{"product_id":"ecowitt-gw1206-soil-moisture-kit","title":"ECOWITT GW1206 Soil Moisture Kit","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBefore you buy: this kit needs Wi-Fi and a wall outlet.\u003c\/strong\u003e The probe reports by radio to the kit's gateway, and the gateway reaches the internet only through Wi-Fi and runs only on USB power. You need a house, barn or shed with both, within radio range of your beds. If your plot has only cellular coverage and sun, buy the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/ecowitt-wittfield-ws6212s-4g-solar-weather-station\"\u003eECOWITT WittField 4G \u0026amp; Solar Field Weather Station\u003c\/a\u003e and add \u003ca href=\"\/products\/ecowitt-wh51-soil-moisture-sensor\"\u003eWH51 probes\u003c\/a\u003e to it instead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere you do have Wi-Fi and power, this is the smallest way into measuring your own ground. The kit pairs Ecowitt's GW1200 Wi-Fi gateway, which also reads indoor temperature, humidity and pressure, with one WH51 wireless soil moisture probe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOut in the field.\u003c\/strong\u003e The probe runs on a single AA battery that lasts about a year, so it can sit in a bed or a row far from any outlet; lithium AAs hold up best through a northern winter. Put the gateway in the building nearest your plot, and the probes can stay out in the ground all season.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe readings go to the free Ecowitt.net service, which serves them back through a REST API, and the gateway can also push them to a web address you choose. A watering script, a dashboard or an AI agent can read the bed's moisture without anyone walking out to check.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe gateway accepts up to eight soil moisture probes and Ecowitt's soil temperature probes, so the kit grows with the garden. Soil temperature is what \u003ca href=\"\/products\/good-earth-mcp\"\u003eGood Earth MCP\u003c\/a\u003e projects for planting windows; a probe in the ground lets you check that projection against your own soil.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amazon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67826243731523,"sku":"Ecowitt-GW1206-15445418082371","price":55.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/4737\/5683\/files\/514PSvrVRdL._AC_SL1500.jpg?v=1793275107","url":"https:\/\/cafe.tollbooth-dpyc.com\/products\/ecowitt-gw1206-soil-moisture-kit","provider":"Good Brew","version":"1.0","type":"link"}