2012年9月1日 星期六

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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