When it comes to greenhouses, they are a great protection from adverse weather conditions, but what many don’t realize is that outside factors have a significant impact on what’s happening to your plants inside the greenhouse.

There are optimal conditions that plants thrive in and finding that sweet spot can be tricky when you consider all the environmental variables including light and solar radiation, wind, atmospheric pressure and relative humidity as well as rain and precipitation. Create the ideal environment for your plants with an automated greenhouse.

CREATE ENVIRONMENTS FOR SUCCESS

Crops can be fragile things and, like humans, respond well in great conditions. Greenhouse automation lets you tailor an environment for your crops that can offer reactive solutioning to outside influences that may otherwise jeopardize the yield of your crops.

WATER RIGHT EVERY TIME

Manually watering means it can be easy to overwater or underwater your plants. To be accurate you would need to stick to a good schedule to make sure there were no inconsistencies. Ensure accuracy by setting a schedule which can be adjusted based on type of crop, quality, yield and local weather station parameters.

REGISTERING YOUR RUN-OFF

Your water run-off can tell you about the health of your plant. Depending on the type of crop, growth stage and grow method your run-off varies, but may be kept around 20%.

An automated greenhouse control system uses sensors to monitor and measure your run-off for you. The data gathered can then be used to ensure compliance with local legislation if required and give you an accurate measurement of expenditure.

 
tomatoes growing in automated greenhouse

TAKE OUT THE GUESSWORK

Because of the limitations of having to manually control all the variables that can affect your plants and therefore your yield, we advise a good controller for your greenhouse. This will take the guesswork out of the job.

A great automation system will also monitor your climate, your rootzone, send alerts when there’s a problem and allow you to manage everything by remote access on any device.

 

COMPLETE CONTROL OVER YOUR ENVIRONMENTS

Depending on the size, type and structure of your greenhouse; a good system will manage factors like:

  • vents

  • heating  

  • cooling  

  • lighting

  • temperature  

  • CO2  

  • irrigation  

  • roof (if it's retractable)

 
automate grow environment from mobile phone
 
 

WHAT ARE THE OVERALL BENEFITS OF AN AUTOMATED GREENHOUSE?

The overall benefits of automating your grow operation are vast and plentiful. Regardless of how you’re looking to develop your growing enterprise, automation offers universal benefits that allow you to achieve your goals - and then some.

Decrease your labor costs

By reducing the amount of manual work, you decrease labor costs and free up workers to focus on other areas of importance. Perfect if you are looking to expand your business or introduce new skills to your workers.

Be accurate

Know exactly what’s happening in your greenhouse and make data driven decisions based on facts and not assumptions. The technology and equipment exist to benefit you as the grower!

Increase quality and yield

If you don’t measure you can’t improve. Automation will give you the knowledge to increase quality and yield, learn from previous crop cycles, and give you better return on investment (ROI).

 

If you want to know more about the benefits of automating your greenhouse get in touch and we will be happy to share our knowledge and expertise to get you up and running.

 

OUR SOLUTIONS FOR AUTOMATED GREENHOUSES

The size and scope of your operation may require different solutions. Please contact us for a more detailed discussion on what is the best approach for your business.  

 

CLIMATE CONTROL

Manage factors like temperature, humidity, lighting and CO2 with a single device through our climate control solutions.

 

HYDROPONICS & SUBSTRATES

A cost-effective, sustainable approach to grow crops like microgreens, leafy greens and medicinal cannabis without the need for soil.

 

IRRIGATION & FERTIGATION

Manage and monitor your climate, irrigation and fertigation with our comprehensive controllers to ensure energy efficiency.

 

MULTI-CROP SOLUTIONS

Our tools offer the customization and flexibility to ensure all crops are neatly managed when growing multiple crops on the same site.

 

MULTI-AREA SOLUTIONS

Automate your growing empire as it expands to stay on top of day-to-day management and progress – remotely.