Crop protection

CleanLight Horticulture

UV crop protection

Crop protection

One of the challenges in horticulture is the control of diseases like mildew and botrytis on the crops.

1. Resistance development
2. Unwanted growth delayments
3. Residues
4. Emissions
5. Re-entry
6. Damage to the beneficial insects

And so on.

“By fighting mildew etc. with CleanLight instead of chemicals, our crops perform better. In our greenhouse, but also at our customers outdoor”

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A lot of gardeners have implemented CleanLight as part of their disease control in the last couple of years due to the reasons mentioned above. By means of a lightly daily treatment, a lot of diseases on the crops will be killed before they become visible, before they will make spores, and before they will damage the crops. So in this way, it is a curative method. Gardeners kill the baby mold before it becomes a threat, just like the sun does with frequently but low dosages of UV.

One of our specialists will adjust the dosage so the reflection from the ground and the lower hanging plant leaves will be enough to also keep the underside of the plant leaves clean.

Horticulture crops where gardeners successfully applied CleanLight are e.g.: cut rose, tomato, cucumber, pepper, gerbera, table grape, strawberry, pot rose, cabbage, begonia, etc. Sometimes as a substitute for chemicals. Sometimes as a complete replacement.

Some advantages:

1. Dry method
2. No build up for resistance
3. No re-entry criteria
4. Safe for the beneficial insects

The images and videos show equipment that is being applied against mold diseases like mildew & botrytis, as well as bacterial diseases like Xanthomonas & Erwinia.

Crop protection in practice