The Plant Activity Sensor is an artificial tomato leaf that reacts to radiation (sun) and climate (temperature and air flow) like a natural tomato leaf. Infrared thermometers measure both surfaces (artificial and natural). The temperature difference between the two is what growers call "activity."

You measure the influence of radiation or air currents in the greenhouse, instantly and on the crop. When using scales or water content meters, this is not the case. The PASensor measurement gives faster and better results.

What can you visualize using the Plant Activity Sensor?

• cold plant heads and avoid burnt leaf edges
• the influence of an air flow on the plant
• the perspiration level at high or low relative humidity
• the effect of direct or diffuse light on the crop
• when to open or close the screen
• evaporation between sectors in the greenhouse

Your advantage

• save 5 to 10% of energy through better use of the sun and heating pipes
• use about 5% less heating energy by cropping without risk at higher RH
• increase your production level by quickly knowing when the plant is not active

Cost

Manual PASensor: three artificial leaves, one S-clip to attach the sensor to your belt, a custom infrared meter and manual. €295 (excl. VAT, including shipping, see terms of delivery)

Continuous PASensor: three artificial leaves, 2 calibrated infrared gauges, an electronic system to indicate the climate values in the crops, support for installing the 2 IR gauges and manual. € 2,900 (excl. VAT, ex works, see terms of delivery.)

Crop tracking is a software program that, based on crop measurement, climate and irrigation, calculates critical data for controlling the crops, i.e. strength, balance, quality of work, ripe speed, optimal pruning, ...

What does Crop tracking do?

Every week you measure 10 plants and indicate the average weekly climate and irrigation values.

• Crop tracking automatically generates specific charts adapted to the needs of the grower, the work leader, sales manager, the manager / owner.
• Crop tracking allows to compare different years or different growers.
• The production plan for next year can be entered and the weekly progress of the crop can be checked.

Crop Tracking is available in Dutch, English, French and Spanish.

Your advantage

The intuition of the grower is supported by objective measurements. The result: fast and reliable decisions. The owner can evaluate the progress in his greenhouses objectively. At the start Crop Tracking results in 1 extra kg/m² and a steady improvement in subsequent years.

Cost

The purchase of the software costs €1,500 (VAT excl., see delivery conditions).

For an annual subscription to upgrades, additional space for crops, communication and personalized feedback (once a year), you pay € 500 (VAT excl., see delivery conditions).

The Planning &- Risk software is management software that calculates based on the measurement of the crop, the climate and the irrigation, the crucial data for controlling the crops. The program also provides suggestions for actions that lead to optimal harvest.

What does the Planning & Risk Software do?

• The software autonomously suggests actions concerning climate, irrigation and division of labor.
• Planning & Risk gives you a weekly valuation of your crop management capabilities.
• The software indicates what values are outside the safety zone.
• The production plan for next year can be entered and the weekly progress of the crops can be checked.
• Planning & Risk allows to compare: between different years, different growers, your schedule and weekly data.

Your advantage

A margin increase of more than 5% in high-tech greenhouses is feasible. Rapid information on risk growth increases your fruit quality by a few percent.

The annual planning and weekly status checks the results in terms of:

• higher production speed,
• higher labor efficiency,
• lower energy costs

Planning & Risk replaces a high-level education, thus saving you over € 4,000.

Cost

Purchase Planning & Risk Module: € 2,285 (VAT excl., see terms of delivery.)

Annual subscription for upgrades, additional space for crops, communication and personalized feedback (1 time per year): € 900 (VAT excl, see delivery conditions.)

The LAI & Plant Colour Analyzer is a software tool that calculates, through a digital photo of the leaf, the leaf surface and the green level.

The Leaf Area Index (LAI) or index for the leaf surface, is a number that gives you the surface of leaves per square meter greenhouse.

What does the LAI & Plant Colour Analyzer do?

The number of leaves is NOT a good indicator of LAI as the length and width and the padding of the leaves change during the growing season. There is an optimum balance between sunlight and the LAI of the plant: the more LAI, the more the more perspiration and moisture there is in the greenhouse. In summer it produces a crop more if there is a higher LAI.

The color of the crop is important to assess the crop. We express the color in RGB values.

Your advantage

• avoid blossom end rot by maintaining a proper balance between the LAI and the number of fruits.
• save energy with the optimum LAI.
• know the optimum number of leaves to remove so you make better use your labor.
• detect with the color analysis quickly whether your crops go 'out of shape'.

Cost

The software and 'the easy surface', to make pictures, cost € 1,250 (VAT excl., ex works, see delivery - Digital Camera NOT included).

Propagrow is a package (hardware and software) that visualizes the growth volume of young plants with a simple standard digital camera.

What can you do with Propagrow?

• develop your own production plan and check the plant reactions
• optimize the use of artificial light in terms of the sunlight
• translate the wishes of the customer to a plant type

Your advantage

You save 5-10% of energy by making optimal use of artificial light. You can also calculate the cost implication of any customer request.

Cost

The Propagrow package costs € 3,700 (VAT excl., ex works, see delivery conditions, digital camera not included). For this you will receive:

• a 'cabinet' to take standardized pictures
• software to calculate the growth
• a guide about optimal plant growth in reproduction,
  
  • with specific information about growing tomatoes
  • explanation about translating customer requirements into crop parameters