Stringer Suspended Crop Health Sensing (SSCHS) permits intra-row image acquisition previously attainable by manual labor, only. Current scouting practices utilize humans to walk the field and visually assess crop health. Human scouting is expensive and often yields less than desirable results. Current remote sensing techniques are limited to a nadir (lowest point) view of the crop canopy. By the time crop stress is detected in the upper reaches of the canopy, little can be done to mitigate the problem. The SSCHS platform allows for the insertion of multiple cameras into the crop canopy for generating views of lower through upper reaches of the plant canopy. The proposed sensing strategy facilitates improved scouting effectiveness and accuracy at a reduced cost.