New zigbee soil moisture sensor

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@cj_rezz

I would love to be able to automate monitoring plant soil moisture for her.

In my opinion, the easiest way to accomplish this is to get an ecowitt GW1100 (about $25-30), and ecowitt soil moisture sensors (about $20). The system integrates locally with Hubitat, and each gateway supports up to 8 soil moisture sensors.

Here's the integration (maintained by @sburke781):

[RE-RELEASE] EcoWitt and Wittboy Weather Stations And Sensors (Local)

If you are considering venturing into weather sensors and including them in your home automation setup, EcoWitt offer a range of relatively inexpensive weather sensors that can be integrated into Hubitat using a local data feed (no Internet needed). Thanks: This is the re-release of the excellent EcoWitt Gateway and Sensor drivers developed Mirco, a previous member of the HE Community. Beyond my own support of these drivers, you will also find and incredibly helpful sub-group of the HE Commun…

Here's a link to the gateway:
https://www.amazon.com/Ecowitt-Temperature-Humidity-Atmospheric-Pressure/dp/B0978XLG8T/

Here's a link to the soil moisture sensor:
https://www.amazon.com/ECOWITT-Moisture-Sensor-Humidity-Tester/dp/B07JM621R3/