Smart Greenhouse Fertigation: Efficiency and Innovation with Buystar

Agriges Ibérica: advanced fertigation for Spain’s protected horticulture

Agriges continues to extend its commitment to high-level plant nutrition beyond Italy, offering innovative solutions tailored to the technical challenges of protected agriculture. Through Agriges Ibérica, the company brings to the Spanish market a portfolio of advanced fertigation tools, designed to enhance nutrient use efficiency while promoting sustainable practices. This article focuses on the application of the Buystar Flow line in Spanish greenhouses, outlining its key benefits: improved root nutrient uptake, reduced leaching losses, and adaptability to a wide range of soil conditions. A combination of innovation and field-proven performance, aimed at meeting the demands of modern horticultural systems.

 

Smart fertigation in greenhouses: efficiency, innovation, and performance with Buystar Flow

Protected crops in Spain: growing demands, smart solutions

Protected agriculture in Spain has grown steadily in recent decades, strengthening its role as a productive engine of the fruit and vegetable sector. However, this model now faces growing challenges: overexploited soils, increasingly strict environmental regulations, and above all, the need to maximize efficiency in the use of water and fertilizers. In this context, leaching and low nutrient uptake result in significant economic and environmental losses.

In light of this, Buystar Flow emerges as an innovative and sustainable fertigation solution. This product line developed by Agriges redefines the concept of plant nutrition by integrating an advanced formulation: FloActive, and an exclusive microbial technology: BacCover, designed to optimize plant growth, strengthen root systems, and maximize yields in greenhouse-grown horticultural crops.

Greenhouse fertigation in Spain: current challenges and gaps to address

Spain leads Europe in greenhouse use, with over 70,000 hectares dedicated primarily to crops such as tomato, pepper, cucumber, and strawberry. This intensive production system requires precise input management to remain competitive. However, traditional fertilizers present limitations: low absorption efficiency, nutrient loss through leaching, incompatibility in mixtures, and difficulty adapting to different phenological stages.

Farmers demand more efficient, sustainable, and adaptable products. This is where Buystar Flow makes the difference.

The technology behind Buystar Flow

Buystar Flow is not just another flowable fertilizer. Its unique value lies in two key innovations:

• FloActive: a next-generation formulation incorporating wetting agents, surfactants, and polysaccharides. This matrix improves adhesion to soil particles, prevents rapid leaching, and enables gradual and consistent nutrient release.

• BacCover®: an exclusive Agriges technology that activates the rhizosphere, stimulates nutrient absorption, and improves soil pH balance. BacCover works directly on the edaphic environment, promoting a more active and healthier root zone.

The result is a gel fertilizer (FloActive formulation) that nourishes more intelligently, promoting greater efficiency throughout the production cycle.

Real agronomic benefits: efficient nutrition, more productive crops

Buystar Flow enhances plant nutrition thanks to its ability to maximize the agronomic efficiency of the fertigation system. The combined action of FloActive and BacCover allows for more effective nutrient uptake by roots, even in challenging soil conditions such as sandy or clay-heavy soils. This leads to more vigorous and uniform vegetative development, with plants growing more evenly from early stages, establishing a solid foundation for the rest of the cycle.

Moreover, the formulation promotes more homogeneous distribution of water and nutrients in the root zone, creating a longer-lasting functional wet bulb. This not only improves water-use efficiency but also significantly reduces physiological stress during droughts or sudden temperature changes. The end result is a more resilient crop, better able to adapt and respond to adverse conditions.

All of this directly impacts productivity, producing larger fruits with better uniformity and superior organoleptic quality, highly valued in demanding markets. In summary, the benefits include:

• Greater nutrient absorption: roots make better use of available elements, even in difficult soils.

• Balanced vegetative growth: more vigorous and uniform plant development.

• Stress reduction: better response to droughts and temperature swings.

• Water efficiency: more functional and durable wet bulb formation.

• Higher yield and harvest quality: more homogeneous fruits, with better size and organoleptic traits.

Four formulations, one adaptable nutritional strategy

Buystar Flow is available in four NPK formulations, each tailored to a specific need:

• 12-6-6: ideal for crop establishment, high in nitrogen to stimulate early vegetative growth.

• 6-10-6: promotes flowering and reproductive structure formation.

• 6-6-10: boosts fruit filling and sizing.

• 7-7-7: provides balanced nutrition throughout the cycle.

This range allows for precision nutrition, tailored to the crop's phenological stage and soil conditions.

Compatibility and flexibility: strategic allies in nutritional management

Buystar Flow integrates easily into conventional fertigation plans. Its highly viscous FloActive formulation is compatible with the most commonly used greenhouse irrigation systems. In addition, it is compatible with key products from the Agriges portfolio:

• Lieta-Veg (broad-spectrum biostimulant)

• Buystar Extra (powder fertilizer for targeted corrections)

• Nema 300 Plus (resistance inducer)

• Calcium Nitrate (critical for strengthening cell walls and preventing physiological disorders)

• Draks (beneficial microorganisms)

This synergy enables growers to build a complete, flexible, and effective nutritional plan.

Lower impact, greater respect: environmentally responsible fertigation

Buystar Flow responds to the challenge of producing more with less pollution:

• Reduced leaching: thanks to the FloActive formulation

• Respect for soil microbiota: biological, non-aggressive stimulation

• Compliance with European regulations: lower risk of over-fertilization or aquifer contamination

In a context where sustainability is no longer optional, Buystar Flow positions itself as a strategic ally.

More value per hectare: favorable cost-benefit analysis

The regular use of Buystar Flow represents a profitable investment in both the short and long term:

• Leaching losses are reduced

• Input use is optimized

• Wet bulb duration is extended

• More uniform, marketable harvests are achieved

This translates into a lower cost per kilo produced and greater economic stability for the grower.

A step forward in protected agriculture

Buystar Flow is not just a line of fertilizers — it's a complete nutritional strategy developed for protected crops seeking productivity without sacrificing sustainability. It offers technology, adaptability, and results.

The Agriges line is a cutting-edge tool for a forward-looking agriculture: more efficient, more profitable, and more environmentally aware.

 

Click here to download the Buystar Flow NPK 7-7-7 data sheet

Click here to download the Buystar Flow NPK 6-10-6 data sheet

Click here to download the Buystar Flow NPK 6-6-10 data sheet

Click here to download the Buystar Flow NPK 12-6-6 data sheet

 

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