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HOW TO COMBAT THE EFFECT OF FROST ON CROPS? Winter in here, and with it comes the drop in temperatures, the dreaded cold snaps and frost on crops. Frost damage occurs when ice forms inside the plant tissue, damaging its cells and producing a negative effect on yields, as well as a depreciation in the…

BENEFITS OF CLIMATE CONTROL AUTOMATION Agricultural automation is not only aimed at optimising resources such as water or fertilisers, but also intervenes and is present in all stages of the cultivation process, regardless of whether the crop is grown in the open air or under glass. For example, in the case of greenhouse crops, the…

ALLIES AND ENEMIES OF AGRICULTURAL AUTOMATION Over the las decade, agricultural automation has developed at a very high level, to which Spanish companies, universities and reserch centres have contributed enormously. But more specifically in the Region of Murcia, where many of these technological development niches are located and which has allowed it to achieve international…

WIRELESS COMMUNICATION IN AGRICULTURAL INSTALLATIONS For a more complete control of irrigation and fertigation, it is important to automate and monitor the crop and to use probes that measure the parameters of humidity, temperature, electrical conductivity (EC) in soils and substrates, climatic parameters and agronomic variables. In order to increase the profitability of the farm,…

IRRIGATION AND FERTIGATION CONTROL BASED ON PROBE READINGS Good irrigation management contributes not only to the optimisation of water resources, but of all available resources. For a more complete control of irrigation and fertigation, Nutricontrol equipment can be combined with a wide range of probes that measure the parameters of humidity, temperature, electrical conductivity (EC)…

IRRIGATION DURATION AND VOLUME BASED ON IRRADIATION Although summer is coming to an end in the northern hemisphere, solar radiation is still high in September. If the solar radiation increases, the evapotraspirative demand is higher and the plant’s need for water is higher.  As already mentioned in previous posts, among the main climatic parameters affecting…

HUMIDITY PROBES TO OPTIMISE WATER USAGE Monitoring in real time and continuously the variables of humidity, conductivity, temperature, nutrient concentration, etc. is of great help for correct irrigation management. One of the technological trends to improve the efficiency of water use (understood as the production obtained in a crop per volumen of water used) and…

SCHEDULE IRRIGATION BASED ON ACCUMULATED SOLAR RADIATION Solar radiation is the most important source of energy for a plant and a climatic determinant for the development and yield of a crop. A decrease in the amount or incidence of radiation lowers the chlorophyll content and reduces the photosynthetic activity and the concentration of photochemicals in…

HOW TO USE FORCED VENTILATION TO REDUCE TEMPERATURE Being able to control the temperature inside a greenhouse during the summer months is a challenge and to achieve this, the use of ventilation is essential. If we look at the way in which air is renewed between indoors and outdoors, there are two types of ventilation…

CONTROLLING TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY BY HUMIDIFICATION Of all the factors in greenhouse production, climate control is the most important. The development of crops in their different stafes of growth is conditioned by different climatic factors such as temperature, relative humidity, solar radiation, CO2… On this occasion we are going to discuss humidification as a technique…

THE USE OF SCREENS IN GREENHOUSE HEMP CULTIVATION Commercial hemp production generally occurs indoors and requires environmental control of humidity and lighting fot both vegetative growth and flowering stages of development. One of the most relevant variables for a good hemp production is the photoperiod, depending on the exposure of the plant to light, the yield…

CLIMATE CONTROL IN GREENHOUSES Climate control in a greenhouse has an enormous influence on crop development, product quality, production scheduling, disease prevention and, ultimately, on the of the agricultural facility. At this time of the year, the high temperatures and humidity inside the greenhouse affect the quality of the crops, so ventilation systems are essential…