Biome Delta Enters Partnership with Quantified Sensor Technology
(Clockwise from top left) Infrared thermometer, FireFly + Poseidon, and Smart Gutter peppers. | Biome Delta
Biome Delta has announced a partnership with Quantified Sensor Technology to distribute a high-performance wireless monitoring suite for climate and fertigation systems. This partnership brings a new data-rich sensor solution to North America, enhancing grower decision-making through granular climate, root zone, and plant-level insights.
Under the agreement, Biome Delta and its channel partners will work with greenhouse growers to incorporate Quantified’s wireless sensor network into the technology stack of mid and high-tech greenhouses. A core component of this partnership is the InSight data platform and API, which is compatible with major platforms like Priva, Source.ag, Let’sGrow.com, and IIVO.
In addition to software integrations, this partnership features two key hardware layers that create a holistic sensor solution. The FireFly node gathers climate data and acts as a communication hub, connecting with external sensor offerings to provide key insights:
- The Infrared Thermometer — Captures IR temperature data to monitor evapotranspiration at the plant level, enabling growers to detect stress responses, like stomatal closure, as an indicator of unseen stressors.
- The Smart Gutter — Enables optimization of fertigation and input use by monitoring feed and drain solution temperature, electrical conductivity, volume, as well as rootzone temperature, EC, pH, and slab weight.
- The Crop Weight Monitor — A hanging scale that tracks the weight of high-wire crops like tomatoes and cucumbers, providing the data needed to harvest at optimal picking weights and maximize crop value.
“Costly resources, evolving crop needs, and prevalent risks keep growers’ targets moving. Automated metrics on plant and root vitality, climate uniformity, and input-use efficiency allow growers to quantify crop needs, conserve resources, and mitigate risks proactively,” said Eliot Merrill, Founder of Biome Delta.