Description
The goal of canopy spreaders is to expand the 3D size of the canopy to reduce tucking time and increase light efficiency. The primary benefits are:
- Significantly reduced labour for canopy management
- Spray penetration
- Increased fruit quality
- Decreased water stress
Tucking time is reduced to 1-2x a year while the increased light efficiency may allow a reduction in canopy height and may reduce the lag of phenolic maturation. Improved photosynethic efficiency (that is the percentage of leaves receiving the maximum possible sunlight) has been shown to strengthen the linkage between sugar accumulation and phenolic maturation.
We see an average ROI on this product of 2 years through reduced labour (calculated by clients), determined by your current tucking process.
These end post spreaders allow the plants near the end post to receive the same benefit of line spreaders.







