Starch Watch
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Call the harvest with numbers, not guesswork.

Rate every apple in the sample set, get instant averages for starch, pressure, size, brix and weight, snap a photo of the cut fruit, and pin exactly where the sample came from — online or out of signal.

Start a testSee how teams use it
1–8
Starch index, half steps
5
Metrics averaged per sample
Offline
Saves in the block, syncs later

One app, three jobs

Access is assigned per person, so everyone only sees the part of the season they work in.

Grower

Your own orchards, blocks and varieties. Readiness dashboard, trends per block, and a list of what hasn't been tested yet.

Scout

Log maturity tests across every grower you cover, each one filed against the right grower, orchard, block and variety.

Storage

Record intake maturity as fruit arrives — lot, room, bin count and the same per-apple sample set.

Built for a tablet in the row

Big targets, one thumb, gloves on. Everything below is what the screen actually looks like.

Apple 4 of 10Avg 5.4
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Pressure A14.5 lbs
Brix12.8 °Bx
Tap to rate — the pad auto-advances to the next apple.
Benton · Honeycrisp6.2
Sodus · Gala5.1
Ridge · Fuji3.4
Lake · Idared2.6
Readiness ranks every block by its latest average.
±8 m accuracy
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Averages recalculated live
Every sample keeps its photo and its GPS pin.

The scale, at a glance

  • 1No clearingFull black stain — very immature
  • 2Clearing at coreImmature
  • 3Core clearPre-harvest
  • 4Clearing outwardApproaching harvest
  • 5Half clearLong-term storage window
  • 6Mostly clearShort-term storage / fresh market
  • 7Slight stainingImmediate market
  • 8Fully clearOver-mature

Start testing this week

Create an account, add your blocks, and log the first sample set from the row.

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