Blumat for house plants
How much water does a plant need? There are dozens of
answers to this question. To say the truth: no-one knows beforehand.
Light and temperature situations, the size of the pot, and last but not
least the habits of the plant itself may vary too much. Naturally
cyclamens which origin from chilled mountains need less water than the Egypt swamp plant papyrus.  With the nowadays habit of using planters (inner plus outer pots) from
ceramic or terracotta, it got even more difficult to guess when it's
time for watering. Even if someone has a 'green thumb', and checks
moisture by touching into the soil: one can only guess how moist the
bale is. The bales of roots disappear in the outer pots in darkness.
It's impossible to see the downside of the pot. Occasional controls
often result in the diagnose: 'submerged'. Therefore the loss quota for Ficus Benjamin, Azalea, Cyclamen, Palm tree, Gum-tree, Cactus,
Saintpaulia Ionantha and Orchid is high. The solution of the problem
is simple, inexpensive and proven thousandfold during vacation time:
automatic watering!  With the system BLUMAT, a clay cone feels, better than a men's finger
ever could, with the same priciple then a root, whether or not the plant
needs water. The clay cone sucks in water via a thin tubing from a
store container (can, pot or vase), as much as is required. It supplies
the water to the soil and stops the process as soon as the soil is
moist. Grandmothers have used wool strings which also worked somehow.
With the genius and simple BLUMAT sensors the plants are being watered
better and more accurate, even in the nicely looking, but dangerous
outer planter pots. |
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