Biodynamics introduces IBM Watson greenhouse ‘Master Grower’ app
Biodynamics greenhouse growers can now access and utilize the cognitive computing features and human interface technologies in IBM Watson’s language, vision, speech and data APIs. Watson pulls from hundreds of years of greenhouse horticulture knowledge accumulation and decades of hydroponic greenhouse operations data combined with experience in cutting-edge wireless CEA sensor-and-control technology from Biodynamics.
“Biodynamics is helping lead the development of IBM Watson for agriculture applications,” said Trisha Madden, the newly appointed CEO of Biodynamics. “Now every indoor grower can be a ‘Master Grower.’”
Madden said that indoor grow facility operators no longer require decades of grower experience to successfully run commercial-scale CEA facilities because Watson now performs many master grower tasks.
“We enable any competent professional to own and operate a business production greenhouse and successfully run it just by using IBM Watson for managing crop planting and harvesting,” stated Madden.
Biodynamics’ “Master Grower” IBM Watson app can use diverse capabilities to understand how seeds react to different nutrients and greenhouse conditions. By analyzing and correlating information about internal facility conditions, types of seeds, types of infestations in certain areas, probability of diseases, data about what has previously worked best, year-to-year outcomes, marketplace trends, prices or consumer needs, growers can make decisions to maximize return on crops investments.
With this Biodynamics tool, indoor growers without degrees or crop-specific knowledge about hydroponic horticulture and computerized grow systems can tap into advanced techniques for operating reliable indoor grow facilities that successfully produce high harvest yields, all while maintaining safety and security.
For more information:
Biodynamics Hydroponics
1109 South Water St,
Kent, OH 44240
T: 330-920-6040
www.biodynamicshydroponics.com