In recent years , there has been an step-up in indite article about datum - drive growing . short ton van Dijk with LetsGrow talk about this a bunch with growers from all over the world . A plebeian gossip he get under one’s skin is : " But that ’s what I ’ve been doing , right ? How is data - driven growing go to help me ? " And of course , they have a point . Plenty decision are already being made based on datum . Yet , there are also copious opportunities for improvement at many companies . In this web log , Ton van Dijk writes about the opportunities and challenge of data - driven growing .
Data - driven growing ( DDG ) come into existence with the advent of climate computers in the 1970s , namely by base decisions on quality selective information and measurements . That ’s still the suit today . Throughout the years very nice systems have been made that enable you as a grower , together with the harvest advisor , to coiffe incisively what you need to reach ground on measurements related to temperature , RH , CO2 , measuring box at multiple height , industrial plant temperature , PAR , etc . You ’ll lose track if you ’re not careful !
We regularly receive many questions about this . If you take a batch of measure , are you arise in a data - driven way , and do you actually make the best decisiveness ? Are you work those decisions free-base on facts or feelings ? And should you analyze your data once a yr , or would it be optimal to canvas it every month , every week , or even in real - time ? Are you , a human , still needed in the nursery or do you simply look at the data from your calculator screen ? And if something goes wrong in the glasshouse , do you adapt your options , or is it also potential to anticipate what will happen so you may prevent it ? The result to many of these questions is still that it simply call for your common sense and feeling .
Growing based on dataHerein lies the enceinte difference between data driven mature and growing base on data . These are two freestanding point of view .
I regularly speak to business enterprise possessor who claim that good growers walk in the greenhouse and do n’t sit around behind a electronic computer screen . It is true that it is not desirable for growers to be incessantly behind the computing machine exchange preferences . That would intend that you would be work reactively and you would actually come behind . Your culture is then based on datum . However , if you visualize , analyze and utilize all usable data in a good mode , a grower behind the data processor screen door can draw sharp conclusions . Then you’re able to unfeignedly be data drive . It is important , however , that the physiological and physical knowledge is up to standard so that data can be interpreted correctly . This is not only important for the grower himself , but also for the craw consultant and other colleagues .
Plant empowermentA good tool for this knowledge is the physiology of Plant Empowerment . A book has been publish about this , namely : ' Plant Empowerment , the basic principles ' which is write by LetsGrow.com . The book very understandably describes the plant physiological and strong-arm process in the glasshouse and create a coarse style of communication . An instance of this is the discussion about procreative or vegetal control condition of the harvest . At Plant Empowerment we talk about the Ratio Temperature Radiation ( RTR ) . When you have near control of the RTR , there is an optimal plant balance . A discussion about generative or vegetive command of the harvest is then superfluous . The RTR is a calculable number that you’re able to expend to work out an optimum cultivation scheme . The use of a precept from this physiology ensures that one can sell proactively with datum . More of these example are report in our white paper . ( https://www.letsgrow.com/en/whitepapers/ )
The playscript Plant Empowerment has also become received reading material fabric for horticulture - concern schooling and universities in the Netherlands and abroad . We are of class very proud of this !
datum - driven growingIn datum - drive growing the agriculturalist becomes increasingly skilled in the strategical role of already uncommitted data . Within LetsGrow.com we always practice the Gartner chart for this .
If you pick up , store , visualize , and analyze information in a skilful and unequivocal agency , this can guide to interesting insights . Our advice is always to start with the proper registration of your data . Are you not yet using craw preferences or claim morphologic photos with tv camera hang throughout the glasshouse ? Then start doing so . compound photo with datum is a golden combination for psychoanalysis . In addition , it is also important that you , as a grower , cut into into the explanatory and prognostic models that are useable . By know what is going to befall , steering is still possible before it happens . you may make big steps towards an optimal situation in the greenhouse with small interventions , often without excess investment . That is what I call the mogul of data ! Growers who go for it will be the winners in the future tense . And if you need help with this , just give me a call .
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