Blue Radix Crop Controller

Blue Radix is a Dutch specialist in autonomous climate and irrigation control for greenhouses. It addresses rising costs and the shortage of experienced crop experts by acting as a digital brain that takes over most daily greenhouse decisions, and reports operations in 18 countries.

Crop Controller uses algorithms that follow the grower's crop strategy and steer the existing climate computer every five minutes, forecasting up to 72 hours ahead. It has four modules: autonomous climate control (lighting, temperature, humidity, heating, ventilation and screen setpoints), autonomous irrigation control (water uptake, drain, EC and drying via substrate weighing scales), strategy optimisation with production forecasts, and personal support. It is available for tomato, cucumber, bell pepper, eggplant and strawberry. The data platform is built on Microsoft Azure.

• Autonomous climate control: lighting plans, temperature with RTR, humidity and setpoints for heating, vents and screens.
• Autonomous irrigation control: timing, shot size and radiation sum based on uptake, drain and EC.
• Substrate weighing: monitors water uptake and drying through weighing scales.
• Strategy optimisation: crop planning, plant energy balance and production forecasts.
• 72-hour forecasting: anticipates weather and adjusts decisions at five-minute intervals.
• Personal support: bi-weekly calls, crop quality reports, 24/7 chat and a knowledge hub.

• Large tomato and bell pepper greenhouses in Vietnam automating daily climate and irrigation decisions.
• Agribusiness groups running multiple greenhouse sites with a small team of head growers.
• Strawberry growers in Lam Dong reducing humidity peaks and disease risk through autonomous control.

• Lowers resource costs by up to 15% while supporting higher yields, according to the company.
• Cuts manual climate computer work by up to 80% and lets one grower manage up to four times more hectares.
• A grower in Mexico reports 5% more kilos per square metre with Crop Controller.
• Secures crop knowledge and reduces dependence on scarce crop experts.

Greenhouse vegetable production in Asia is scaling quickly while experienced growers remain scarce, making AI that autonomously steers climate and irrigation attractive for large operations. Blue Radix is now building sales in China, Japan and South Korea, and similar demand is emerging in Vietnam's high-tech greenhouse clusters.

Dutch company led by co-founders Rudolf de Vetten and Laurens van der Spek, operating in 18 countries. Shareholder Navus, a CEA-focused investor, reinvested in August 2026. Its data platform was developed with Microsoft Azure. A Head of Sales Asia was appointed in 2026 to cover China, Japan and South Korea.