Trutina Blueberry Professional Edition
Smart plant monitoring system designed for innovative blueberry growing
PARTS & FUNCTIONS
Light measurement tool that helps detecting how much energy is currently available for the plants.
Communication device that transfers on-site sensor data to a nearby data collector unit (with a distance up to hundreds of meters). The data collector unit has Ethernet connection and it forwards the data packages to a central server which supplies the data to the client applications (via desktop or smartphone).
For collecting and transferring the nutrition solution to the water volume meter and EC sensor.
For protecting the weight measurement unit and holding the filters.
For measuring how the water capacity changes in the substrate.
For collecting dust to avoid stoppages in the system and securing the precision of weight measurement.
One for the irrigation water and another one for the drain.
One for the irrigation water and another one for the drain.
For measuring electroconductivity of the irrigation water and the drain. Using this data, the system automatically calculates ΔEC. Besides EC, the sensors are capable of measuring water temperature as well.
For protecting and insulating electrical connections of the system.
Get full insight of plant activity and achieve your highest and best quality yield, with optimized irrigation strategy
We know your problem well: you would like to have a higher yield and higher quality fruits, maintain a healthy root development, save costs and ease your daily operation. Trutina Blueberry will be your helping hand to achieve all these, thanks to a plant activity monitoring solution and an online dashboard that can be accessed right from your smartphone as well. Having real-time updates of your plants, you will always know when and how much your plants need to be irrigated, so you can constantly fine-tune your irrigation strategy and will be able to achieve the full potential of your greenhouse.
Trutina Blueberry is an all-in-one solution that helps you reach your goals.
I’d like my plants to develop healthier roots.
Monitor water content and EC level more accurately, creating better conditions for healthy root development.
I’d like to have higher and better quality yield (less cracking fruits, etc.).
Irrigate only when the plant needs it (when there is enough light, the temperature is high enough and the plant is able to take up the irrigation).
I’d like to maintain a better plant balance (vegetative / generative).
Control your plants more efficiently between vegetative and generative growing according to the daily changes of water capacity.
I’d like to reduce my operating costs.
Monitor your drain and irrigation strategy better at each watering cycle.
I’d like to verify whether my irrigation strategy is good enough.
Get real-time feedback on how your plants react after changing your settings - thanks to monitoring plant activity values (water uptake speed, evaporation, and more). Without instant feedback, it turns out only when it’s too late.
Trutina
Blueberry Professional Edition
Achieve your goals by having full control over your plants. Trutina Blueberry helps you in each phenophase:
A healthy and strong root system is essential for the development of your plants, and it has a significant effect on your yield. With the right timing and amount of irrigation with the help of Trutina Blueberry, you can improve the root development in each phenophase, resulting in healthier plants and a better crop.
Trutina Blueberry answers the two key questions regarding irrigation:
WHEN? And HOW MUCH?
It is impossible to compete with today’s high demand and the ever-changing economic environment by only following old rules and instincts. You need to be 100% aware of your plant activity, in order to adjust and optimize your irrigation strategy. By serving the exact needs of your plants, you will be able to control nutrient uptake, fulfill the physiological needs and ensure proper root development.
WHEN to irrigate?
Irrigate only when your plants need it - not sooner, not later. You need to know the right time for irrigation, when
- there is enough light
- the temperature is high enough
- the plant is able to take up the irrigation
Trutina, thanks to its smart sensors, automatically measures these values and will let you know the right time for irrigation.
The chart is a screenshot of Trutina, showing an example of wrong timing: there was not enough light, the temperature was too low and the plants were not active (see highlighted)
HOW MUCH to irrigate?
Irrigate the right amount - not more, not less. With optimal irrigation strategy, you can avoid overirrigation and underirrigation, and also, you will be able to reduce the waste of water, nutrient solution - and even energy.
Avoid overirrigation
Overirrigation leads to leaf yellowing, excess of drainage, transpiration reduction and smaller leaves or it can even cause fruit cracking as well - and sometimes these symptoms are present only when it is too late. With Trutina, you can detect overirrigation immediately and adjust your irrigation strategy to avoid it. Here’s how:
- Monitor the water uptake
- Measure drain
- Control the EC
- Do not irrigate too late
An example of overirrigation: it is clearly visible at the end of the day that the drain is too high, the plants cannot take up any more water, therefore, it goes to waste and may lead to health symptoms.
This is how Trutina shows EC difference between irrigation and drain water (EC).
Avoid underirrigation
Underirrigation leads to wilted plants, damaged rootcells, the plant cannot cool itself and its leaves get brown and withered. With Trutina, you can detect underirrigation immediately (before seeing these symptoms) and adjust your irrigation strategy to avoid it. Here’s how:
- Irrigate according to the irradiation
- Control the EC value
This is how Trutina shows water content reduction in the container.
Trutina Blueberry is your measurement assistant
It is not just a measurement system but a smart platform that aggregates all the data and helps you with smart insights and correlations that you could not see before.
Drainage
EC / ΔEC
Light
The advantages of automatic measurements
If you already measure the mentioned values, that is a good step towards efficient operation, but switching to automatic measurement will be a huge leap in your production:
It saves time
It’s more precise
You do it remotely
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Features
Easy to install
Modular & extendable
Connects everything
Contact Us
Gremon Systems Zrt.
- 6721 Szeged, Dugonics utca 42.
- info@gremonsystems.com
- +36 70 679 3585
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