Strawberry Irrigation Systems
Strawberries are shallow-rooted, high-value and unforgiving with water: they need frequent, precise irrigation and carefully managed fertigation. WiseConn helps strawberry growers deliver exactly that, automating every valve and watering from data, on top of the drip system you already run.
Why precision irrigation matters for stone fruit
Strawberry roots are shallow, so the crop has little buffer against water stress or water-logging, and it depends on frequent, light irrigations and tight fertigation, hard to do well on a fixed schedule.
Precision irrigation gives you the continuous data and automated, frequent control that a sensitive, shallow-rooted crop like strawberry needs, block by block and field by field.
Automate your strawberry irrigation with WiseConn
WiseConn brings field hardware and the DropControl platform together into a single system for managing irrigation across your whole operation. Rugged field nodes monitor and control the operation, while DropControl gives you a web dashboard and a mobile app to manage it from anywhere.
- RF-M1 monitoring node for soil and environmental monitoring across the orchard.
- RF-V1 valve controller for wireless control of latch valves, block by block.
- RF-C1 irrigation controller for local control with multiple inputs and relays.
- RF-X1 monitoring and control for multi-sensor, flexible automation.
DropControl is built on an open architecture, so you can start with monitoring on your current setup and scale to full automation at your own pace.
How it works
- Field nodes collect soil moisture, weather and system data and send it into DropControl to help make better informed decisions.
- Data flows to the cloud and is available in real time through the DropControl web platform and mobile app.
- You define irrigation rules and schedules, and the system runs them automatically, opening and closing valves block by block.
- Three roles, one platform: irrigators run day-to-day watering from the mobile app, farm managers make decisions and report from the web, and owners track water use and sustainability.
What growers gain
| Benefit | What it means for your orchard |
|---|---|
| Water savings | Irrigate from real soil and weather data, not a fixed calendar. Growers typically reduce water use by 20 to 40 percent depending on their starting point. |
| Energy savings | Pump only when the crop needs it and shift watering to lower-cost hours, cutting the energy behind every irrigation cycle. |
| Labor savings | Replace manual valve operation across dozens of fields with centralized, remote scheduling, so a small team can run the whole operation. |
| Better use of fertilizer | Strawberries depend on precise fertigation. Tight water control keeps nutrients in the shallow root zone, where the plant can use them. |
WiseConn does not claim to increase yield or fruit size, since those depend on many factors. The value is in water, energy, labor and fertilizer efficiency, plus full operational control.
Precise fertigation for a sensitive crop
Strawberries are particular about water and nutrition. WiseConn automates frequent, light irrigation and keeps fertigation exactly where the shallow roots are, with the data to confirm it. When frost or a weather event hits, you react from the app instead of driving field to field.
Built to integrate, not replace
WiseConn is designed to work with what you already have. DropControl uses an open architecture, so it connects to the soil moisture probes, weather stations and field sensors you already run, and links to satellite imagery and external platforms through an open API. If you have already invested in sensors or a specific irrigation method, you keep using it and gain a single control layer on top, instead of being locked into a closed ecosystem.
Integrated sensor brands include, among others:
• soil moisture probes: Sentek, Meter Group (Teros and PHYTOS), CropX, AquaFlex and Enviropro.
• weather stations and field monitoring: Davis Instruments and iMetOS.
Pricing and return on investment
Strawberry is a high-value crop, and an irrigation upgrade pays for itself through the water, energy, labor and fertilizer it saves. There is no single price, because every project is quoted to fit your operation: field size, number of irrigation sectors, the valves you want to control and the sensors you integrate all shape the final figure.
As a guide, projects typically start at around USD 10,000 and reach payback within one to two years. These figures are estimates for a base 40-acre (about 16 hectare) operation. The DropControl platform runs on an annual subscription per node, with a limited free version available, so you can match the investment to the size and ambition of your operation.
Trusted by growers worldwide
More than 3,000 growers use DropControl every day to manage irrigation across thousands of fields around the world, including strawberry operations in California, Florida, Mexico and beyond.
Managing irrigation across 96 fields used to take multiple people and hours each day. Now I have full control with DropControl.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Ready to bring precision irrigation to your strawberry operation? Talk to a WiseConn specialist and get a quote tailored to your operation. WiseConn solutions are delivered and installed through a certified distributor network, so you get local support from day one.
