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Why FloraPulse is right for your crop!

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Wine & table grapes

To get the best wines, water timing and quantity is critical. It's well known that vine water status affects wine quality - you want to keep the vines water-stressed just the right amount to bring out the desired aromas and body, without shutting down photosynthesis or unduly decreasing yield.

  • The pressure chamber gives accurate readings, but the logistics of sending technicians and tabulating data are a pain. And you only get one datapoint a week. It's not reliable.

  • Soil moisture sensors only tell you half the story. You are making critical decisions based off incomplete data.

 

The FloraPulse microtensiometer gives you direct measurements of vine water potential, every-single-day. Easily keep your vines at the desired water-stress level and tune your irrigation to get high quality grapes, consistently year-after-year. Never again guess if you irrigated too early or too late.

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Almond, Prune, Cherry, Peaches

Well irrigated trees produce more crop, but irrigate too little or too much and the problems begin. Irrigate too little, and trees become weak, yields decrease, and pathogen risk increases. Irrigate too much, and trees become susceptible to fungi and oxygen depletion at the root level.

  • Researchers recommend pressure chamber readings to determine irrigation, but you may skip this because the logistics of this instrument are painful. It's no fun going to the field, middle of the day, to take measurements during the hottest time, then tabulating and interpreting them.

  • Soil moisture sensors only tell you half the story. You are making critical decisions based off incomplete data       

​The FloraPulse microtensiometer gives you direct measurements of tree water potential, every-single-day. Easily keep your trees at the recommended water-stress level and tune your irrigation to get the highest yields, consistently year-after-year. Never again guess about your irrigation.

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Other crops

Struggling with making the correct irrigation decisions? Try FloraPulse! Our technology directly measures plant water status to give you the most accurate irrigation information. The FloraPulse microtensiometer has been validated in a number of crops and we keep adding new crops. Don't see your crop below? Contact us for a trial.

Validated in:

  • Almond

  • Grape (trunk > 1" diameter)

  • Prune

  • Cherry

  • Apple

  • Citrus

  • Olive

  • Hazelnut

  • Mango

  • Peach

  • Nectarine

  • Apricot

  • Plum

  • Pear

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Scientists

Interested in plant water relations, but you have no time for taking pressure chamber measurements, or dealing with challenging instruments that need replacing every other week?
      

The FloraPulse microtensiometer is a set-and-forget sensor of water potential. After a 20-minute installation, our system gives you continuous readings of plant water potential for a whole growing season or longer. With access to season-long, continuous water potential measurement, new research avenues become possible. Buy a few now to try them out, or write us into your next grant application.

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International customers

The FloraPulse system is available for sale anywhere in the world. Contact us for a quote!

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Distributors

Interested in carrying the FloraPulse probe and offering your customers the most accurate system for measuring water status? We have worked with crop consultants, management companies and equipment distributors. Contact us.

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