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What do the status words OK, getting dry and needs watering mean
They are a plain reading of the moisture level against the watering point set for your plant. OK means there is plenty of moisture, ...
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Can the reading go below 0 or above 100
The scale is set by your calibration, so if the soil gets drier than your dry point or wetter than your wet point, the ...
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The reading jumps around by a few percent, is that normal
A little movement is completely normal. Soil moisture genuinely shifts as water moves through the ground, and electronics always have a touch of noise. ...
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How often does the reading update
Your Plugin monitor checks the soil every few seconds, so the reading in the app is live whenever you’re home. It reports to the ...
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Where can I see the history of my readings
If you use the cloud, your account shows a history graph for each monitor, over the last few hours, day or week. In Home ...
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The soil looks dry but the reading says the bed is fine
The surface almost always dries first while the soil lower down, where the roots are, stays damp. The probe reads at root depth, which ...
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Should I watch the number or the trend
The trend tells you more than any single number. A reading of fifty means little on its own, but fifty and falling steadily tells ...
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Do cold or hot conditions affect readings
Temperature can nudge soil readings a little, and very cold ground behaves differently as it approaches freezing. For everyday gardening this is minor. If ...
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The reading shot up after rain, then fell, is that right
Yes, that is exactly what you want to see. Rain wets the soil, the reading rises, then as the water drains and the plant ...
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My monitor reads 100 percent in dry soil, what have I done wrong
This normally means calibration is off, often the wet point was set too high, or the monitor is not calibrated yet. Recalibrate, setting the ...
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My monitor reads 0 percent even in wet soil
Usually a calibration or connection issue. Check the probe is pushed properly into the soil and the lead is firmly connected at both ends. ...
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Where do your watering figures come from
Every threshold in our plant database is worked out from published irrigation science and tested on a calibrated monitor, not lifted off a seed ...
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What is the watering threshold
It is the moisture level at which the monitor decides the plant needs watering. Above it, the plant is fine, below it, the monitor ...
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One probe per trough or one per plant
For a trough or row of similar plants, one probe placed among them reads the shared soil well. For plants with very different watering ...
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The monitor says needs watering too often
Either the threshold is set too high for that plant, or the plant genuinely likes it drier than the current figure. Lower the watering ...
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Can I add a plant to the database
Yes. Signed in customers can suggest a plant from the Suggest a plant tab in their account. Give the name and your best watering ...
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Should I set a different level for seedlings
Young seedlings like to stay more consistently moist than established plants, so a slightly higher watering point suits them while they root in. As ...
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Can I override the figure the database gives
Absolutely. The database figure is a well researched starting point, but you know your own beds. If you have a watering level that works ...
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My plant is not in the database, what do I set
Pick the closest relative in the list as a starting point, or set the watering figure by hand on the monitor page. As a ...
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The monitor never says needs watering
The threshold may be set too low, or the bed genuinely stays moist. Check the figure against the plant, and check calibration, if the ...
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