Small issues escalate quickly in greenhouse crops — and if they're not caught early, they show up on your P&L as expensive interventions, downgrades, and lost yield.
For most growers, savings from early detection come from three practical changes:
Protected Yield and margin
Catch stress, pest, or disease outbreaks early, before they require costly, widespread intervention.
Reduced crop scouting costs
Replace hours of manual crop walking and free up skilled staff to focus on decisions and intervention.
reduced downgrade losses
Contained, localised adjustments replace mass treatment, protecting grade compliance.
Early detection savings calculator
In just a few clicks, Fotenix’s free calculator estimates the operational and financial impact of delayed detection, helping you understand exactly what earlier detection would mean for your bottom line.
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The Fotenix system is currently only available for controlled environments, but we hope to extend our capabilities to field vegetables in due course.
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Your total potential annual saving from earlier detection
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Est. crop value across your site
The approximate value of crop product across your greenhouse area, based on typical UK crop values per hectare.
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Est. value at risk from yield loss (£)
An estimate of what yield loss is likely costing you, based on the yield loss % you gave us.
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Your est. annual labour efficiency opportunity
The potential value of time saved by reducing manual scouting and enabling teams to focus on intervention, not detection.
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Est. of how much you could save per intervention
The additional treatment cost that can arise when a localised issue is detected late and requires broad intervention.
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The number of months it would take you to recover the cost of a Fotenix Crop Scout
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Fotenix's delayed detection calculator is an illustrative tool only and should not be relied upon as a guarantee of financial performance. The results generated are indicative estimates based on typical crop production benchmarks and the inputs provided by the user.
Actual results may vary depending on crop variety, growing conditions, operational practices, and other site-specific factors.
still scouting manually?
There's another way
Our team works with CEA growers across the UK to identify where smart detection can reduce costs and protect yield. Get in touch to find out what automated detection could mean for your farm.