Revolutionizing NFT Lettuce Cultivation For The Start Up
Project Information
- Customer: NFT Smart Farming Start Up
- Facility: net greenhouse, 10,000 sqf
- Method of cultivation: NFT
- Type of crop: 50,000 lettuce heads/month
The Customer's Challenge
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Fragmented systems causing data blindness
Drifting pH and EC threatening crop safety
High manual overhead draining OpEx
Barriers to performance in climate logic
GrowDirector’s Solution & Result
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Solution
Centralized control of all capital assets
Precision dosing unit for water stability
Smart relay modules unifying high-voltage pumps
3rd party equipment integration (Design Freedom)
Result
50% reduction in operational expenditure
Secured commercial yield uniformity
Maximized margins via zero-downtime logic
Equipment used in the case
Modernizing Assets Without Pausing Production
Pausing a high-velocity NFT system to install upgrades is a financial risk no commercial grower should accept. We designed our installation process to eliminate the “downtime tax” common with legacy systems. The footage demonstrates how we deploy the automation platform in mere hours, utilizing wireless connectivity to avoid trenching or complex rewiring.
This approach allows the facility to modernize its control logic while key biological processes continue uninterrupted, ensuring the revenue stream remains secure. We deliver the upgrade without ever forcing the operator to stop the pumps.
In commercial NFT projects, even minor fluctuations in water chemistry create a barrier to performance that threatens the entire harvest revenue.
Eliminating the Financial Risk of Climate Conditions Instability