overwatering or underwatering houseplants; Automatically supply the right amount of water to each plant; not only will your plants survive, they will thrive HIGH QUALITY: The clay cone is the key component of this product; Clay is a natural product so every single batch is checked to ensure perfect functioning; These will last for years As the soil dries, the ceramic cone delivers water gradually into the surrounding earth - thereby creating a vacuum within the cone which draws water from the nearby container of water. Once the soil is moistened the Blumat will cease flowing water. It waters your plants only as needed. You can even add fertilizer to the water supply. This slow, continual feeding encourages prolific growth. Each Blumat has a limit on how fast it can deliver water. Several cones may be necessary for larger plants in order to meet the higher water needs. In this case, a larger reservoir of water must also be available.

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Description Description This professional moisture meter will show you how dry or wet the soil is at the push of a button. The digital moisture meter can be an ideal tool to help when dialing in your Blumat or other garden irrigation system. Keeping your soil at the ideal moisture level keeps microbes and other microorganism populations happy. *DO NOT GET ELECTRIC/DIGITAL PART OF METER WET. USE PROTECTIVE CAP, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE USING THESE OUTSIDE, HAND-WATERING, OR FREQUENTLY APPLY FOLIAR SPRAYS. How it Works The ceramic extension is soaked in and filled with water, just like a Blumat sensor. When this is inserted into the growing medium, the medium exerts a pressure on the water inside the cone. When the medium is more dry, it pulls harder on the water inside the cone. When the medium is more moist, the force pulling inside the cone is less. These forces of pressure correlate to different readings on the meter. A reading of 0 indicates standard water, while a high reading of 750 or so indicates sawdust completely void of moisture. The digital moisture meter is a tensiometer, but indicates moisture levels using pressure as a correlative. Reset Your Meter! When you first get your Digital Moisture Meter, it is best practice to reset it. It's also advisable to reset it periodically with continuous use. Click here for instructions. Details Materials Clay Plastic Dimensions Weight: 2.6oz Total length: 9.4" Max soil depth: 7.25"" Top width: 1.8" Sensor width: 1" Power 1 CR2032 battery (installed, replaceable). Water Proof? No. Protect digital top from water. Stand Alone Product? Yes Comparison Chart Blumat Digital Moisture Meter Analog Moisture Meter 12" Low Tension Irrometer Measures Moisture in mBar hPa, hPa = mBar kPa, kPa = 10 x mBar Accurate Readings in About 45 minutes to an hour As little as 5-10 minutes Almost instant Can Get Wet No Yes Yes Needs a Battery Yes. Can be replaced: IG16246 No No Needs a Service Kit No No Yes. One sevice kit can service multiple irrometers: IG17954 Additional Info Additional Info Wait until after watering media to let the moisture evenly disperse and stabilize before trusting readings from the meter. Aim for 100mbar on average in living soil. Some gardeners report best results at 40mbar–I personally get overwatering symptoms there. Let mbar readings on your meter be a guide to plant health, not a tyranny that rules your mental peace. The meter cannot be used in extremely airy or chunky media such as chunky perlite, lava rock, etc. When the ceramic is in contact with air, the pressure readings will be extremely high. However, your plant roots may have access to moisture in these media even when the meter is displaying high readings. Avoid getting the digital display wet. The protective cap is highly encouraged in all circumstances, and is completely necessary for outdoor growers as well as those who supplement with any over-the-top watering. Do not drop or otherwise rattle the display. Keep the digital display in dry storage when it’s not in use. Guide to Blumat Digital Moisture Meter | Irrigation Equipment

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Inexpensive but accurate and adjustable, this pressure reducer lets you adjust the input pressure of a Blumat system from between 1 and 14 psi - you can uniformly modify moisture levels of your entire garden with the turn of a single dial. Lower the pressure for dryer soil, raise it to keep it more moist. Because you can adjust all the Blumat sensors in your system from a single point, the more plants you have, the more time you save. And  its high 5 GPM flow capacity means more consistency and even output. 0-30 psi gauge, 3/4" FPT swivel input, output options 1/2" FPT, 8 mm barb, or 1/2" Perma-loc.

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