Root & Tuber
Root & Tuber
Recommended Growing Cycle Scouting
Root and tuber crops such as potatoes and sugar beet are high-value, high-input crops where early intervention and precision management are critical to protecting yield and quality. FarmingByDrone gives you the visibility and control needed to manage these crops more effectively.
Using high-resolution and multispectral imaging, we identify emergence variability, gaps, soil compaction issues, and early signs of stress across your fields. In potatoes, we can detect conditions linked to blight risk before it becomes visible, enabling faster, more informed decisions. Variability in crop development is clearly mapped, helping you target inputs where they will deliver the greatest return.
Precision Drone Spraying for Root Crops
When treatment is required, our drone spraying service allows for precise application of fungicides, nutrients, or other inputs directly to affected areas. This targeted approach reduces chemical use, lowers costs, and ensures rapid response—particularly important in fast-moving diseases like blight.
Drones also eliminate the need for heavy machinery passes, reducing soil compaction and preventing crop damage, while allowing access to fields in wet or difficult conditions.
The result is a more responsive, efficient approach to root crop management, helping you protect yield, optimise inputs, and maximise crop value.
Potato's
Recommended Growing Cycle Scouting times
- BBCH 00-20 Waterlogging Detection
- BBCH 00-20 Weed Detection
- BBCH 16-69 Stand Count
- BBCH 20-69Plant Stress
- BBCH 25-59 Plant Vigour
- BBCH 25-59 Canopy Cover
Sugarbeet
Recommended Growing Cycle Scouting times
- BBCH 00-15 Waterlogging Detection
- BBCH 00-30 Weed Detection
- BBCH 15-39 Stand Count
- BBCH 15-39 Plant Stress
- BBCH 31-39 Plant Vigour
- BBCH 32-39 Canopy Cover