A watering system with adaptive component comprising: sensor equipment including one or more sensors (140,142,300) disposed on a parcel of land watering equipment disposed on the parcel and configured to selectively apply water to the parcel; and a gateway configured to provide for communication with the watering equipment, wherein the gateway interfaces between a first network comprising at least the watering equipment and the sensor equipment and a second network via which an operator is enabled to wirelessly communicate with the gateway; and at least one component of the watering equipment and the sensor equipment is an adaptive component, wherein the watering system's components are configured to the current conditions or stimuli that are present in their environment, wherein the watering system utilizes a communication network to gather information on growing conditions of plant from the sensor equipment for association of the information with the areas from which the information was gathered, the gateway further provides for communication with the sensor equipment; and wherein when internet connectivity is possible, the watering system is employed to correlate desirable growing conditions to an identified plant species based on stored information associated with each plant species from a database or online resource, in addition the watering system employs a combination of fixed and mobile assets that gather data that relates to specific segments, wherein a mobile asset is a robotic rover, wherein the watering system conducts related operations with the assistance of the robotic rover, characterized in that specific segments of the parcel that correspond to respective different areas have different types of plants therein, with the one or more sensors (140,142,300) being inserted into soil for monitoring soil or other growing conditions gathering data that relates to specific segments of the parcel that correspond to respective different areas. sensor equipment including one or more sensors (140,142,300) disposed on a parcel of land watering equipment disposed on the parcel and configured to selectively apply water to the parcel; and a gateway configured to provide for communication with the watering equipment, wherein the gateway interfaces between a first network comprising at least the watering equipment and the sensor equipment and a second network via which an operator is enabled to wirelessly communicate with the gateway; and at least one component of the watering equipment and the sensor equipment is an adaptive component, wherein the watering system's components are configured to the current conditions or stimuli that are present in their environment, wherein the watering system utilizes a communication network to gather information on growing conditions of plant from the sensor equipment for association of the information with the areas from which the information was gathered, the gateway further provides for communication with the sensor equipment; and wherein when internet connectivity is possible, the watering system is employed to correlate desirable growing conditions to an identified plant species based on stored information associated with each plant species from a database or online resource, in addition the watering system employs a combination of fixed and mobile assets that gather data that relates to specific segments, wherein a mobile asset is a robotic rover, wherein the watering system conducts related operations with the assistance of the robotic rover, characterized in that specific segments of the parcel that correspond to respective different areas have different types of plants therein, with the one or more sensors (140,142,300) being inserted into soil for monitoring soil or other growing conditions gathering data that relates to specific segments of the parcel that correspond to respective different areas.