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My dream gardening tool is a drip control system that can be controlled from my home computer or office computer. Specifically, to have zones that I can turn off and on from the PC.
Does anyone have a clue how to research this? I'm sure the commercial farms use this but I don't know if there are home systems available yet.
I don't know anything about it, but I just ran across this one. The box stores carry it. I wonder if it would work with mist spray heads?
edited out the exclamation points - maybe someone out there can comment on this timer, or any others?
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Toro ECXTRA 4 Zone Sprinkler Timer Model 53765 $39.99/EA Each
takes the mystery out of watering your lawn and landscape. Use your personal computer to create watering schedules
and manage your Toro ECXTRA Sprinkler Timer automatically. Imagine the convenience of programming the
ECXTRA irrigation timer from your personal computer with an irrigation expert guiding you to perfect water-saving
irrigation schedules. No more guessing how long to water and when. The Toro Scheduling Advisor's rich, user-friendly
interactive software application easily creates custom watering schedules for your yard based on your local weather
and your yard's unique watering needs. This saves water and improves the health and beauty of your plants. The Toro
Scheduling Advisor software uses the same technology commercial growers rely on, called Evapotranspiration (ET)
rate, to determine the exact amount of water needed to maximize plant health growth and minimize water waste