DryGair Part of the Greenhouse Data and Precision Growing Revolution

Modern greenhouse cultivation has been around for hundreds of years. The closed environment allowed growers to improve growing conditions and lengthen the growing season. However, over the past decade or so, growers have begun to use sophisticated sensors and collect environmental data, in order to further improve and optimize growth.

DryGair has recently been mentioned in an article discussing this trend. The article highlights the importance of real-time data collection and environmental control, how it improves cultivation, and why it’s important for the future of the industry.

The following are excerpts from the article. The original article was published in The Commercial Greenhouse Grower magazine and written by Richard Crowhurst.

The Importance of Humidity Monitoring and Control

The knowledge surrounding climate has improved incredibly over the past 10-15 years. If you look back, topics like humidity weren’t fully understood. Today, most growers understand that humidity both increases the risk of mildews and slows down plant development by inhibiting transpiration. It’s also clear today that the different greenhouse parameters are all interconnected.

The ability to monitor conditions in real-time, analyze them, and cross-reference various parameters lets growers get a bigger picture of what’s going on. The greenhouse environment isn’t a mystery anymore. Today’s technologies let growers see everything and optimize accordingly, so there’s no more need for guesswork.

Precision Greenhouse Growing and Cost Cutting Using Data

The increasing use of environmental data is not just improving the way growers produce plants, but also changing production methods. The overall trend today is more control, greater precision, and higher efficiency. That has a lot to do with energy prices too. Everything is calculated these days and growers are always looking for ways to decrease their energy bill, without compromising their grow.

One of the trends that follow this approach is keeping the greenhouse closed for longer periods. More and more, ventilating is seen as a waste. It releases heat and CO2, which leads growers to heat more and inject more compressed CO2, all if which increases costs.

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