Course Plan
Step 1 - Start right
Step 2 - Get proper ventilation
Step 3 - Irrigate better
Step 4 - The necessity of dehumidifying
There are many levels of automation you can get. Some have remote access available. This is something typically appreciated for its time-saving and reassuring power.
The best is to have an irrigation controller that takes care of all the parameters of Step 3 for you. There's no need for the calculator here. We suggest you keep an eye on the indicators to ensure everything meets your requirements.
The next best thing is to have a controller that allows you to get 3 scenarios that you can select every morning according to the weather forecast. This Rainbird controller has 3 scenarios. The downside is that you need to hack it to get to more than 4 irrigations per day.
With this type of controller, we recommend configuring irrigation schedules weekly until the plants reach 18 leaves. Then, monthly adjustments are sufficient to adapt to the changing sun's course. Then, use the calculator from Tip #6 to compute your irrigation plan and configure it.
If you only have access to a single irrigation schedule, the calculator helps here as well. Unfortunately, you need to reconfigure it every time the forecast changes.
If you control irrigation by hand and aren’t ready to invest, check out this cheap controller. They are difficult to configure, but they are cheap and battery-powered!
Proper irrigation can easily boost production by 30%. That means a $1,200 increase per bed from average yields!
Let’s assume you don’t want to reconfigure your irrigation controller and you want remote access. With only one bed, delegating irrigation to Orisha will earn you back 5 times your investment!