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Production Objectives | Smart Farms
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Skip to main content. UMD Center for Environmental Science. Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute. Decagon Devices, Inc. Hale and Hines Nursery. The primary production objective of this research is to improve the quality of cut-flower snapdragons, particularly those produced during summer. The economic test of the sensor network will be to see if we can increase the percentage of No.1 quality cuts from an average of 80% during summer to about 92%, which is the current average for the rest of the year.
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Container Nursery Production | Smart Farms
http://www.smart-farms.net/types-environments/container-nursery-production
Skip to main content. UMD Center for Environmental Science. Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute. Decagon Devices, Inc. Hale and Hines Nursery. Container-nursery operations are moderate to highly intensive systems, that primarily produce plants in small (1-gallon) to large (15-gallon) containers in soilless substrates such as pine bark. Occasionally growers produce trees in containers up to 100-gallon (387 L) in volume. Fertilizers are often incorporated or top-dressed. Slow-release fertilizers are a r...
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Commercialization | Smart Farms
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Skip to main content. UMD Center for Environmental Science. Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute. Decagon Devices, Inc. Hale and Hines Nursery. Wireless sensor technology is commercially available from a number of companies and is already being. Used by some growers of high-value horticultural crops such as turfgrass producers and vineyards. We are addressing five primary challenges, at various operational scales:. Minimize cost, optimize performance). Sensor precision and accuracy; network reliability).
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Our Approach | Smart Farms
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Skip to main content. UMD Center for Environmental Science. Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute. Decagon Devices, Inc. Hale and Hines Nursery. This research project addresses four direct needs that have been identified by the nursery and greenhouse industry.
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Stormwater Mitigation | Smart Farms
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Skip to main content. UMD Center for Environmental Science. Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute. Decagon Devices, Inc. Hale and Hines Nursery. The ability to monitor the stormwater capacity of green roof systems is probably the most important. Of sensor networks for green roofs. Green roofs are designed to capture at least a 1-inch rainfall event, but this capacity is site-specific and should be monitored to ensure the long-term effectiveness of green roofs for this purpose.
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Nutrient Management | Smart Farms
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Skip to main content. UMD Center for Environmental Science. Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute. Decagon Devices, Inc. Hale and Hines Nursery. Nutrient management in the nursery and greenhouse industries is intimately linked with irrigation and water management since soilless substrates are very porous, leach easily and do not have a large nutrient holding (cation exchange) capacity. Poor irrigation management can negate the good effects of all these practices, as over-irrigation is the primary factor in ...
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Field Nursery Production | Smart Farms
http://www.smart-farms.net/types-environments/field-nursery-production
Skip to main content. UMD Center for Environmental Science. Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute. Decagon Devices, Inc. Hale and Hines Nursery. Field nurseries are most often soil-based (as shown at right) but can be containerized in the form of pot-in-pot systems. They are typically more intensive than orchard-type production systems, because of plant density and they are often drip-irrigated, to maximize fertility control and minimize production times.
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Greenhouse Production | Smart Farms
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Skip to main content. UMD Center for Environmental Science. Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute. Decagon Devices, Inc. Hale and Hines Nursery. Rutgers University Greenhouse. Photo by A.J. Both. Http:/ aesop.rutgers.edu/ horteng. Greenhouse operations are the most intensive commercial plant production environments, typically producing between 1-3 million plants per acre each year. Plants are grown in production cycles, with many operations producing 3-4 cycles of seasonal plants each year.
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Sensor Networks | Smart Farms
http://www.smart-farms.net/industry-partners/capitol-greenroofs/sensor-networks
Skip to main content. UMD Center for Environmental Science. Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute. Decagon Devices, Inc. Hale and Hines Nursery. We plan to install a Decagon wireless sensor network in a commercial green roof installation in 2011. This wireless sensor system will monitor substrate water content, substrate temperature, and runoff from the roof.
