# Soil Moisture Sensor **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests\ **Tags:** tempest\ **Created:** [December 30, 2020, 4:35pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/soil-moisture-sensor/11432 "2020-12-30T16:35:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ryankysar76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a5b964/32.png) [@ryankysar76](https://community.tempest.earth/u/ryankysar76)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2020, 4:35pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/soil-moisture-sensor/11432/1 "2020-12-30T16:35:24Z")
I would like a soil moisture sensor similar to what Ambient Weather offers. ---
**Author:** ![japerr01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ab992/32.png) [@japerr01](https://community.tempest.earth/u/japerr01)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 3:12pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/soil-moisture-sensor/11432/2 "2022-07-10T15:12:51Z")
I also would love this… Will weatherflow have something like this or similarly to ambient’s? ---
**Author:** ![joel1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@joel1](https://community.tempest.earth/u/joel1)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 1:59am UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/soil-moisture-sensor/11432/3 "2022-07-12T01:59:31Z")
This seems like something that would tie in really well with your shiny new Rachio integration… 🤔 😂 ---
**Author:** ![matthew.kron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed8c4c/32.png) [@matthew.kron](https://community.tempest.earth/u/matthew.kron)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 1:21am UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/soil-moisture-sensor/11432/4 "2022-08-19T01:21:20Z")
Completely agree. Seems like the collaboration with Rachio makes these inevitable (hopefully). ---
**Author:** ![rlhay\_s](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tempest.earth/rlhay_s/32/14869_2.png) [@rlhay\_s](https://community.tempest.earth/u/rlhay_s)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2022, 10:21pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/soil-moisture-sensor/11432/5 "2022-10-27T22:21:00Z")
A paired soil moisture sensor would be a great addition to the system. If the App could calculate soil moisture deficit even better. The ability to add a user offset to the moisture deficit to suit the type of garden you have, even better. ---
**Author:** ![pknoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d78d45/32.png) [@pknoot](https://community.tempest.earth/u/pknoot)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 4:54pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/soil-moisture-sensor/11432/6 "2024-04-05T16:54:34Z")
Absolutely essential with Rachio integration. I would suggest the ability to read multiple (5-10) wireless soil moisture sensors that could be associated with Rachio watering zones. ---
**Author:** ![kfrench4507](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/df788c/32.png) [@kfrench4507](https://community.tempest.earth/u/kfrench4507)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 6:21pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/soil-moisture-sensor/11432/7 "2025-08-09T18:21:05Z")
I totally agree, with Solar for recharging battery. ---
**Author:** ![parkernathan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tempest.earth/parkernathan/32/17573_2.png) [@parkernathan](https://community.tempest.earth/u/parkernathan)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2025, 6:28am UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/soil-moisture-sensor/11432/8 "2025-11-08T06:28:33Z")
Would be great. Hope the wiring would be far easier than the Davis stations. I had a Davis EnviroMonitor Node with a Soil Moisture Sensor, That thing was a pain to wire in and had trouble getting it to register properly. Also, Mobilize could show wet/dry conditions from the sensor but not push alerts telling us when we needed to water (which was a glaring omission). The alerts would be super-useful. ---
**Author:** ![parkernathan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tempest.earth/parkernathan/32/17573_2.png) [@parkernathan](https://community.tempest.earth/u/parkernathan)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2025, 8:29pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/soil-moisture-sensor/11432/9 "2025-11-08T20:29:26Z")
Leaf Wetness sensor would be good too. Tempest could also offer a cellular option for Tempest One/enterprise/agriculture customers in places without Wi-Fi. Davis Mobilize was doing Crop and Pest Management, but development has pretty much stalled on it. Might be a good feature in a variant of Tempest One for agriculture. ---
**Author:** ![gizmoev](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tempest.earth/gizmoev/32/941_2.png) [@gizmoev](https://community.tempest.earth/u/gizmoev)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2025, 6:43am UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/soil-moisture-sensor/11432/10 "2025-11-11T06:43:52Z")
> [@parkernathan](#): > > Tempest could also offer a cellular option for Tempest One/enterprise/agriculture customers in places without Wi-Fi. They already do. [TempestOne Cellular Hub](https://shop.tempest.earth/collections/all/products/tempestone-cellular-hub) ---
**Author:** ![parkernathan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tempest.earth/parkernathan/32/17573_2.png) [@parkernathan](https://community.tempest.earth/u/parkernathan)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2025, 8:43pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/soil-moisture-sensor/11432/11 "2025-11-11T20:43:18Z")
Great to know. Thanks!