Blueberry Nutrition Unlocked with DRIS (Part 2)
Blueberry Nutrition Unlocked: What a Full Season of DRIS Monitoring Revealed In Part 1, we explored how DRIS monitoring uncovered the hidden nutritional challenges inside substrate blueberry systems: from aeration problems to macro-element pressure and variety-specific nutrient behaviour. In Part 2, we shift to what happened next: how the plants handled the high-demand bulking stage, what […]
Blueberry Nutrition Unlocked with DRIS (Part 1)
Blueberry Nutrition Unlocked: What a Full Season of DRIS Monitoring Revealed For growers supplying the export blueberry market, success isn’t just about hitting yield targets. Profitability depends on how much of that fruit meets export specifications—size, firmness, internal quality, and shelf life. This past season, a large commercial operation working across several varieties in substrate […]
Avocado Production: Nutrient Balance for Export Success (Part 2)
Welcome to Part 2 of our DRIS avocado production series. In Part 1, we explored the challenges behind inconsistent yields, the value of nutrient ratio analysis, and the importance of managing soil and sap data ahead of flowering and fruit set. In this follow-up, we continue with Phase 3, focusing on fruit development, nutritional translocation, […]
Avocado Production: Nutrient Balance for Export Success (Part 1)
Avocado growers know how unpredictable each season can be. One year, trees produce a heavy crop of small fruit; the next, poor flowering leaves volumes too low to meet export contracts. Add grey pulp, uneven fruit quality, and the ever-present risk of Phytophthora root rot, and maintaining profitable production becomes an ongoing struggle. In many […]
Soil Health in South Africa: Smarter Farming with DRIS (Part 1)
Why Soil Health Matters More Than Ever For South African farmers, no two fields are alike. A sandy plot in the Western Cape behaves very differently from clay-heavy soil in KwaZulu-Natal. Add in rising fertiliser costs and limited water resources, and it becomes clear: farmers can no longer afford guesswork. That’s why soil health is […]