Spikey® Solution
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Spikey® Solution is offered through a team of licensed contractors. If you are interested in being a licensed contractor please contact us. Or if you want to find a licensed contractor in your area please contact us.
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Detection and Treatment of Urine PatchesThe machine finds urine patches using the spiked disks, hence the name Spikey®. These disks are electrodes allowing a fast and accurate detection system. Spikey® is able to detect and treat these urine patches between 8 - 12 km/h depending on topography. NitroStop™ is applied to urine patches which consistently increases grass growth up to 25% and reduces nitrate leaching from 10-20% on paddock scale) -- see our NitroStop™ page for more detail.
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Target Spraying of Liquid Fertiliser (Sprays Only On Inter Urine Patches)Spikey® has taken the possibilities of fertiliser spreading to a new level with technology designed to deliver precise and accurate application of liquid fertiliser. Using the existing Spikey® algorithm, the machine is now able to target spray where the fertiliser needs to be i.e., spraying only on inter-urine patches. As a result, around 10% on average of liquid fertiliser is saved on top of the increase in grass growth and reduction of nitrate leaching, leading to an increase in nutrient use efficiency and less waste -- see our fertiliser page for more detail.
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Comparison of Spikey detection with thermal imaging and growth response from a drone. NZ government funded research under GPLER-GRA through MPI
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TOPCON display showing the operator where liquid fertiliser has been sprayed. The blank spaces are the urine patches and are treated with NitroStop™
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Testing the double nozzle system. Different nozzles are spraying depending on what the spikes detect.
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Contractor Spikey Models Are Now Available
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