In this webinar, our teen tech mentors will demonstrate how to optimize your garden’s growth and sustainability using cutting-edge technologies, whether you’re a seasoned gardener or just starting out.
[Music] today’s topic is about gardening with technology so today we’re going to be exploring the importance of gardening smart smart irrigation systems smart sprinkles robotic lawn mowers soil testing kits LED grow lights and apps for gardening okay so the importance of gardening so did you know that Garden can be beneficial for your health this is because when you Garden you will do physical activity and be exposed to Nature and that sounds really nice and other reasons why it’s important is because well it relieves stress you grow your own food less waste and fresh food so what is Smart irrigation technology so this is um what uses okay this technology uses weather and soil data to water Landscapes efficiently reducing waste while keeping plants healthy and thriving types of smart irrigation systems so one of them is soil moisture moisture sensors and another one is resistant blocks these systems are used to measure or estimate the amount of water in the soil okay so these are some so we’re starting with test tensiometers so this measures um soil moisture in units of negative pressure and also known as tension there are many online websites where you can buy this um app so for example right here we see this is from gampers gers and it’s a linoln irrigation 36 36 in soil moist Str meter and it’s 178 uh with 99 this is an Amazon one and these are some other ones that I found and they are pretty expensive but I think the cheapest one is this one from the Home Depot but yeah these are SE testers okay and there assistant block so resistant blocks are simple soil moisture measurement tool tools so I found this on the website Amazon this cost 47 with 50 um this is a little bit more expensive the cordin is Workshop which is a set and it’s 8795 um Cent and this one is way more expensive I found it on eBay and it’s $140 yeah so smart spr sprinkles so smart sprinkles uses weather data or soil moisture data to determine the irrigation needed of the landscape they have a watering schedule accordingly to use less water so I found them on Amazon uh $69.99 the Home Depot 6390 and another one from the Home Depot which is 69.98 okay this are really interesting so robotic lawnmowers so they are used for cutting grass and maintain its length automatically so these are a really expensive so I tried I really tried my best to find the cheapest one but it was hard so I found an Amazon one and it’s $699 so $700 and this other one from Amazon which was $594 and this one which is wow really expensive from this website called o Oasis something like that and it’s it’s um $900 and wow that’s really expensive okay so now soil testing kits so soil testing is used to figure out if your soil is acidic neutral or alkaline something like that so I found some kids on Amazon which are pretty cheap $15.99 right here from this um website called Gardener Supply Company $22.99 Burpee this is a little bit more expensive $129 with 45 cents and the Home Depots $2.95 so LED grow lights they are made from electronic compon components to have an efficient way to produce life for growing plants so this is pretty cool I think that it’s something really um creative so I found some on the web um the Garner supply company and this is the picture of it and it’s 298 with 99 these are other the examples fairy Moors home gardening $45 sunko $49 um gordner supply companies with another one and this one is 139 there’s always cheaper ones I think it depends on the size and the style but yeah these are pretty cool lights okay so apps for gardening so the first one I found is called it’s either I escape or Escape something like that so this app will help you design your garden just take a picture of your yard and place plants and features or launch the reality feature that includes 3D and light changing and the best part is that it’s free so this is how it would look and now the other one is um plant net so plant net is a citizen science platform that uses artificial intelligence to make it easy to know what type of um plan that you’re do want to find out so you take a picture of it and then it tells you what plant is it and it’s also free and this other website that is called Moon and garden so this gardening app relies on the moon’s faces to identify when it’s best to plant your garden that’s actually really cool it depends on the garden if you believe more in nature stuff you know the moon faces all that it’s pretty cool okay so these are some resources that are going to be putting in the chat chat and will be sent to you um yeah and that you could explore it talks about more gardening technology stuff useful and a good technique for those who want to start a garden yeah okay so thank you for listening and if You’ like to learn this lesson with a cyber senior Mentor go to this website like you know or call the phone number to register for a one1 phone session and we also host weekly Tech drop in sessions from 2 to 3 on Thursdays