SENSORS CREATE MORE OPPORTUNITIESFOR GREENHOUSE CONTROL

摘要

The benefit of growing crops under glass or polythene is the ability to control and optimise conditions for plant growth. As knowledge and technology improve, the number of parameters which can be monitored also increases. Richard Crowhurst reports."Growers of all sizes are looking to monitor at a crop-level, as well as the overall growing environment," points out David Hide, IPM Specialist at Fargo. "It's about comparing both the macro and micro. We help growers to measure factors like soil moisture and EC across substrates, light intensity, relative humidity and temperature, object temperature of crops, airflow, wind speed, wind direction, and CO2.