Water testing in greenhouse

Inner and Outer Ring

In order to be able to assess and identify the risks within your greenhouse, it’s important to know the difference between the inner and outer ring, as the inner ring can be controlled more easily than the outer ring.

Outer Ring

The outer ring refers to external factors coming into your greenhouse. It’s extremely important to implement certain measures to prevent pests, diseases, weeds, and other harmful organisms from entering your greenhouse. Visitors need to wear protective clothes, shoes, gloves and hair nets.

  • Place hand and foot disinfection stations at every entrance.
  • Prevent the accumulation of weeds and plant debris (such as rotten vegetables or fruits) around the greenhouse.
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Inner ring

The inner ring represents everything that can be controlled from within the greenhouse. There are different measures that should be taken, and they can be divided into 3 main pillars:

  • Physical measures: Maintaining a clean and disinfected greenhouse and optimising physical parameters such as humidity and light intensity.
  • Biological measures: A pathogen-free environment is essential for a qualitative crop yield. Therefore, good hygiene during cultivation is essential. Additionally, implementing beneficial insects and microorganisms can help suppress pests and pathogens, and can provide nutrients and useful molecules to the crops.
  • Chemical measures: Plants should be supplemented with all the essential macro- and micronutrients to fully exploit the potential of your crops. Biostimulants can further enhance the resilience of your plants.
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Roam Technology’s Biosecurity Essentials

A complete and comprehensive CDP-approach is essential to ensure a clean and healthy greenhouse. Roam Technology’s products can aid in different ways to make your biosecurity protocol successful.

Physical environment

Plant tables that have been used should always be cleaned and disinfected afterwards. Roam Eco Clean is perfect for thorough cleaning, while Huwa-San TR-50 (liquid) and Virba-San (powder) are ideal for disinfection. It is also advised to disinfect equipment before or after usage by dipping them into a solution containing Huwa-San TR-50 or Virba-San. At Roam Technology we can help in providing a complete and effective hygiene protocol for crop rotation.

Chemical environment

A healthy and strong plant has a natural defence against pests. Supplement your crops with all essential macro- and micronutrients to obtain the most powerful plants. To guarantee the iron supply to the roots of the plants, the use of  Ambiorix is advised. In addition, Sili-Fert P can be sprayed on plants to prevent a micronutrient deficiency.

Biological environment

Your crops will never become the best version of themselves if the water supply is dirty. Even if you clean and disinfect your greenhouse well and you supplement your plants with high-quality fertilisers, your plants will never thrive if your water system is full of pathogens and biofilm. To avoid this, Huwa-San can be continuously dosed to remove biofilm and to eradicate pathogens, which will result in healthy plants. The dosage depends on the crop, the status of the pipelines and the level of contamination and should therefore be optimised by our experts.

Closing the loop on your biosecurity means treating your greenhouse as an integrated system, where all parts work together. Having a complete understanding of the threats, both inside and outside of your greenhouse is the first step in enhancing the efficacy of your hygiene protocol. Our experts at Roam Technology can assist you in finding the best hygiene practices, tailored to your greenhouse’s needs.