A sensing platform with at least one sensing device to sense underground and above ground environment parameters. A system of sensing environment parameters for a plant using a probe comprising: a first sensor board adapted to sense one or more environment parameters at one or more submerged depth located at flexible points of a location; a second sensor board adapted to done or more environment parameters at one or more surface points located at flexible points of the location; a circuit board adapted to communicate the sensed environment parameters to a central controller; adapted to operate in a low power mode. A system of sensing environment parameters for a field of plants using two or more probes using a fail-over central controller in a double star configuration and/or self learning algorithm.