Selective weed spraying specialist Rometron has introduced Weed-It Quadro Red, its latest evolution in weed elimination.
The company has taken the problematic availability of blue LEDs for its Weed-It Quadro system in the past 18 months as an opportunity to further evolve the technology. Performances in greenhouses has shown the new red LEDs have outperformed other LED colours, including blue, on consistency, efficiency and predictability.
Since mid-2021, Weed-It engineers, distributors and customers have been carrying out extensive comparative testing on the operability and performance of various types of LEDs including blue and red coloured ones. These tests show that red LEDs currently outperform their blue counterparts.
Due to these good results, Rometron has decided to use red LEDs in its Weed-It Quadro technology from November 2022 onwards.
“Through responding to market needs and conditions, we’re able to introduce the next evolution of the number one spot and precision spraying system in the world to enable our customers to eliminate more weeds with less effort and as sustainable and durable as possible,” the company’s founder and sole owner, Roel de Jonge, said. “Weed-It Quadro will remain Weed-It Quadro with the same reliability, performance and ease of use for weed elimination at plant level.”
Skyrocketing prices for farm machinery, crop protection agents and energy has led to increased attention and demand for spot praying in general and green-on-brown selective spraying in particular. By implementing green-on-brown spot spraying along with the right weed management strategy, farmers can prevent weeds from growing and emerging rather than combatting them afterwards when the crop is already growing. Green-on-brown selective spraying can help save farmers up to 90 per cent of their chemical costs.
While the colour of Weed-It LEDs is evolve from blue to red, every other part of the system remains unchanged. This means that existing users can also upgrade their machines to the latest red LEDs.
