I once saw a commercial that said: “forget everything you thought you knew about slip covers”. So I did. Admittedly I don’t know a lot about slip covers. I do know quite a bit about plant stress. Up until recently, our constant flow of data on soil moisture has been studied along with weekly spot measurements of leaf water potential via pressure bomb. This year we switched to FloraPulse® plant stress sensors and holy moly, having real time data on plant stress is pretty wild. First of all, how much data are we talking about? This graph compares our real time plant stress measurements with what would be weekly midday pressure bomb measurements. Look at how much data we were missing just by looking at only weekly snapshots of plant stress. There is a lot of stuff going on those other 6 days, not to mention at night. Pressure bomb measurements are hypothetical. Stars are placed where weekly measurements would be made to illustrate data missed by manual measurements.

For the 2023 season, we are launching an upgraded, automated system that monitors plant stress, soil moisture and irrigation system operation. Combining new technology with proven methods, this system uses FloraPulse microtensiometer sensors to measure continuous plant stress, Aquacheck probes to evaluate soil moisture and pressure sensors for irrigation feedback. This is all conveniently integrated in a cloud-based digital platform. We’re excited to partner with these excellent companies as well as our tried and true telemetry partners Ranch Systems, Davis Instruments, WiseConn and more. No more pressure chamber needed! FloraPulse Visit Advanced Viticulture at Unified Wine & Grape Symposium booth 2034 Advanced Viticulture provides consulting and technical services for the wine grape industry. With decades of vineyard water management expertise, we not only sell equipment, but we know how best to employ it for water savings and for the best expression of wine from a vine

Viticulturists at Advanced Viticulture have been working on methodology to automate plant stress measurements using thermal imaging cameras. The method being developed involves analyzing temperatures of the leaf-containing pixels in the image to determine a stress index and to correlate that to a known plant stress metric. While this technology is currently under development, we would like to assess your interest in this device and its application to grapevine stress measurement.  Please take just a minute to answer our 3-question survey. The survey is quick, completely anonymous, and will not trigger any sales call from us, we promise. Thank you in advance for participating! Take our survey

Viticulturists at Advanced Viticulture have been working on methodology to automate plant stress measurements using thermal imaging cameras. The method being developed involves analyzing temperatures of the leaf-containing pixels in the image to determine a stress index and to correlate that to a known plant stress metric. While this technology is currently under development, we would like to asses your interest in this device. Please take just a minute to answer our 3-question survey. The survey is completely anonymous.  Take our Survey