The world ’s first publicly accessible data - driven nursery lately open up up at Tomatoworld in the Dutch townsfolk of Honselersdijk . In billet with the type of greenhouse in motion , their kicking - off was done online with the push of a button .
In a pre - recorded TV , the word was make to Tomatoworld manager Miranda van der Ende and mayor Bouke Arends of the Dutch Westland . After this introduction , a miscellanea of better half involved in the project dedicate their talks live .
Peter Hendriks , presenter Rob Veenman and Adri Bom - Lemstra kicked off the first unit of ammunition of speakers .
in public accessibleRight before the opening ceremony , Arends made a short and knock-down oral communication about the hereafter of glasshouse horticulture . With the young and forward-looking greenhouse , the world ca n’t ignore Westland , according to Arends . “ We show them that we did not just baby-sit still . ”
What is unique about the greenhouse fill with tomato is that it is publicly approachable , which , especially with tomato nursery due to computer virus pressing , is not coarse these days . By ready the nursery approachable to the public , it is signify that as many ( inter)national growers as possible are taken along to experience the development appendage by showing them the showcase glasshouse .
As refer by Peter Hendriks of Hoogendoorn Growth Management and Ab van Marrewijk cultivation manager in Tomatoworld , those developments went quickly , among others . Ab verbalize about how a lot has changed in the ten years he did not call in the nursery that often . For illustration , there are many sensors these days , specially in Tomatoworld , where they stand for to quiz the latest innovations to utilize in practice eventually .
Tomatoworld has been around for 12.5 years . What once started to put the Lycopersicon esculentum in the public eye turned into the time to come of the entire horticultural sphere .
One cohesive wholeBut what do you see when you enter the glasshouse ? " Firstly , beautiful crops that are nicely balanced ” , says Peter . “ That is what it is all about . ”
Secondly , good deal of technology , among which many sensors . The compounding of the process estimator IIVO of Hoogendoorn , the LetsGrow.com scheme , and dozens of camera and detector of innovative company made it possible for Tomatoworld to start out and implement data point - drive cultivation . “ You really take a step into the future ” , says Peter . But what is the most modern part of the glasshouse ? “ The fact that everything comes together to make one cohesive whole . ”
A reoccurring interrogation regarding information - ride or autonomous finish is whether or not the agriculturist as we know them today would still be needed ten or twenty years from now . The same interrogation arose during the presentation . Adri Bom - Lemstra , chairman of Glastuinbouw Nederland , had no doubtfulness about it . “ The grower will stay the manager of the glasshouse . mass are originative , and creativity will always be important to innovate . ”
Without the defenseless eyeOther questions that come up were about what size a nursery has to be for information - force back cultivation and whether all those detector are really demand ? For both questions , the answers were encouraging to the growers .
minuscule greenhouses can also start data point - drive cultivations , which can already have a great impact . For example , to get an sixth sense into the temperature in the nursery through data point and how to deal with the differences in temperature while save the best involvement of the plants in intellect . And the sensors ? With just a few sensors , the growers , who are already using more and more sensors , can already acquire a lot of useful information . With a PAR - sensor and plant temperature sensors , the cultivator is already well on its way , and thing will come to light up that ca n’t be see with the bare center .
Keep up to dateNow that the glasshouse has open , it is potential to be kept up to date the developments either by arrive by in person or from a distance . In part , this is because the partners , among which are , besides the antecedently mentioned partners , Greenport West - Holland , Hagelunie , Gearbox Innovations , Cultilene Saint Gobain , and Hortikey , will be communicate about the development . But development can also be followed throughDutch Horti Platform . The platform is being developed to portion out cognition and info border the showcase greenhouse , pronounce Miranda of Tomatoworld . you’re able to also re - watch the transcription of the recent event on the platform .
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