Is rain during the harvest time causing your fruit quality to suddenly drop?
Or are you struggling with losses due to excessive heat and damage from thrips?
Both these challenges and be solved using lower cost automatic retractable roof houses.
Auto-Dry motorized rain shelters are the perfect solution when growing blueberry crops outdoors or under hail net.
The retractable Flat Roof cooling house will help solve your temperature challenges and the 6m tall stationary walls help reduce the entry of insects.
In addition, the retractable roofs can help:
Increase your yield per hectare 25%-35% due to the higher yield per plant and the increased number of plants per hectare
Advance or delay your harvest to hit the high market prices and be more valuable to your buyer
Prevent sudden reductions in shipments due to extreme and sudden rain, heat, frost, hail or wind
Reduce chemical insecticide and fungicide usage so that you can lower your cost of production and comply with stricter limits from your buyer
Use water more efficiently so you can produce more without increasing your water usage
Provide maximum flexibility for the adoption of machine spraying or harvesting
Minimize labor requirements throughout the operation and maximize labor comfort to reduce turnover
How to generate a 2-3 year ROI on blueberries in warm winter climates:
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Video resources:
Preventing Trees Damage Under 6m Tall Retractable Roof
Atlas Blueberries 50% More Tons/HA In Retractable House vs Tunnel
More blueberries, more compact plant in a retractable cooling house versus tunnels, Mexico, Feb/21
Larger fruiting stems of Atlas blueberry plants under a retractable cooling roof compared to tunnels
Reduction in blueberry yield caused by excessive transpiration under the vent opening in a tunnel
Potential strategy to change the development of blueberry plants in a retractable roof house
Excessive water stress in blueberry plants
Ready to grow smarter? Contact Cravo today to discuss a customized roof system designed to optimize your blueberry production!