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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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Description Streamlined Irrigation, Hassle-Free Installation Revolutionize your irrigation system with our Blumat Drip Ring - the professional choice for efficient, assembly-free watering. This innovative dripper seamlessly integrates with Blumat sensors, eliminating the need for extra adapters or connectors. Key Features Blumat Sensor Compatibility: Our Drip Ring has a 3mm inlet barb that connects easily with Blumat sensors. No Assembly Required: Our plug and play design saves you valuable time and reduces labor. With this ready-to-use solution, you can enjoy the benefits of efficient irrigation without the complexities of component assembly. Nutrient Compatibility: Our Drip Ring has a built-in filter and clog resistant emitters which allows you to easily feed a variety of nutrients through the ring without fear of clogging. Durable Construction: The drip ring is made from the best quality virgin resin ensuring a highly durable product with a long lifespan. Even Distribution: With 8 strategically placed drip points, this ring delivers water precisely where your plants need it most. Invest in your plants' health and growth with the Blumat Drip Ring - the ultimate blend of convenience and professionalism for your gardening needs.

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Description A game-changing innovation: Pre-calibrated 5" and 9" Blumat Tropfs These two new products eliminate almost all the problems people have setting up and maintaining Tropf Blumats, save a huge amount of time, and also make it easy to adjust your entire system all at once! Most of the time people spend setting up a Blumat system involves adjusting the sensors - both initially and when you need to make a change. We can do that for you now so all you'll have to do is plug them in. To make small adjustments later to provide more or less water, you can make a 10-second adjustment on an adjustable pressure reducer (if you have one) and change the flow rates for all at once. Both 5" and 9" sensors arrive pre-calibrated with two markings on the brown adjustment dial - one for gravity and one for pressure systems. This new innovation makes Blumats practical for large commercial systems with thousands of plants as well as preventing the most common problems people have while dramatically decreasing setup time for small systems. Pre-calibrated for most soil/media types like living soil, standard potting mixes, coco, and peat; they take most of the work and worry out of the installation! Set just where you want them to be right out of the box. We normally recommend the 9" Maxis in these systems but also make the 5" size for pots smaller than 5 gallons. This listing includes one 9 inch preset Blumat Tropf with a protective cap to prevent the setting from being accidentally changed. They come with two markings on the brown adjustment dial. Use the red mark for gravity systems and the blue one if you have pressure. Click here to read/download instructions.

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Description This small kit is designed to water up to six plants or 2.5 square meter gardens. Perfect to test out Blumats yourself, and easy to upgrade later by just adding on. Blumat systems can adjust to any plant type or desired moisture level. This specific kit comes with 5" carrots, which are better for smaller potted plants (10 gallons at most). If you have large plants (in 10+ gallon pots), we recommend using 9" carrots, or Maxis, to get water deep into the soil. This Kit Includes: 6 Blumat carrots (5") 7 meters (23 feet) of 8mm tubing 1 tee splitter 1 elbow splitter 1 hose coupler 1 hose end-piece 1 rain barrel/gravity tank connector and installation instructions 1 pipette Increase your yields and decrease grow times. Our fully-automatic, self-watering systems save time, water, and nutrients - and still ensure healthier, more potent, and faster-growing crops. Perfect for landscapers and home gardeners. It is easily installed with a pair of scissors and connects directly to your hose, tap or rain barrel with the help of the Pressure Reducer. This kit includes six, 5" carrots and all parts required for a gravity-fed system. Reservoirs should be at least 3' above ground-level. An optional Pressure Reducer attached to garden hose or faucet can provide enough water for up to 500 Blumat Carrots. If your reservoir does not have a thru-hull installed, you will have to drill a hole into your reservoir bucket and install a thru-hull piece. For our customers' convenience, we also sell 5-gallon reservoirs with thru-hulls already installed. The Tropf Blumat system is great for watering balcony boxes, planters, hanging baskets, and row crops. It fulfills the needs of the plants on an individual basis, regardless of their location, light levels, or plant type. Our systems save your plants from excessive and improper watering. Tropf Blumat systems are ideal for plant groupings that require consistent moisture, such as vegetable gardens, bushes, flower beds, grow bags and greenhouse containers. Not only do your plants receive the right amount of water, slow and consistent dripping ensures that your plants receive warmed water, avoiding shock. This Deck and Planter Kit is a great way to start your customized irrigation system. The flexible system can be expanded to include up to 500 drippers. See 'Blumat Accessories' to expand our systems to your specific needs. How it works The Tropf Blumat self-watering system functions automatically. As the soil dries, a vacuum and hydro-static pressure, coupled with a spring-loaded gating mechanism, pulls water from the main line. When the soil is sufficiently moist, pressures equalize, and the Tropf Blumat automatically stops taking in water. Each Blumat Outdoor Sensor in the Deck and Planter Set covers an area 12 inches in diameter. To expand and customize your own system, add additional Supply Hoses, Outdoor Sensors, and Distributor Drippers. PLEASE NOTE: This system does not include a Pressure Reducer or water source. A pressure reducer is needed if you are connecting your system to a threaded spigot, such as your hose/home water supply or the spigot on a rain barrel or reservoir. Note: Tropf Blumat systems are not recommended for indoor use. If hooked up to a constant water source, a pet, guest, or user-error could causes a run-away, damaging an indoor floor, drywall, carpet, or furniture. For this reason, we recommend Blumat Classics (Juniors) and bottle adapters for houseplants, and Tropf-Blumats for greenhouses, grow rooms, decks, and outside gardens. Please contact us for any help, we are always here to help make your life easier.

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Description A true game-changer in the Blumat/Blusoak world!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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Description The ideal kit setup for a 4ft by 4ft raised bed system! Neatly irrigate your garden bed with a manifold of four rows of BluSoak drip tape. This kit contains a single 9” Maxi Blumat. This allows for a dryback between irrigation events, a desired approach by some growers. Click here to download the instructions. Kit includes: 16' BluSoak 2.0 Drip Tape 4x Blumat 8mm Elbows 4x Blumat 8mm Tees 1x Tropf Blumat Maxi 9" Sensor Carrot 8x BluSoak 5/8" to 8mm adapter (BluSoak hose to 8mm adapter fitting) 1x Blumat 8x3x8mm Tee 8' 8mm Superflex Water Supply Tubing 4' 3mm Water Supply Tubing 1x Blumat Protective Cap *Customer assembly is required What You Might Need (Not included in kit): Connection to your water source (either thru-hull bulkhead fitting for gravity systems, a pressure reducer, or a Blumat pump for larger systems) 8mm Supply tube to connect your water source to your Blumats Additional Hold-Down stakes or 3mm tubing Fittings (tee's, elbows, couplers, etc.) Reservoir- See our 5 gallon bucket reservoirs How it works The Tropf Blumat self-watering system functions automatically, without the need for timers. Each Blumat is both a sensor, a valve. and a dripper. As the soil dries, suction pulls open the valve within the blumat, allowing the flow of water through the 3mm tubing. As the soil reaches the desired moisture content, the suction is released, closing the valve. Each Tropf blumat waters completely independently. Therefore the plants are watered individually, naturally accounting for changes in the environment. Want more information? Here's a guide to Grassroots Raised Bed.

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Description Self contained design. Best to use with mixes at least 50% peat. Can use with fabric pots, beds, or plastic pots with holes in the bottom larger than 1/8". Must be used on a level surface. Take extra precautions when laying mats directly on the ground--it should be clear of debris and gravel. Ideally, the ground should be covered by compacted sand or geotextile. Does not include Blumat Irrigation System Potential Benefits (Compared to Hand-Watering) Save 92% on labor Save 70% on water consumption Increase growth by 12.5% Reduce fertilizer use by 80% Specifications Water Capacity: 2.1Gal/Sq Yard (9.5L/Sq Meter) Mat flow rate: 0.007 Gal/min/Sq Ft (0.3L/min/Sq Meter) Integrated with BluSoak Drip Tape Things to Keep in Mind: Start capillary action by combining overhead and sub irrigation (for about 7 days, continue overhead watering) Ensure soil or growing medium is moist Slope must be less than 0.5%. If slope is greater, split water injections into more frequent but shorter intervals Use with pressure reducers and/or gravity-feed Continue until roots have developed or the capillary link has been established Water consumption should be 50-80% lower than with overhead systems--runoff occurs when mats are filled for 25 minutes or more. Reduce fertilization rates by 50% due to lack of run-off Maintenance Disinfect, sweep, and rinse after each crop Repair tears on cover Store below 105F (40C) and protect against UV rays For short-term storage, clean the mats, roll them, and cover with a tarp https://www.irrigation.equipment/guide-to-blumat-regulated-capillary-mat-systems/

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