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Night frost in the orchard – Why Bernd Schumacher chooses WolkyTolky data
Spring is the ultimate stress test for fruit growers. While the rest of the world enjoys the first rays of sunshine, growers keep a close eye on the thermometer. A single night of frost can wipe out an entire season's work in one fell swoop. In a beautiful report by...
Zeeland fruit growers manage their orchards with data – how Wolky Tolky helps
As a fruit grower, how do you determine the right time for irrigation, frost protection, and spraying that is truly effective? Many choices in the orchard are still made based on experience and intuition. However, more and more growers want to support these decisions...
WolkyTolky Wins the Kiwanis Entrepreneur Award Peel en Maas 2025!
Kessel, October 29, 2025 – We still can't quite believe it, but it's official: WolkyTolky is the winner of the Kiwanis Entrepreneur Award Peel en Maas 2025! This is an incredible honor and a testament to the hard work, innovation, and passion that our team puts into...
Breaking News: Drain Monitoring System Now Available for Strawberry Tray Plant Propagation
Our Drain Monitoring System has been successfully installed in a propagation field for strawberry tray plants. This expands the use of our monitoring to the propagation phase: growers can now continuously monitor irrigation, drain (discharge), conductivity (EC),...
Peel en Maas Entrepreneur Award: This is WolkyTolky in 1 minute!
Especially for the Kiwanis Peel en Maas Entrepreneur Award 2025, the organization of the entrepreneur award has created a short promotional video in which we can present WolkyTolky. In this one-minute video, we briefly explain who we are, what we do, and what we stand...
End of Conference season: grappling with data
The pear harvest has begun, bringing our measurement season to a close. For four months, we used our dendrometers connected to WolkyTolky to monitor the growth of Conference pears every day. Five regions, five lines, one story: this year we saw clearly again how...
🍐 Conference harvest started: noticeable growth immediately after picking
Dendrometer data reveals an interesting phenomenon – but also raises questions The 2025 Conference harvest has begun. Pears in the Netherlands and Belgium are being picked in large numbers and are ending up in cold storage. Our dendrometer data, linked to WolkyTolky,...
Pears growing towards record size: current figures and harvest prospects
Pear growth in the Netherlands and Belgium is exceptionally strong this year. Thanks to daily, automatic measurements with WolkyTolky dendrometers, we have a clear picture of the development in five fruit regions. In this update, we share the latest figures up to and...
Measuring Smart Pear Growth: How a Twig in Hageland Underscores the Importance of Field Control
Pear cultivation is a profession of precision. Every millimeter of growth counts, especially in a season where the weather is erratic and the market demands top quality. With the WolkyTolky dendrometers, we measure the daily growth of pears in five leading fruit...
From North Holland to Haspengouw: A Close Look at Pear Growth in Week 29
Pear Growth Update Week 29: Hageland Extends Lead, Regional Differences Increase Summer is in full swing, and it shows in the pear orchards! Using our WolkyTolky systems and Ecomatik dendrometers, we measure daily pear growth in five key fruit regions: North Holland,...