The Gardener's Dream: Moisture And Temperature Sensors For Your Greenhouse

Having a greenhouse is every gardener's dream. However, unless you live in a large house that is surrounded by a large green area where you can build your own greenhouse odds are that your only chances of enjoying one is when you visit the plant seller.

Greenhouses provide the perfect environment to grow different kinds of plants and flowers, especially the most delicate ones that require specific levels of humidity in order to grow properly and are extremely sensitive to drastic changes in temperature. Some greenhouses are very large and others are smaller, but they all have that distinctive atmosphere and smell that invite us to travel, at least with our minds, to foreign tropical forests.

If you are lucky enough to have a glass building you can turn into a greenhouse, you will find this article particularly useful as we will discuss two gadgets that will make it really easy for you to keep the temperature and humidity in the environment within perfect levels: a moisture sensor and a temperature analyzer.

Moisture sensors are also popularly referred to as humidity analyzers or hygrometers. They are extremely sensitive and technical devices that allow professional and amateur gardeners to ensure that the plants and flowers that they keep in their greenhouse are in an environment that provides them exactly with the humidity they require. These instruments are really accurate and they can be adjusted to the needs of a particular plant species. It is even possible to connect the moisture analyzer to the irrigation system so that plants only receive water when they need it and therefore they are not exposed to unnecessary watering.

Professional greenhouses usually have more than one humidity analyzer and the gardener monitors the different devices from a central computer and makes automatically all the necessary adjustments.

Temperature sensors or analyzers are thermometers that help professional and amateur gardeners be sure that the plants that they have growing in their greenhouse are kept under the correct temperature. As you probably are well aware of, seeds and plants are extremely sensitive to temperature changes and they grow healthier and better if they are not exposed to drastic changes in temperature. In addition, some tropical plants need certain temperatures in order not to wither and even a drop of a few degrees can make them wither.

You can buy your moisture and temperature sensor over the Internet or in shops devoted to professional gardening.

Eduard Jim writing about Moisture Analyzers

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EasyBloom Plant Sensors - Tech Savvy Gardener's Dream Come True

The EasyBloom Plant Sensor is the perfect product for that tech-savvy gardener. EasyBloom's manufacturer, San Francisco-based company PlantSense, said they wanted to bring greenhouse operator technology to amateur gardeners. In one test, EasyBloom took in 129 data points over 30 hours and recommended 321 plants for that specific soil and conditions. While guesswork can sometimes be a fun part of the process, EasyBloom provides you with solutions to ailing plants and plant suggestions you may have never thought of before.

To use the EasyBloom Plant Sensor, you plug it into a computer's USB port to register, download the necessary software program and access the online plant library. Choose a mode, such as Water, Recommend or Monitor. In "Water" mode, you'll find out if your plants are getting too much or too little water. In "Monitor" mode, EasyBloom will tell you what's wrong with an ailing plant and give you clues on how to fix it. With "Recommend" mode, EasyBloom will tell you the ideal plants to grow in the given conditions. Next, you place the sensor in the location where you'd like to put your garden, leaving it to analyze for at least 24 hours. As you sleep, the Plant Sensor will begin analyzing the sunlight, temperature, humidity, soil moisture and drainage, using the same technology NASA uses to measure the soil on Mars. Then you can plug your Plant Sensor back into your USB and see what this "Plant Doctor" can do!

The EasyBloom Plant Sensor has received rave reviews with the press. In a January 2009 article titled "Cool News Gizmos For Home, Families, Kids," CBS News writes, "The EasyBloom enables anyone to enjoy a beautiful garden, from a single potted plant to a backyard full of blooms." ABC News recommends this gadget in their December 2008 article "New Home Gadgets for the New Year" and in their May 2009 article "11 Gadgets to Make Her Gush." Barron's chose EasyBloom as their February 2nd, 2009 "Gadget of the Week," with the author writing, "I was impressed with the EasyBloom's secondary functions, which say if plants need watering and diagnose ailing ones."

There are some features of the EasyBloom Plant Sensor that could use improvement. Both Barron's and Gear Diary reviewers complain that you can't test your soil to see if you need fertilizer or compost, if there are missing minerals or if the soil acidity is off. Yet, according to the EasyBloom website: "While some plants will not thrive if your soil is too acidic or too alkaline, the overwhelming majority of plant failures are actually due to unsuitable light conditions, inhospitable hardiness zone, and under- or over-watering. EasyBloom accounts for all of these factors to make sure your plant is likely to thrive."

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