20/06/2023

Better strawberry cultivation and savings through new irrigation strategy

Peter Lemmen and cropadvisor Jan Janssen of Delpy explain how they found the optimal irrigation strategy with the help of Growficient sensors.
10/12/2021

Well begun is half done

In many cases, at the start of the cultivation the young plants are not yet placed directly on the planting holes in the slab. This is […]
08/10/2021

Collaboration a key step towards autonomous irrigation

Piet Wijnen is the cultivation manager of various strawberry greenhouse sites of Dutch nursery Thwan of Gennip BV. At two sites, he uses a Ridder (formerly […]
30/06/2021

Precise control over irrigation raspberries

A big challenge when growing raspberries is determining the right way of irrigation. Determining the right moments to water is important, but often happens on a hunch. Nowadays irrigation can be monitored and optimised with substrate sensors from Growficient. Grower Bart Mensen from Verpaalen Soft Fruit and soft fruit consultant Ad Hurks will tell us more about this.
12/05/2021

Better grip on watering strawberry crops

In the Netherlands, 60-70% of total strawberry production comes from table-top cultivation. This protected type of cultivation ensures a clean and labor-friendly environment. On table-tops, the […]