Michael Santiago

My great friend Josh Manley from CADclass and I talk shop about what it took to go from PhD to CEO and build an AgTech business. A decade of experience compressed into 40 minutes :) youtube.com/watch?v=Khk96J…

Meet FloraBuddy AI & New Research Updates - mailchi.mp/florapulse/hap…

FloraPulse President Michael Santiago appeared on the “Tip of the Iceberg” podcast to talk about how his company’s technology helps growers better understand the water stress of specialty crops, such as grapes. thepacker.com/news/packer-te…

New FloraPulse 7mm microtensiometer for small crops! - mailchi.mp/florapulse/hap…

New paper studying transpiration oscillations in olive! With microtensiometers of course. 'Measuring the Diurnal Variation of Root Conductance in Olive Trees Using Microtensiometers and Sap Flow Sensors'

"They [FloraPulse sensors] are also small, consume very little power, allow for wireless data transmission, and like sap flow sensors are fully automated once installed." (Jenkins, Block, 2024) acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc…

Thank you to Olivos Riego for the invite! It's wonderful to talk about about microtensometers all day and be out on the field in Chile!

We have begun testing in even smaller stems, including tomatoes, corn, peppers, and hemp. We will perform pressure bomb comparisons in the coming weeks. Stay Tuned! #FloraPulse #agriculture #waterstress

"FloraPulse, the first easy-to-install water sensor that provides accurate and low-cost water-sensing , is enhancing the lives of farmers and researchers who want real-time data; to make the quick, accurate decisions that will benefit their crops." (Full article)

"The sensor works similarly to other tensiometers but in reduced format within xylem tissue – it equilibrates between a sample of interest and an internal volume of liquid water. Setting it up was easy enough, taking only about 15 minutes per tree" -Ruth-Kristina Magh

@florapulse and @PressureBombEx testing new water potential sensors for pistachio and walnut!

FloraPulse in coffee! Get your buzz on with water potential. Thanks @TeresaAfonsodo1! Excited to see the data.

FloraPulse installed into pines! Thanks @Daphnauni, postdoc at U of Arizona. We're super excited to see the first real-time water potential data on pine 😀

@Bucior_ecophys @ICT_Int_AU If you like stem psychrometers, you should try microtensiometers! I'm biased ;)

We lucked out that Beng from @ICT_Int_AU happened to sit down next to us at lunch at the GRC! Had some awesome 1-1 training on how to better use our stem and leaf psychrometers on peanut plants!

FloraPulse validated in avocado, blueberry, cherry, orange, grape, hazelnut, kiwi, prune and walnut! Data talks baby! florapulse.com/post/florapuls…

How microtensiometers can help apple growers fine tune irrigation! frontiersin.org/journals/plant…

Artificial Intelligence in the Vineyard - Tremendous Data Processing Requires Tremendous Data "Building an AI model on pressure chamber readings would be extremely cumbersome. Having more frequent data points, thanks to Florapulse, offers a lot of promise" winebusiness.com/wbm/article/28…

"Over the last 10 years, Shackel noted that the FloraPulse sensor, a tensiometer, has been the best tool he’s found to mimic the measurement that the pressure chamber takes on a different scale and is becoming much more popular among tree nut growers." nationalnutgrower.com/article/tools-…

FloraPulse way up there in the forest canopy! Thanks to our awesome German collaborators :)

Had great fun installing stem water potential sensors (Florapulse) at also ~30 m height in beautiful Hainich National Park with @ruth_magh, @Christina_Hac, @BioclimGoe. Special thanks to @climbjrn for making this much easier! #canopyscience @uniGoettingen @UniJena @enrico_unigoe