Tropical and subtropical fruit trees
Tropical and subtropical fruit trees, such as avocado, mango, and pomegranate, require efficient water management, fertilization, and input control to maximize productivity and fruit quality. With VEGGA, manage your farms digitally, optimize irrigation and fertigation, and make quick decisions based on reliable data.
Featured Crops
Avocado
Mango
Granado
Higuera
Persimmon
Medlar
Kiwi
Key Challenges Facing Tropical and Subtropical Fruit Trees
Optimize water use
to improve fruit productivity and quality.
Manage Fertilizers Effectively
controling fertilizer application based on the crop’s phenological stage.
Control of agricultural inputs
used on the farm.
Preparing for Adverse Climatical Conditions
that could affect fruit development and quality, such as frost or water stress.
How VEGGA Helps Tropical and Subtropical Fruit 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 based on sensor readings 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 requirements of your tropical crop to improve yield stability and ensure uniform ripening.
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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 tropical and subtropical fruit trees with VEGGA
Yield and fruit size
Optimal irrigation and fertilization management improves fruit size, weight (dry matter), shape, firmness, color, and sugar content, thereby increasing productivity and market quality.
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Nutritional quality of the fruit
Adjusting irrigation and nutrients according to the phenological stage optimizes parameters such as fat, protein, fiber, mineral, and antioxidant content—all of which are highly valued in tropical and specialty fruits.
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Intraplot uniformity and improved postharvest quality
VEGGA promotes uniform ripening in the field, allowing growers to plan the optimal harvest time and improving postharvest quality by preventing fruits from reaching different stages of ripeness.
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Stress and Climate Control
It allows for the early detection of frost risks during flowering and fruit set, enabling the activation of anti-frost systems when necessary. In crops grown under shade nets or in greenhouses (such as avocados or kiwifruit), control of the DPV helps determine when to activate micro-sprinklers to prevent water stress in the leaves.
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Integrated water and nutrient management
Using soil sensors, VEGGA helps you understand how water and nutrients behave within the soil profile, balance irrigation rates with irrigation pulses, and optimize fertilizer movement and availability. It also facilitates the management of irrigation windows, drainage, mixing of waters, and micro-sprinkling in protected systems.
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Operating Profitability
Controlling the key parameters that influence yield and quality helps achieve an optimal crop balance, thereby increasing the efficiency and profitability of tropical and specialty fruit trees.
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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.
