Smart irrigation & water

Water the crop when the soil asks for it — not because it is Tuesday.

We add control, measurement and scheduling to the irrigation you already have. Each zone waters to its own soil reading, one zone at a time, and every valve can be opened from your phone.

Available on client farms today

Book a free site visit Buy, lease or PAYGo

1 zone

open at a time, so the main is never overrun

30 min

moisture reading interval by day, 2 h at night

~2 min

to answer a manual reading request from your phone

Fail-shut

normally closed valves — an outage never floods a block

The problem

Most irrigated farms in Kenya run on habit. Someone walks out at a set time, opens a valve, and closes it when it feels long enough. On a cool, overcast week the crop is drowned; on a hot, windy one it is quietly stressed — and neither shows up until the yield comes in short.

Irregular watering costs more than water. Calcium travels with water, so a dry spell followed by a heavy soak is what causes blossom end rot in tomato and capsicum. Standing wet invites root rot. Pumping on diesel makes every unnecessary hour a direct cost.

The fix is not a new irrigation system. It is measuring the root zone and letting that reading decide.

How it works

From survey to running system

1
Survey the lines you have
We record the main’s material and bore, pressure at the head, emitter rate and how the blocks split. The two common 1¼-inch mains differ by more than 50 % in what they can carry, so we measure rather than assume.
2
Split into zones
Each zone is sized so that it fits inside what the main can carry on its own. Zones then run in sequence, which is what lets a modest main serve a large area.
3
Fit valves and probes
A 24 V DC normally closed solenoid valve per zone, a soil moisture probe at root depth in each zone, and a tank level monitor where there is storage.
4
Set the rules with you
Water when the root zone dries to the set point, in short pulses; never at midnight because a sensor twitched; never skip a hot afternoon because a schedule said so. Scheduled times work too, where that is what you want.

What you get

Why farms choose it

Every drop where it counts

The system works out how much water the crop needs from the moisture at root depth and the weather just past, and sends that much. Where water is short, that precision is the difference between one block surviving and the whole farm going short.

Stop driving around to check

See every block, tank and valve from your phone. Open and close irrigation without leaving the house.

Keep what you built

No ripping out working pipe to sell you a replacement. The manual system still works by hand if you ever need it to — there is a physical bypass on every manifold we fit.

Start with one block

Automate one zone, watch it for a season, then extend across the farm as it proves itself.

Why zones must water one at a time

Water in a main should travel at about 1.5 m/s. Past 2 m/s friction losses climb steeply and closing a valve starts to produce water hammer — the thing that cracks fittings over a season.

With one valve open at a time, the demand on the main is one zone’s worth, never the whole farm’s. Open two together and pressure falls, the emitters furthest from the manifold run starved, and that end of the block underperforms all season without anything visibly breaking. Our controllers sequence zones so this cannot happen by accident.

What happens when the network or power goes

Valves are specified normally closed, so they fail shut: safe, no flooding, the crop simply misses a pulse. A field valve that loses contact with the platform for ten minutes closes itself, and it refuses a remote firmware update while it is open, so a reboot can never strand it mid-irrigation.

Controllers hold their schedule locally, so watering continues through a network outage and reports back when the link returns.

Equipment

What we install

Automatic zone valve

Opens and closes irrigation from your phone, or automatically.

Soil moisture probe

How wet each block really is, at root depth.

Tank level monitor

How much water you have left.

Farm gateway

Connects every device on the farm to your phone.

Questions

Smart irrigation & water: FAQ

Do I need to replace my existing drip lines?

No. We automate the lines already in the ground — adding valves, probes and a controller at the head of each zone. Drip line, laterals, tank and filter are reused.

Can I still water by hand?

Yes. Every valve can be switched from your phone, and each manifold we fit keeps a physical bypass so the farm can always be watered manually.

What if the internet drops?

Controllers keep their schedule on the device and carry on. Readings are stored and sent when the link returns, and a field valve that loses contact closes itself after ten minutes.

Does it work with solar pumping?

Yes. Valves and controllers run on low-voltage DC, and we install solar for pumps where diesel is the painful running cost.

Start with a walk around your farm.

The first conversation is a site visit: we walk the farm with you and understand what you grow or keep and what is going wrong. No cost, no commitment. Buy outright, lease, or pay as you go by M-Pesa.

Book a free site visit WhatsApp