Archive for September 2010

Rain Sensors, Moisture Sensors, or Smart Controllers

Recently, a water saving device, called the moisture sensor, emerged into the world of  irrigation systems. So, just the other day, I did some research and read a study explaining how much water a moisture sensor actually saves.
In the study, they conducted an experiment using three different lawns: one with a controller, one with a [...]

Smart Controller or ET

What is a smart controller?
A smart controller is just that, S-M-A-R-T. What a smart controller does is take on site conditions and calculate how long the irrigation needs to run based on those conditions. It takes into account temperature, rain fall and solar radiation. For example, smart controllers can tell the difference between a 90 [...]

You Get More With LESS

Can you have a greener lawn and landscape with LESS water? The answer is YES! All you have to do is apply the water evenly.
Most people have a spot in the lawn that is always dry. Usually to compensate for this dead spot, people just run their sprinklers longer. With this process the spot tends [...]