Potato
Maximise your yield & cut your operating costs with Sky Terra
Potatoes are unforgiving when it comes to timing, canopy coverage, and disease control—and that’s where Sky Terra makes a real difference. We understand how fast a potato crop can move, and how important it is to stay ahead of blight, pests, and nutrient issues before they cost you yield.
Our drones put product exactly where it needs to go, right across dense potato canopies, with consistent droplet coverage that ground rigs often struggle to achieve. No compaction, no damaged rows, and no delays after rain meaning you stay on schedule even when the paddock is too wet for machinery.
We handle fungicides, insect work, nutrition, and late-season passes with accuracy and repeatability. Every application is GPS-guided, ensuring even coverage from headland to headland.
On top of spraying, we run multispectral crop monitoring to pick up early signs of disease stress, irrigation problems, nutrient deficiencies, and patchy growth—giving you a clear picture before issues become visible above the crop.
It’s a clean, low-impact way to stay ahead of pressure, keep your timings tight, and protect yield throughout the season.
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Field Prep to Harvest
Potato Growth Stages & Spray Passes (Simple Guide)
(Approx. 5–12 spray applications per season depending on blight pressure, pests, nutrition, and seasonal conditions)
- Field Preparation
– Soil deep-worked, beds formed, and weeds controlled.
– Knockdown or pre-plant herbicides applied here (Pass 1).
- Planting
– Seed potatoes placed into prepared beds with good moisture.
– In-furrow insecticides or starter nutrition sometimes applied.
- Emergence
– Shoots break through the soil; canopy begins forming.
– Early insect spray if pressure appears (Pass 2 – optional).
– Starter foliar nutrition if required.
- Vegetative Growth (Canopy Build)
– Rapid leaf development; plant builds energy reserves.
– Early fungicide to prevent first signs of blight (Pass 3 – common).
– Foliar nutrition to strengthen canopy.
- Tuber Initiation
– Underground stolons begin forming tubers.
– Key fungicide protection (Pass 4).
– Insect control if pests threaten early tubers (Pass 5 – optional).
- Tuber Bulking
– Tubers grow rapidly; high nutrient and moisture demand.
– Fungicide program typically intensifies here (Passes 6–9 depending on pressure).
– Foliar nutrition for size, skin finish, and uniformity.
– Targeted insect work if required.
- Maturation
– Canopy starts to yellow and die back naturally.
– Late fungicide only if blight risk remains (Pass 10 – optional).
– No nutrition passes at this stage.
- Desiccation (If Used)
– Vines dried down for even harvest timing.
– Chemical vine-kill/desiccation spray (Pass 11 – optional).
- Harvest
– Tubers lifted once skins set and vines are fully dead.
– No spray passes at this stage.
Typical Total Spray Count:
5–12 applications per season
(low blight years: 5–7 | high-pressure or wet years: 8–12)
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