Smart Valve
The robust Smart Valve, activated by a non-powered moisture sensor is a new patented regulator to control the flow of water to plants. Indeed the plants themselves control their own water supply. Offering high flexibility, the Smart Valve’s adjustable depth regulator allows growers to vary water reservoir volumes to best suit season and plant species.

Cost Effective and Natural
As the Smart Valve allows plants to regulate their own requirements, there is no risk of over or under-watering. In addition, unlike manual or timer based watering systems, the Smart Valve gives growers the advantage of a completely natural wet and dry cycle.

Tested
The Smart Valve has been tested by the highly respected research organisation Horticultural Research International based in Efford, UK who said “The Smart Valve looks a promising and key component to automate watering systems and the results indicate significant plant management cost potential.”

Savings and Advantages
Compared with powered watering systems and sensors, the Smart Valve is impressively cost effective and in addition gives substantial labour and water usage savings, eliminates cold shock and anaerobic bacterial root infections caused by over-watering.
No supply of electricity is required for the Smart Valve® watering system, which renders time switch and watering computers redundant. These devices typically switch on and off watering systems regardless of the plants' need as they are in no way linked to the plants' own transpiration cycles but are instead based on some arbitrary time base.

Environmental And Operational Benefits
By eliminating the need for flood and drain in industrial horticulture, the Smart Valve can allow growers to say goodbye to the complicated and time consuming process of effluent disposal which growers are required to carry out in accordance with strict national regulations and the EU Water Framework Directive.