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For this, a special machine is used that allows the water to reach up to 20 meters in height, also watering the tops of these trees to hydrate them and prevent breakage or fissures in the branches.
These jobs are carried out for three hours a day, several times a week.
The City of Murcia pays special attention to the care of the ficus, specifically those located in Santo Domingo, the Floridablanca garden and the Artillery Barracks.
Specifically, in the garden of Floridablanca are being refreshed a dozen ficus with a special machine that allows this water bath to reach up to 20 meters high and can irrigate both their cups and the bases of these specimens.
These works are carried out for three hours a day, several times per week, and are carried out with the garden closed, to continue prioritizing safety as a key element when working.
Specifically, what we want to achieve is that the high temperatures that are reached in the Region during the summer months affect the specimens less, thus getting them to hydrate and be cooler when the temperature drops thanks to the help of the water and at the same time that a greater security is guaranteed, avoiding cracks or breaks.
In addition, periodic inspections are carried out and special attention is paid to the heat waves suffered by the municipality, since high temperatures affect the trees, specifically the ficus because of their large size.
In addition, the Parks and Gardens service makes daily batches through the gardens to visually check the condition of the specimens, although the technical work of height is carried out every six months approximately.
Sensors in the ficus
The ficus of Santo Domingo and Floridablanca monitor their status in real time guaranteeing security to the residents of Murcia.
In addition to the periodic inspections and daily supervision by the technicians of Parks and Gardens, new technologies are added to inform of the real-time status of these specimens.
Specifically, in the Floridablanca Garden there are 10 sensors that increase security controls reporting humidity in the environment of the tree, temperature, irrigation, soil moisture, as well as foliar.
"This pioneering initiative, since it is the first time in Spain that is carried out on ornamental trees, allows us to have enough data to determine a historical and predict situations of tree stress and minimize risks" remarked José Guillén.
The technology used to take the constants and monitor the data of the tree is a state-of-the-art technology of Smart Cities (Internet of Things) where a device of low energy consumption stores the constants of the tree every minute , and sends them to a system in the cloud where all the data is stored.
These data are sent through a wireless system of low consumption and can be monitored through the fixed or mobile devices of the technicians of the City of Murcia.
This monitoring system is one more element of MiMurcia's solutions as an integrated information and sound reinforcement platform for the different services of the City of Murcia.
The devices are designed to be powered by solar energy and also have a last generation design that allows them to have a minimum energy consumption, and a minimal impact on the environment.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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