More fruit with less water
PlantData Live listens to the water balance of your trees and turns it into concrete irrigation advice — plot by plot. Larger fruit, a better grade, not a litre of water too much.
Recognise this?
Guesswork about how much and when to irrigate. The need differs per plot, per soil type and per week — and you only find out afterwards whether you gave too much or too little.
Invisible drought stress slows fruit growth at exactly the critical moments. One size grade smaller quickly means € 0.35 to € 0.47 less per kilo.
Water is becoming more expensive and scarcer. Pumping and energy costs are rising, and extraction bans make timing ever more critical.
Waar ben je naar op zoek?
More fruit with less water
Larger fruit and a better grade
Healthier trees, less disease pressure
How does PlantData Live help?
Detect water stress immediately
See at once when a tree is short of water — and when irrigation is not needed, so you never give a litre too much.
Steer your irrigation plot by plot
Track soil moisture, microclimate and the water balance of your trees in a single portal and decide plot by plot — remotely too.
Back up your growing decisions
Compare growth rates and get automatic suggestions that connect weather, soil and tree.
Case study: knowing when not to irrigate
Water is always scarce — whether it comes from deep underground or from a winter buffer. The biggest gain often lies not in irrigating more, but in knowing when it is precisely not needed.
Research shows that the same fruit yield is possible with up to 27% less irrigation water. At the same time, apple and pear growers in the Low Countries leave an estimated 20 tonnes of fruit per hectare on the table — yield that, with the right timing, is actually harvested.
"Thanks to PlantData Live, we can see when we don't need to irrigate. Water is always scarce, whether it comes from deep underground or from a winter buffer."
Curious about the digital possibilities for you as a fruit grower?
Request a demo or call +32 (0)53 36 30 21