To be honest: the app is still in development. We are building it ourselves, in our own team, and it is a new field for us. So it may take longer – we would rather launch it later, but properly.
Nobody knows their way around at the start. A yellow leaf, holes in the cabbage, white coating on cucumbers – and the question of what to do about it. We are preparing an app that advises a beginner grower throughout the season. Most of all when a problem shows up in the circle.
Experience a beginner doesn’t have
Growing without chemicals is built on experience. Janko Šlinský has been gathering it for more than 25 years: he knows what a disease looks like on day one and what to do so it doesn’t spread. A beginner farmer doesn’t have that experience. And it is in the first seasons that they make the most mistakes – often just because they notice a problem too late or don’t know how to react.
That’s why we want Janko’s know-how always at hand. Not in a thick book, but on your phone.
Take a photo of the leaf, get an answer
Just take a photo of the plant. Artificial intelligence recognises whether it is a disease, a pest, or simply a lack of water or nutrients. It tells you what it is, how worried you should be – and above all what to do today.
The answer won’t sound like a textbook. Short, human and with a concrete step, for example:
“Hi! I found tiny holes in the kohlrabi leaves – that’s flea beetle. Nothing serious. Cover the row with fleece and keep the soil around the plants moist, flea beetles don’t like damp. We’ll take another look in three days.”
Solutions without chemicals
All advice is based on Janko’s methodology. Instead of sprays, it recommends what works in regenerative growing: mechanical protection and nets, correct watering, support for beneficial insects, crop rotation and healthy soil that makes plants stronger.
If a problem needs an expert, the app will say so honestly and put you in touch with us.
It warns you before you see the problem
On farms with Agrokruh, the arm can also carry a camera. On every pass it photographs the plants and the app compares how they change. It catches the first signs of disease or drought stress before you would notice them with the naked eye – and alerts you while there is still time to act.
The more growers, the better the advice
Artificial intelligence learns from photos and experience. We are starting to collect the first images on our circles in Hrubý Šúr and Púchov. Every new farm adds new experience – and the advice gets more accurate for everyone.
When?
We are developing the app and testing it on our own farms. If you want to be among the first to try it, write to us.
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