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Apple, pear, stone fruit, nuts, nurseries
Protect your orchard from frost, scab and drought
Root’s monitors canopy temperature, soil moisture and groundwater level, warns about spring frosts and calculates scab infection periods.
1–3 days
frost warning
up to 30 %
fewer treatments
up to 35 %
water savings
Canopy temperature · night of 14 May
Frost
0 °C
18:00
21:00
00:00
03:00
06:00
09:00
Notification sent
−2 °C at 03:00
Block 4 · apricot, flowering stage. We recommend switching on sprinkling from 01:30.
Scab
Infection period
14 h of leaf wetness at 12 °C
Treat by 16 May
FARM TASKS
One frost can cost a year’s harvest
Perennial plantings need precision every day
Spring frosts
Canopy temperature every 15 minutes, a notification 1–3 days ahead and start of anti-frost sprinkling.
Block 4 · canopy temperature
−2 °C
Frost at 03:00
Scab and monilia
Infection periods by leaf wetness.
Groundwater
Root flooding in low-lying areas.
Drip irrigation
Norm for root-zone moisture.
Codling moth
Flight by the sum of effective temperatures.
3 km
Large areas
Connection between blocks up to 3 km.
A SEASON WITH ROOT’S
What matters at each stage — and what the system does
01
MARCH–APRIL
Bud swell and flowering
Frosts
Canopy temperature, notifications
02
MAY
Fruit set
Scab
Infection periods, treatment window
03
JUNE–AUGUST
Fruit growth
Drought, codling moth
Irrigation by moisture, pest flight
04
SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER
Harvest and bud formation
Groundwater
Groundwater monitoring, season plan
WHAT TO CONTROL
Parameters and norms are already set up
Climate in the orchard
4 parameters · updated every 15 minutes
Canopy temperature
Leaf wetness
Rainfall
Wind
Soil
2 parameters · updated every 15 minutes
Moisture 30/60/90 cm
Temperature
Water
2 parameters · updated every 15 minutes
Groundwater level
Irrigation consumption
1–3 days
frost warning
up to 30 %
fewer fungicide sprays
up to 35 %
water savings
15 min
canopy measurement interval
In spring the main cause of sleepless nights is frost. Root’s shows the temperature right in the canopy of our block, and we switch on sprinkling on time, not “just in case”.
The scab model helped remove two preventive sprays in a season.
Murat Khasanov
High-density orchard, 180 ha, Kabardino-Balkaria
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Is Root’s suitable for a young orchard and a nursery?
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Yes. The modules run on a solar panel without wires, and moisture and frost control is especially important for young plants.
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