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Blueberries

  • Writer: Cravo News
    Cravo News
  • Dec 19, 2024
  • 2 min read


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 can 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:

  1. Increase your yield per hectare 25%-35% due to the higher yield per plant and the increased number of plants per hectare

  2. Advance or delay your harvest to hit the high market prices and be more valuable to your buyer

  3. Prevent sudden reductions in shipments due to extreme and sudden rain, heat, frost, hail or wind

  4. Reduce chemical insecticide and fungicide usage so that you can lower your cost of production and comply with stricter limits from your buyer

  5. Use water more efficiently so you can produce more without increasing your water usage

  6. Provide maximum flexibility for the adoption of machine spraying or harvesting

  7. 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:


60% more blueberries, 90% jumbo and uniform fruit ripening of Fall Creek 132 in retractable roof
60% more blueberries, 90% jumbo and uniform fruit ripening of Fall Creek 132 in retractable roof


Management and operational benefits of growing blueberries in a retractable roof house
Management and operational benefits of growing blueberries in a retractable roof house

Preventing Thrip Damage Under 6m Tall Retractable Roof
Preventing Thrip Damage Under 6m Tall Retractable Roof
Demonstration of how stationary poly roofs can delay and reduce your blueberry harvest and solutions
Demonstration of how stationary poly roofs can delay and reduce your blueberry harvest and solutions

Atlas Blueberries 50% More Tons/HA In Retractable House vs Tunnel
Atlas Blueberries 50% More Tons/HA In Retractable House vs Tunnel

More blueberries, more compact plant in a retractable cooling house versus tunnels Mexico
More blueberries, more compact plant in a retractable cooling house versus tunnels Mexico

Larger fruiting stems of Atlas blueberry plants under a retractable cooling roof compared to tunnels
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
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
Potential strategy to change the development of blueberry plants in a retractable roof house

Excessive water stress in blueberry plants
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!




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