Vineyard Safe: the review of Luciano Montale, winemaker in Liguria

The online discovery

Luciano found Safe vineyard surfing the net and decided to try it. The experience stemmed from the need to have more precise indications on the actual times of effectiveness of treatments.

The problem of ‘days on the label’

Often on the packaging of the products there are generic indications (eg. 15 days), but in practice the useful period may vary (10, 9 days). This discrepancy can compromise the prevention of diseases such as peronospora e oidium.

2–3 days advance: timely action

Vigneto Sicuro provides information 2–3 days in advance: Knowing that it is going to rain makes it possible to intervene quickly and maintain the effectiveness of the treatment. This timing avoids losses related to delayed interventions.

Product savings and human support

In addition to alerts, the app offers humidity and temperature data to help assess whether the disease It can actually manifest itself. On sunny days you can avoid a treatment, saving product. The service is also supported by available human contact persons, who can be contacted directly.

Recommendation

For Luciano, Vigneto Sicuro is a tool that reduces decision errors: would gladly recommend it to those looking for precision and practical support for phytosanitary management.


Full Testimony

I met Vigneto Sicuro browsing online and I said to myself: Why not? The days indicated on the packaging of the products often say 15 days, but in reality it can also be 10 or 9 days; this affects the prevention of the two main diseases of the vine, downy mildew and oidium.

Vigneto Sicuro helped me because it gives me information 2–3 days in advance: I know exactly when an event is coming (rain) and so I can intervene quickly. When it rains, the treatment must be done quickly, and the app provides the right indications in good time; otherwise there is a risk of losing the period of effectiveness and the harvest.

Another positive aspect is being able to always interact with the reference person who entered my data: I can call you whenever I want and they're always nice. With Vigneto Sicuro some have saved product because, on sunny days, the disease does not manifest itself and you can skip a treatment. The app also provides moisture, temperature and many other useful data that help with decisions.

I would gladly recommend it: It is a tool that helps you not to go wrong.

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FAQ

Of course. Safe Vineyard is a decision support system. It doesn't replace your experience, but it can support you in difficult decisions which you have to take in the vineyard.

We have access to one large network of agro-meteo sensors throughout the national territory and we have developed a mathematical method that allows us to be able to understand what are the microclimatic conditions in different points of the territory

We give you access to very punctual microclimate data which are characteristic of your plot. Instead of buying a weather station for each of your plots thanks to Vigneto Sicuro you will have the same information as a weather station without needing to buy it. A nice saving! 

We always provide microclimatic data related to your plot so that you can use them in the most constructive way.

Our information is much more timely and can help your agronomist advise you better on when to actually carry out treatments in the vineyard

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