News 09/09/2026 Neem oil: what it does and when you can use it Neem oil works on aphids, scale insects, whitefly, thrips and spider mite, and it works in…
News 02/09/2026 Thrips: how to spot them and stop them properly You recognise thrips by the damage before you see the insect: silvering of the leaf tissue,…
News 26/08/2026 Kiwifruit: the Weeks That Decide Fruit Size, and Why Saving Water Then Is a Bad Trade During cell expansion, kiwifruit size is built with water. A deficit here is never recovered. In…
News 19/08/2026 Regulated Deficit Irrigation in the Vineyard: How Thirsty to Let the Vine Get Between Veraison and Harvest After veraison, water stress becomes an oenological instrument. But only if you can measure it daily,…
News 12/08/2026 Brown Marmorated Stink Bug: Damage, Defence, Samurai Wasp Three things work against the brown marmorated stink bug, and none of them works alone: exclusion…
News 05/08/2026 Sunburn on Apples: Why the Thermometer Tells You Less Than the Tree Does Damage starts when the skin passes 46-49 °C. Air temperature does not tell you that. The…
News 31/07/2026 Best Time to Water Crops: Read the Plant, Not the Clock Deciding the best time to water crops starts at the trunk: a stem-inserted sap-flow sensor reports…
News 22/07/2026 Plant Health Monitoring: From Spotting Symptoms to Continuous Sensing Plant health monitoring is the practice of tracking the condition of your crop over time so…
News 10/07/2026 Sap Flow Sensors: How Real-Time Measurement Reveals Plant Water Use A sap flow sensor measures how much water is moving up through a plant’s stem at…
News 29/06/2026 Wilt point: managing soil water to the limit The wilting point is one of the most critical parameters in irrigation management , yet it…
News 19/06/2026 Grapevine moth: biological cycle and integrated pest management The grapevine moth is one of the most studied and feared pests in Italian viticulture. Lobesia…
News 09/06/2026 Lemon Fertilization: A Plan for Productive Citrus Fruit Lemon fertilization isn’t a seasonal practice to be left to the calendar. It’s a structured plan…
