A three-piece smart watering kit that reads soil moisture and skips watering when the ground is already wet, made for tap-fed villa gardens and balcony pots in Dubai.
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The GARDENA smart Sensor Control Set is a starter kit for automatic garden watering. You get three parts: a smart Water Control valve that screws onto your outdoor tap, a smart Sensor you push into the soil, and a smart Gateway that connects the system to your home Wi-Fi. The sensor checks how wet the soil is at the plant roots and reports back through the gateway. The valve then follows a watering schedule you set in the free GARDENA smart system app, but it skips a cycle when the ground is still moist. That cuts wasted water and stops you from drowning plants. For Dubai, this suits villa owners with a garden bed, hedges, or a lawn fed by a drip line or soaker hose off a single tap. Renters can use it too, since nothing is drilled in and it unscrews when you move. Apartment residents with a decent balcony or terrace can run pots from a tap, though many flats have no outdoor tap, so check first. You control it from the app, and after pairing it also works with Apple Home, Amazon Alexa, and Google Home for voice and routines. It covers one watering zone out of the box. If you have several separate areas, you can add more valves and sensors later. The valve runs on AA batteries, not mains power, so there is no plug near the tap to worry about.
Skips watering automatically when the soil is still wet, so you save water and never overwater.
One free app runs everything, plus Apple Home, Alexa and Google Home once it is set up.Screws onto a standard outdoor tap and runs on AA batteries, so no plug or drilling is needed.
Add more smart valves and sensors later to water several garden zones from the same system.Model smart Sensor Control Set
| Article number | 19045-20 (EAN 4066407028241) |
| Box contents | 1x smart Water Control, 1x smart Sensor, 1x smart Gateway |
| Smart home compatibility | GARDENA smart system App; works with Apple Home, Amazon Alexa and Google Home |
| Soil moisture sensing | Sensor reads moisture at the plant root zone and auto-skips watering when soil is still moist |
| Operating water pressure | 0.5 to 12 bar |
| Hose connection thread | G3/4 (26.5 mm) and G1 (33.3 mm) |
| Power source | 2x or 3x AA 1.5V batteries (LR6), not included |
| Watering programme | Up to 36 cycles per day, 1 minute to 10 hours per cycle, selectable watering days |
Dubai summers are hard on gardens and on outdoor gear. The valve and sensor sit outside all year, so place the gateway indoors near your router and keep the valve shaded from direct afternoon sun where you can. Fine sand and dust are the main enemies, so rinse the sensor tip and check the valve inlet filter now and then. The gateway plugs into a normal UAE socket with a Type-G three-pin adapter, since GARDENA ships a European plug. The valve itself needs no mains power, it uses AA batteries, which is handy because most garden taps have no socket nearby. Wi-Fi reach matters in a large villa. If your router is at the front and the tap is in the back garden, add a mesh point so the gateway stays connected. There is no GARDENA service centre on every corner here, so register online for the 5-year warranty and keep your Amazon.ae invoice for any claim.
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