Join our full-year program ‘Follow a crop cycle’

As a grower, you’re doing the optimum best year-round to create the best circumstances for your plants. This means choosing the right substrate, creating the optimum climate, giving them the right amount of water, adding the necessary amount of minerals, preventing pests and diseases and collecting and analyzing data of the climate and crop. At the same time growers are also busy with labor, energy, the equipment, selling their products, alarms and all other things that are constantly going on. In other words, growers have constantly a lot “on their mind”.

Within Plant Empowerment we have a lot of knowledge. First of all we have the green book with the basic principles of Plant Empowerment. Secondly we have the additional knowledge and experience from all Plant Empowerment experts of our partners and members. Together we cover all ‘growing’ topics you are dealing with in practice. But how do you implement all this integrated knowledge in practice? To help you as a grower with this, Plant Empowerment is launching a full-year program “Follow a Crop Cycle” in Spring 2024. When you’re ready to start the new cropcycle, you know: you’re going on a learning journey with us.

How do you make sure the plants are constantly happy? That’s what you’re going to learn in our new course. At the end the goal of Plant Empowerment is to support growers to grow healthy and sustainable crops.

What’s in it for you?

This year-long program is designed to empower you with practical insights into implementing Plant Empowerment principles. The goal is simple yet profound: to support you in growing healthy and sustainable crops. We’re not just offering a program; we’re building a community where growers from all over the world are coming together to share experiences, challenges, and triumphs. The program is built upon different  themes in which we’ll discuss different crop cycles with all challenges and possibilities. Let’s give you an introduction:

• Light and irrigation – high wire crops (tomato, pepper and cucumber)
  What is the optimum irrigation and light input strategy at different seasons? What can we do if there is too much light and what is the influence of the crop stage on irrigation and optimal light levels? And finally, how are the properties of substrates influencing the irrigation strategy? In this theme you’ll get the answers. We are going to follow multiple high wire crops, especially tomato, pepper and cucumber.
• Plant Health- potting plants
  Delve into the intricate world of growth factors impacting plant health. And let’s be honest, almost all growth factors are having an effect on plant health. While focusing on potting plants, our tips and tricks are universally applicable across various crops. This means we will talk about substrate properties, microbial inoculants, biostimulants, impact of (an)organic fertilizers and plant activity. And although the subject is still under construction, we will even talk about some options to measure plant health. Because we have some knowledge and experience with this.
• Data-driven growing – lettuce
  Can we grow a crop without data? And how do you make a good crop plan and transfer the plan into numbers? Explore the important role of data in crop cycles. Let lettuce guide you through the lessons applicable to numerous crops. During the year we will constantly compare actual data with the plan. Finally we will discuss multiple sensors that can be used to collect good and reliable numbers. Since the crop cycle of lettuce is short, a lot of lessons are already learned here and this makes lettuce the perfect example crop.
• Climate and plant activity – strawberry
  Climate and plant activity are always connected. But recent studies have taught us that optimal climate, supporting optimal photosynthesis, doesn’t always mean maximum activity. What is the optimum climate for a plant? What is the optimum amount of activity to support maximum production. And how to realize this optimum plant activity? A lot of questions are discussed throughout the year with strawberries as an example crop. And since strawberries are the example crop here, we will also make the link between active climate above the ground and water management in an organic substrate below the ground.
• Pollination – tomato & strawberry
  With our buzzing friends in the main role you’ll understand the critical role of pollination across crops. Delve into the impact of greenhouse conditions on bumblebee performance. We’ll explore humidity, light levels and spectra and temperature to optimize their work environment. And as you would probably expect, tomato and strawberry are our focus crops in this theme. Let’s get this buzzy year started.

What’s the year program about?
How beautiful is it if we can create an open world where you can exchange all your ideas and challenges with like-minded growers worldwide, during your cropcycle? With our groundbreaking year program ‘Follow a Crop Cycle’, launching in Spring 2024, you’ll learn everything about your cropcycle in a sustainable and profitable way.

This year-long program Follow a cropcycle is designed to empower you with practical insights into implementing Plant Empowerment principles. The goal is simple yet profound: to support you in growing healthy and sustainable crops. We’re not just offering a full year of knowledge; we’re building an online community with growers worldwide to share experiences, challenges and triumphs. Your participation will make these moments a dynamic exchange of knowledge and experiences.At the end of the course you’ll know what you need for your next cropcycle and so on.

The program highlights

• Practical insights into implementing Plant Empowerment principles
• Year-long program with six online courses about different themes covering challenges and possibilities throughout a crop cycle:
  • Light and irrigation for high wire crops (tomato, pepper & cucumber)
  • Plant health focusing on potting plants
  • Data-driven growing with lettuce as an example
  • Climate and plant activity using strawberry as an example
  • Pollination with a focus on tomato and strawberry
• Weekly tips to optimize your crop this season
• Dynamic exchange of knowledge and experiences in an online community platform
• Guidance through the year by Plant Empowerment experts

Are you seeking to enrich your horticultural journey on an ongoing basis? Gain unlimited access to the year program and all available Plant Empowerment courses, e-books, and resources for just €29.95 during the first month, and €49.95 per month thereafter. For those prepared to embrace a year of continuous growth, we offer the Full Year Membership option through a one-time payment of €499,-

Do you want to focus on the Follow a Cropcycle year program only? Choose for the one-payment option of €249,-

Buy our year program here: https://ap.lc/XqhKM

A full year of content sharing
In the content sharing you’ll get tips and tricks about all themes in different crop cycles. From the moment the seed is planted till the moment the plant dies; we’ll follow all stages. The experts will share their advice in blogs, short videos, podcasts and interviews in the knowledge platform and community. And after all, it’s good to know that your knowledge and experience is important for us. Based on your questions and remarks, we will even discuss other topics and crops if necessary. The main goal is to put the Plant Empowerment principles and all additional knowledge into practice in direct contact with you as a grower. We’re not just offering a full year of knowledge; we’re building an online community with growers worldwide to share experiences, challenges and triumphs. Your participation will make these moments a dynamic exchange of knowledge and experiences.

The Follow a Cropcycle community
In the online community area you can chat and start discussions with our Plant Empowerment experts or fellow growers all over the world. As a grower you can talk with us all day long. To make it easier for you to be in the right place in our community you can choose in which theme you want to ask a question or share an insight. How wonderful is it that you can help each other along the way and that you’ll never feel alone again?

Mark your calendar for our online lessons
During the year, each theme will host online lessons focusing on specific topics or connecting multiple themes. Your input shapes these sessions, so let us know what you want to learn by letting us know in our ‘Follow a Cropcycle community’ area. In the online lessons we’ll zoom into a special topic and discuss this in a wider view. It’s possible we even connect two themes together. Again, you as a grower are in the lead here.

Join us on this transformative journey together. See us as your guide that pulls you through the season.