Why watering is held
Open Watering decisions and choose the zone. Start with its short reason, then expand the evidence if you need the threshold or source behind it.
Common reasons
| Reason | What to inspect |
|---|---|
| Enough water available | Recent observed rain, applied irrigation, and the zone’s soil balance |
| Rain expected | Forecast amount, probability, coverage, and whether the zone can wait |
| Wind or cold | Selected current measurement and the relevant forecast window |
| Soil wet | Bound probe, calibration, timestamp, and saturation threshold |
| Required data unavailable | Source health and the affected zone’s missing evidence |
| Paused or restricted | Owner controls, allowed days, time windows, and duration caps |
| Restart required | Saved startup-dependent changes and the restart notice |
| Manual schedule applies | The zone’s enabled Override schedule |
A reason shown now describes the current evaluation. Use the Daily log to find why a past automatic morning was held.
Overrides have limits
Force bypasses specified recommendations, not every protection. It cannot make missing required evidence valid or clear a restart hold.
A reliable dry probe can affect a soft forecast-rain recommendation. An absent or untrusted configured probe does not borrow a neighbor’s reading as permission to water.
If the result seems wrong
Check the selected source and original observation time first. Then check zone bindings, soil, application rate, and scheduling model. Change a threshold only when its meaning and the evidence justify it.