CHERRY PRODUCTION WITH iMETOS® DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM
With the use of iMETOS® DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM you can monitor all relevant climatic conditions and soil parameters, and bring your agricultural work management one step higher.
Combine monitored and forecasted data to get a powerful tool, which will help you optimize your production and produce more cherries with less.
With the help of climatic and soil monitoring and forecasting you can:
- WEATHER MONITORING: Be prepared for frost protection. Set an SMS alarm to notify you, when frost conditions are approaching. Temperatures below – 2,2 °C can be lethal for your cherry trees.
- FERTILIZING MANAGEMENT: Optimize fertilization time. The best is if the spreading of the fertilizer is followed by rainfall.
- PLANT PROTECTION MANAGEMENT: With the help of disease models for cherries and spraying window forecast you can optimize your plant protection activities in a way to have disease free cherry trees.
For example: If spraying is followed by a rainfall of 30 mm, there is a good chance that it will wash away the treatment and you will have to repeat the spraying to keep your cherries protected. - IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT: Monitor your soil moisture to know when your crop is suffering water stress and start your irrigation system on time. Be sure to avoid any water stress, to harvest big and uniform fruits.
The most important disease in cherries is brown rot, caused by the fungal pathogen Monilia laxa. We have disease models also for many other cherry diseases.
The first graph indicates a weak infection at the 06th of April. At this time, the cherry tree starts to bloom. This infection can already lead to a latent infection of the fruits, which would cause severe damages. Late blossom will be completely destroyed by infections on mid to end of April. Severe infections are determined on the 6th of April due to long leaf wetness periods and temperatures from 5 to 15°C.
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With our new CropVIEW® camera device you can have a remote view of your vineyard, directly from your computer or phone, and see at any time how your cherries are growing and developing.
This is just a glance at solutions that iMETOS® DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM can bring to you and help you to take control of your crop.
RECOMMENDED EQUIPMENT
For soil moisture control we recommend:
SOIL MOISTURE ADD-ONS
• 2x METER Group ECH20 10HS
• One installed in the top layer
• One installed bellow the root system
• 2x Watermark Soil Moisture
• One installed in the top layer
• One installed bellow the root system
For frost control we recommend:
FROST ADD-ON
• 1x Dry and wet Bulb