Smarthome for strawberries
Resource-saving cultivation in a polytunnel
In agriculture, storms, heavy rain or frost can quickly have devastating consequences for the harvest. Not so with Frank Kock in Visbek. The strawberries grow there under optimised climatic conditions. The farm has purchased a total of 33 Haygrove polytunnels for this purpose, which provide ideal growing conditions fully automatically thanks to proven SCHULZ system technology. Temperature and RF humidity sensors as well as a weather station measure not only temperature and relative humidity but also wind direction and speed in the 10×120 metre greenhouse tunnels. Together with the data from rain sensors, the control cabinet with AFC control installed by us then regulates the climate in the 33 polytunnels.
Our fully automatic control system ensures the best growing conditions in the 3.8-hectare growing tunnels.
Various climate and weather data are recorded to enable the control cabinet to optimise control.
With the help of an external irrigation controller, irrigation and fertilisation are controlled so precisely that the plants can develop evenly.
Fertilising and watering is of course carried out as required. This saves resources, reduces costs and ensures sustainable, efficient and high-yielding cultivation conditions. The covered polytunnels also create better working conditions.
With our tried-and-tested AFC control system, we ensure ideal growing conditions.
Georg Timmen, Agricultural Engineering Sales
