I have been playing around with some home automation ideas & wanted to get your take on something. I hooked up my Rachio with a few other smart home devices & I am trying to get the watering schedule to adapt based on local weather + some internal rules I created using Home Assistant. It is a bit of a work-in-progress but the goal is to avoid overwatering without depending solely on the default weather intelligence.
Also, if anyone here has explored integrating more advanced analytics into your irrigation setup? Using data logs to tweak schedules over time? I wrapped up a splunk course for work & now my brain wants to monitor everything😄
I want to hear how others are optimizing their setups, any cool hacks or automations that make your lawn care smarter without making it over-complicated.
I don’t have those kind of algorithms, but for some outdoor pots I instead use some Ecowitt soil sensors. I have HA check the Moisture level daily, and when below a predefined level it has Rachio irrigate that zone. It works great given how much our temps change here in AZ.
I have Flex set up for everything else in my yard, but found Flex was very tricky to dial in for concrete pots. The soil sensors and HA combo worked quite well instead.
I have been considering setting up a Home Assistant system for a variety of automations in and around the house, and was thinking the other night how great it would be if I could have HA update the Crop Coefficient (Kc) of the individual zones on a monthly basis in my Rachio 3. Anyone know if this is possible?
