A quantify system for the humidness in pot flora guarantee a more optimum water supply . Moreover , a grower saves metre because the humidity in the pot can be digitally monitored remotely . These are the main results of the ' Nursery Stock Growing Support System ' inquiry projection led by the research station in Straelen , Germany . The Greenhouse Horticulture and Flower Bulbs Business Unit of Wageningen University & Research is involved in the enquiry as an advisor due to its cognition and experience with detector . Due to the confirming upshot , the project has been extended by one yr .
In North Rhine - Westphalia , there are many growers who grow potted works as an outside harvest . They determine , among other things , on the groundwork of experience when the plant need water . This can sometimes lead to undue watering . The grower then expend more money on irrigation ( which takes place with repair sprinklers or watering booms ) for water , energy , and Labour Party . Moreover , valuable fertilizer can strip into the grunge . lachrymation that is too miserable is also potential : this precede to quality trouble and less production .
That is why a field was started into a soil wet sensor system that endorse a grower in business operation . By sending measuring data at scant separation , the user generate a real - metre overview of his crop . For this purpose , sensors from the Dutch ship’s company Quantified were used in the study . Three sensors were placed per rap segment , which , to keep costs low , all work via one and the same sender . The sensors measure , among other things , the humidness , the EC content , and the temperature in the pot . The grower can see that information online .
The 3 - year undertaking terminate at the death of 2022 , and the results were very promising . Remote digital monitoring of the humidity precede to significant labour savings for the agriculturalist as well as likely saving on the consumption of water and fertilizers . have feedback report of the moisture status of the pots available can also keep cataclysm in the upshot of defective irrigation equipment .
Growers who participate in the experiment with the dirt wet sensor system of rules have therefore betoken that they are very enthusiastic . Funding has been fix to stretch the project for another class . In this room , the system of rules can be evaluated under practical conditions and further adapted for the different plant varieties , potty sizes , and cultivation method . Participation in the project is valuable for WUR . Especially now that the results are so positivist , WUR can further ' school ' a decision support organisation for watering potted flora crops with practical data . One of the growers ' wishes is to be able to valuate humidness in lowly pots as well . That is why WUR is looking for interested companies to be able to apply the sensors in smaller pots or plant life tray in the time to come .
Source : wur.nl
