Greenhouses and horticulture techniques are an optimal application for the precision of the Apical methods. Apical’s Integrated Soil-Water-Leaf (Sap) Analysis is the ideal analysis toolkit to help the greenhouse grower identify and eliminate stubborn problems in their operation.
Feeding solution QA, medial leaching & monitoring, and improved root health are just a few of the problems we’ve helped growers solve.
We help growers safely implement ecological practices that can provide proactive benefits to the plant and soil. By focusing on long term health, the customer’s results improve over time. The integrated recommendation with data makes it easy to track before and after application data, allowing the grower to draw their own conclusions about crop input efficacy.
Apical’s sample processing typically takes place on the next business day after we receive the samples. This leads to a 24–48-hour average turnaround time for the grower from the time we receive the sample.
It can be helpful for us to receive samples Monday through Thursday we typically do not process samples on Saturday or Sunday.
Performing comparison sampling in your plant propagation environment helps growers pinpoint and manage inputs. Leaching can be learned by examining soil nutrient gradients and following the Soil Solution Analysis Guide. Fertilizer application amounts required can be adjusted using leaf analysis, comparison sampling, and much more. We have found that by closely scrutinizing horticulture operations with our methods, new opportunities for plant management appear.
Every customer’s homepage display’s each test that has been done with Apical in an easy-to-access format.
The data can be compared to other reports for effective decision-making and to draw conclusions from simple experiments.
Our consulting options allow each grower to utilize only the parts of Apical that they need.
Every recommendation is based on data generated for the crop at that period in time and starts with opportunities to reduce plant toxins.
Many of our customers work with professional agronomists or crop advisors to get the most value and actionable intelligence from each report. An agronomist will review your report and make recommendations based on the data and element ratios in each report and be able to explain what the report means in clear terms.
If your agronomist isn’t familiar with sap analysis or our system, they can quickly get up to speed by learning from our Resources page.
Apical makes crop input ordering easy and efficient, saving valuable hours during the season. Our knowledgeable staff has consulted with hundreds of growers on a variety of use cases for each crop input and can help you best apply inputs to improve plant health. Each of the products we carry has been validated for efficacy and is recommended only if the data indicates they are needed.
Apical’s innovative Crop Science team manages a full-service leaf, soil, and water laboratory with integrated agronomy and organic product support. Sign up for our newsletter and stay in the loop with the latest tech and useful information.
