Plant Empowerment
Plant Empowerment is a unique cultivation method to truly understand your plant. Through our global platform and community, we translate knowledge into practical insights. Helping you improve yield, quality and efficiency.
A better way of growing starts with understanding how everything in the greenhouse is connected. Plant Empowerment focuses on the natural balance between energy, water and assimilates, rather than on fixed cultivation recipes or individual solutions. Built on scientific principles and strengthened by the collective knowledge of leading greenhouse companies, the philosophy helps growers make better decisions and create more resilient and sustainable growing systems.
Proven in practice
What started as a philosophy is now applied by growers worldwide. Discover how Plant Empowerment helps improve plant health, increase yields and optimize energy use in daily practice, supported by a growing global community of growers.
The Plant Empowerment Summer School is about moving outside our comfort zones. That is how we challenge what we think we know, learn new techniques and continue improving our skills.
Jorge Duarte – Hortitool Consulting, Portugal
Hortitool Consulting
It’s always good to learn new things. The training courses give me a broader view on how to grow. It is also good to get in touch with growers around the world to discuss growing principles and not just stay in your own circle.
Addy Breugem - Thanet Earth Tomatoes
Implementing Plant Empowerment has enabled us to improve yield, fruit size and quality this year, and we’re looking forward to doubling down on these positive results next year.
Mike Cornelissen - Twin Creeks Greenhouse Inc
Just applying the principles of Plant Empowerment has made a huge impact in what we are doing right now – bigger fruit sizes, more production. It looks brighter year by year.
Ignacio Castillo - Berry Hill
As soon as I could take the greenhouse to the right FDR [Fluid/Data Ratio] that I needed, all the problems disappeared just like that. It was a turning point, because now the plant is working in balance.
João Constantino - Canna.biz
Because the plants are healthier, they grow more uniformly, which enhances the overall efficiency of our operation and frees up time for us to focus on other issues in the greenhouse.
The Plant Empowerment Summer School is about moving outside our comfort zones. That is how we challenge what we think we know, learn new techniques and continue improving our skills.
Jorge Duarte – Hortitool Consulting, Portugal
Hortitool Consulting
It’s always good to learn new things. The training courses give me a broader view on how to grow. It is also good to get in touch with growers around the world to discuss growing principles and not just stay in your own circle.
Addy Breugem - Thanet Earth Tomatoes
Implementing Plant Empowerment has enabled us to improve yield, fruit size and quality this year, and we’re looking forward to doubling down on these positive results next year.
Mike Cornelissen - Twin Creeks Greenhouse Inc
Just applying the principles of Plant Empowerment has made a huge impact in what we are doing right now – bigger fruit sizes, more production. It looks brighter year by year.
Ignacio Castillo - Berry Hill
As soon as I could take the greenhouse to the right FDR [Fluid/Data Ratio] that I needed, all the problems disappeared just like that. It was a turning point, because now the plant is working in balance.
João Constantino - Canna.biz
Because the plants are healthier, they grow more uniformly, which enhances the overall efficiency of our operation and frees up time for us to focus on other issues in the greenhouse.
By incorporating the Plant Empowerment insights into your strategy, you can manipulate the crop to perform better based on data. I wholeheartedly believe in the power of the philosophy to help Family Fresh Farms be at the top of our game.
Wade Mann - Family Fresh Farms
The purpose of this workshop was to make us aware of the importance of, and give us confidence in, the Plant Empowerment philosophy so that we could then continue learning, and applying it, outside of the classroom.
Denis Lavoie - Cytech Corbin
I thoroughly enjoyed the Plant Empowerement course and the interaction with the other participants. It was a well-organized course with good topics that make you think about the way we’re growing the crops in the greenhouse.
Tim de Kok - Windset Farms
Thanks to our crop model, which incorporates the Plant Empowerment principles, we’ve maintained a consistently high standard of quality while improving the speed and energy-efficiency of our production activities.
Robin de Zeeuw - Forever Plants
It’s a nice feeling – knowing that you are part of an international community of growers whom, together, are steering the industry in the right direction.
Carlos Mario Pinzón - Tomeco
By incorporating the Plant Empowerment insights into your strategy, you can manipulate the crop to perform better based on data. I wholeheartedly believe in the power of the philosophy to help Family Fresh Farms be at the top of our game.
Wade Mann - Family Fresh Farms
The purpose of this workshop was to make us aware of the importance of, and give us confidence in, the Plant Empowerment philosophy so that we could then continue learning, and applying it, outside of the classroom.
Denis Lavoie - Cytech Corbin
I thoroughly enjoyed the Plant Empowerement course and the interaction with the other participants. It was a well-organized course with good topics that make you think about the way we’re growing the crops in the greenhouse.
Tim de Kok - Windset Farms
Thanks to our crop model, which incorporates the Plant Empowerment principles, we’ve maintained a consistently high standard of quality while improving the speed and energy-efficiency of our production activities.
Robin de Zeeuw - Forever Plants
It’s a nice feeling – knowing that you are part of an international community of growers whom, together, are steering the industry in the right direction.
Carlos Mario Pinzón - Tomeco
The Plant Empowerment Summer School is about moving outside our comfort zones. That is how we challenge what we think we know, learn new techniques and continue improving our skills.
Jorge Duarte – Hortitool Consulting, Portugal
Hortitool Consulting
By incorporating the Plant Empowerment insights into your strategy, you can manipulate the crop to perform better based on data. I wholeheartedly believe in the power of the philosophy to help Family Fresh Farms be at the top of our game.
Wade Mann - Family Fresh Farms
It’s always good to learn new things. The training courses give me a broader view on how to grow. It is also good to get in touch with growers around the world to discuss growing principles and not just stay in your own circle.
Addy Breugem - Thanet Earth Tomatoes
The purpose of this workshop was to make us aware of the importance of, and give us confidence in, the Plant Empowerment philosophy so that we could then continue learning, and applying it, outside of the classroom.
Denis Lavoie - Cytech Corbin
Implementing Plant Empowerment has enabled us to improve yield, fruit size and quality this year, and we’re looking forward to doubling down on these positive results next year.
Mike Cornelissen - Twin Creeks Greenhouse Inc
I thoroughly enjoyed the Plant Empowerement course and the interaction with the other participants. It was a well-organized course with good topics that make you think about the way we’re growing the crops in the greenhouse.
Tim de Kok - Windset Farms
Just applying the principles of Plant Empowerment has made a huge impact in what we are doing right now – bigger fruit sizes, more production. It looks brighter year by year.
Ignacio Castillo - Berry Hill
Thanks to our crop model, which incorporates the Plant Empowerment principles, we’ve maintained a consistently high standard of quality while improving the speed and energy-efficiency of our production activities.
Robin de Zeeuw - Forever Plants
As soon as I could take the greenhouse to the right FDR [Fluid/Data Ratio] that I needed, all the problems disappeared just like that. It was a turning point, because now the plant is working in balance.
João Constantino - Canna.biz
