The Solution

From live readings to automatic action.

Most control boxes stop at showing you a reading. Lichen goes further — it watches every zone around the clock and acts the moment conditions drift, without waiting for someone to notice.

The Lichen Advantage

A control system that goes further than a box on the wall.

Hardware controllers can hold a setpoint. They can't tell you why yesterday's crop reacted differently, or hand control to your phone at 6am. Lichen is built to do both.

1

Monitor

Every sensor, every zone, one dashboard — temperature, humidity, CO₂, soil moisture, EC, pH, water level and light, live and historical.

Zone A
Zone B
Zone C
2

Control

Reach any actuator across any site from a single app — open a vent, start a fertigation cycle, or dim a light bank without walking to a panel.

Vents
Pumps
Lights
3

Automate

Set the targets once. Basic, Advanced Temp, or Smart Climate modes decide when to act — factoring in VPD and humidity, not just a single number.

VPD
Humidity
Target
4

Optimise

Compare zones and seasons side by side, spot what drove your best harvest, and feed it straight back into next season's targets.

Best Zone
Avg Zone
Trend
What Lichen Controls

Three systems. One platform.

Instead of separate boxes for environment, irrigation and lighting that don't share data, Lichen brings all three under one roof.

Polytunnel rows alongside open field crops
01 · Environment

Keep every zone in its optimal range.

Automatic vent control that reacts to real conditions, not a clock.

  • Temperature & humidity monitoring — live readings from every zone, charted alongside VPD.
  • Automatic vent control — Basic, Advanced Temp, or Smart Climate modes that factor in VPD and humidity together.
  • Fan control — independent ramp-up and full-speed thresholds for supplementary air movement.
  • Manual override, always — take direct command of any actuator, then hand it back.
Drip irrigation lines feeding young plants in grow bags
02 · Irrigation & Fertigation

Water on what the soil needs, not a fixed clock.

Trigger straight from live sensor readings across every bed.

  • Real-time soil moisture watering — dosing triggered by live readings, not just a schedule.
  • EC & pH tracking — feed strength and acidity monitored continuously per zone.
  • Water level sensors — tank and reservoir levels visible alongside every other reading.
  • Scheduled watering windows — up to five daily windows per actuator, set once and forgotten.
Supplemental lighting rig over rows of tomato plants in a glasshouse
03 · Lighting

Top up daylight without wasting it.

DLI tracking keeps supplemental lighting working with the sun, not against it.

  • PAR & DLI tracking — daily light integral calculated automatically and charted alongside your readings.
  • Lighting schedules — up to five daily windows per actuator, set once and forgotten.
  • Zoomable history — see exactly when supplemental light kicked in across the last 30 days.
  • Manual override — take direct control of any light bank, then hand it back.
Reliability & Access

Runs on your network. Answers to you.

Plug-and-Play Sensors

New sensors and leaf-nodes appear automatically the moment they're connected — no pairing wizard.

Per-Device Security

Every device gets its own unique, revocable credentials — never a shared password.

No Cloud Dependency

Runs on your own hardware, not a third-party cloud — automation keeps working even if the internet doesn't.

Installable App

Add Lichen to your home screen; the app shell still opens when you're offline.

Node Health & Uptime

Live online/offline status with a full uptime history per leaf-node, so nothing fails silently.

One-Click Backup

Export and restore your entire farm setup in a click — configuration you never have to rebuild from memory.

Questions

Frequently asked.

Does this replace my existing controllers, or work alongside them?

Lichen is designed to control the vents, pumps and lighting hardware you already have — it adds sensing, automation and remote access on top of your existing structures rather than requiring a rebuild.

How many zones or sites can it manage?

Multi-farm management is built in — run unlimited growing spaces from a single account, each with its own sensors, crops and control settings.

What sensors are available?

Air temperature and humidity, soil moisture, temperature, EC and pH, water level, and PAR — added to the network as your growing space grows.

Does automation keep running if the internet drops?

Yes. The hub runs on your local network and keeps executing your automation rules locally — you're not dependent on an external cloud service to keep your crop safe.

How is device security handled?

Every device is issued its own unique, revocable credentials rather than sharing a single password, and node uptime is tracked so a dropped connection is visible immediately.

Can I export my data or move it elsewhere?

Yes — one-click backup and restore covers your entire farm setup, and your data lives on your own hardware from day one.

See it running on your growing operation.

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