Produce higher potato yields with consistent size and shape via precision irrigation

Yes. Precision irrigation is easily combined with remote control and automation to make your irrigation more efficient, giving you immediate access from your cell phone, tablet or computer. Read more about digital farming.

To produce high quality potatoes, nutrients must be applied efficiently directly to the roots. Sprinklers and moving irrigation machines distribute water and fertiliser generically, wasting any resource that lands further than 25 cm from the mother tuber.

Phosphorus application - tubers need soluble phosphorus to grow, but phosphorus has low mobility and solubility within the soil. Therefore, when using precision fertigation, you can apply consistent small doses to the active root zone,  boosting phosphorus uptake.

Calcium application- tubers absorb Ca directly from their surface. By providing constant Ca to the crop via drip irrigation, you optimize absorption efficiency.

Many diseases, like potato blight, are exacerbated by high humidity. Drip irrigation maintains relatively low humidity in the canopy since the roots are watered, not the leaves.

Drip irrigation reduces water consumption by 15-30% over sprinklers.

If you want to grow potatoes using saline water, even up to an EC of 3.5ds/m, drip irrigation is your only option. Using other irrigation methods can cause leaf burns and yield loss.

Using drip irrigation ensures you'll grow high quality, consistently sized tubers, positioning you to provide the market with the best planting material. 

Deployment and collection and collection of drip lines can be easily accomplished with our agro-machinery solutions especially designed for potato crops. Contact us for more details.