Citrus trees
Citrus trees, such as orange, lemon, and mandarin trees, require efficient water management, fertilization, and input control to maximize productivity and quality. With VEGGA, manage your plots digitally, optimize irrigation and fertigation, and make quick decisions based on reliable data.
Featured Crops
Naranjo
Lemon tree
Mandarin
Major Challenges Facing Citrus Trees
Optimize water use
to improve fruit productivity and quality.
Manage Fertilizers Effectively
controling fertilizer application based on the fruit’s stage of development.
Control of agricultural inputs
used on the farm.
Preparing for Adverse Climatical Conditions
that may affect the development, size, and quality of citrus fruits.
How VEGGA Helps Citrus Trees
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Irrigation Control
Manage and monitor the data from your Agrónic controllers from anywhere. Save time and water, resolve incidences, and ensure your crops get exactly what they need.
– Manages fertigation precisely by programming and monitoring the irrigation system.
– Access irrigation reports and historical data, including audits, to validate decisions and improve water use efficiency.
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Agroclimatic monitoring
Get real-time climate, crop, and soil data from sensors and agroclimatic indices, and make more informed decisions for your farm.
– Understand how water and nutrients behave in the soil to plan irrigation and optimize fertigation.
– Monitors weather conditions in real time to make decisions about irrigation, treatments, and fertilization.
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Assisted irrigation
Precision-adjust and automate the irrigation of your crops using smart algorithms based on historical data, sensor readings, and weather forecasts—all without the need for daily monitoring.
– Predict the water needs of your citrus crop to improve yields and fruit size.
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Irrigation Manager
Program and control your farms in a centralized and aggregated manner. Manage water and fertilizer orders while optimizing irrigation based on energy rates and your fertigation plan.
– Optimizes the use of water and fertilizers, manages fertilizer orders, and allows for the bulk scheduling of irrigation units to improve efficiency.
Benefits of managing citrus orchards with VEGGA
Fruit yield and size
Efficient water and fertilization management improves fruit size, uniformity, firmness, and freshness, thereby increasing overall crop productivity.
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Organoleptic quality and ripeness
Irrigation tailored to each stage of development affects sugar content, acidity, the sugar-to-acidity ratio, and juice content—parameters that are essential to the quality and flavor of citrus fruits.
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Intraplot uniformity and harvest planning
VEGGA promotes uniform ripening across the field, making it easier to determine the optimal harvest time and reducing losses due to uneven ripening.
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Stress and Climate Control
It allows for the adjustment of irrigation and fertilization based on the phenological stage and weather conditions, minimizing weather-related risks that could affect quality or yield.
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Integrated water and nutrient management
Soil sensors help us understand how water and nutrients behave within the soil profile, balance water supply with irrigation pulses, and optimize the movement and utilization of fertilizers.
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Operating Profitability
Controlling key parameters related to fruit quality and development improves crop efficiency and increases the market value of the produce.
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Recommended hardware
Soil water potential sensor
A matric potential sensor that allows for the assessment of actual water availability to the plant and the detection of water stress in crops. At VEGGA, this data helps optimize irrigation programming and complements soil moisture information for more precise water management.
Irrigation meter
An irrigation meter that monitors the volume of water applied and enables users to control water consumption, analyze irrigation pulses, and detect hydraulic anomalies. At VEGGA, this data is integrated with soil and climate sensors to optimize irrigation efficiency and decision-making.
Soil Moisture and EC Sensor
A soil moisture, EC, and temperature sensor that enables integrated monitoring of the water, salinity, and thermal conditions of the root zone. At VEGGA, this data helps optimize irrigation and fertigation, detect risks of salinization, and improve the efficiency of water and fertilizer use.
Pressure transducer
A pressure sensor that monitors water pressure in the irrigation system to ensure correct operation and uniform distribution on the VEGGA platform, detecting anomalies such as leaks, blockages, or drops in pressure, and ensuring the effectiveness of irrigation and frost protection systems.
