A spray boom is used in greenhouses for the following two reasons . Firstly , for lacrimation and secondly , for craw auspices . With the rise of biological factor , greenhouse spraying has become more labour - intensive : one has to implement agents more often . Add to this the decline in specialist noesis , and growers will have to look for alternatives in automation . Hortimec has a solution for this : a duple spray boom that can be used for both irrigation and pesticide software . Hendrik Mast , managing director of Hortimec , tells us more about it .
Hendrik Mast at FNK Youngplants in front of their nebuliser boom
Hendrik : " We supply a system where each canopy has its own golem with spray booms . This think of you do n’t have to keep moving the robot from cap to hood , and you also have much less pressure loss because the hosiery is fixed in the cap and not in a reel . "
body of water savingsAn vantage of the spray booms , which are only used when grow untried plant ( where light loss through the boom is irrelevant ) , besides the labour look , is that they save up more water system . " Normally you water so much that everything is incessantly under , but with a spray boom you give the plant just enough body of water , never too much . That way you avoid wastage , " Hendrik explicate .
" All the plants also get adequate sum of water that way . You give a minuscule every day , and you void overwatering the plants in the middle or getting ' juiceless edges ' . As a result , you call for to screen out less , and you may better predict emergence . "
ultraviolet illumination - C , camera and mistersA spray boom does more than just apply water and broker . In fact , it is also possible to pay heed UV - cytosine lamps on the booms , which can help oneself see to it mildew and other pests . " To control mildew , those light require to be on a few hours after sunset , and a few 60 minutes before sunrise . We can program those functions , and an app can be used to moderate the spray booms , " Hendrik allege .
The booms can also be a result for growers who want to work with cameras to detect pests , but can not put in a drone system in the nursery . In that case , they can pay heed camera on the spray booms , which can ' dry out ' back and forth to detect pests . " So you’re able to determine up all kinds of things , include misters , to chill , " he say .
Own propagationAs described , spray bunce are wide used in the extension of vernal industrial plant . overseas , it is already commonplace to have in - house propagation in summation to production , but it is also progressively bump in the Netherlands . Hendrik therefore sees opportunities for Hortimex ’s boom , which are also adjustable in both breadth and duration ; one can steer per zone or compartment . " That ’s nice for the cultivator , because grower increasingly have specific requirements . "
For more information : Hendrik MastHortimecTel : +31 ( 0)6 2043 7342Email:[email protected]www.spuitboom.nlwww.hortimec.com
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