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The Raspberry Pi 5-based gateway server periodically sends data acquisition commands to wireless sensor nodes via LoRa, receives soil data returned by sensor nodes, and stores them in a MySQL database. Using a remote monitoring platform, Internet users can monitor real-time and historical soil data stored in the database. The STM32F103C8T6-based wireless sensor node receives data acquisition commands from the gateway server, uses soil temperature and humidity sensors as well as a pH sensor to collect soil status, and then sends sensor data back to the gateway server via LoRa. The system is powered by both PV energy and batteries, which enhances the endurance capability. Experimental results show that the designed system works well in remotely monitoring soil information. Using the proposed query attempt dynamic adjustment (QADA) method, the wireless sensor node dynamically adjusts the number of query attempts, which reduces the data acquisition failure rate from 21\u201325% to no more than 0.33%. 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