Greenhouse Grower - The Future of Floriculture
3 days ago · Greenhouse Grower Top 100 Growers in the ornamentals market shows that many of today's largest ornamentals operations continue to expand, with optimism for the future and cautious over labor costs and the changing economy. A community for greenhouse growers, suppliers, and industry professionals to collaborate on strategies and solutions ...
How to Create the Ideal Ventilation System for Your Greenhouse
Aug 9, 2019 · A greenhouse is going to need wind speeds of somewhere between two and three miles per hour to provide the required ventilation. There are many days a year that won’t hit this mark. To combat this, operations will need a well-designed, active cooling system. Active cooling requires mechanical tools, like fans and evaporative coolers, to ...
Greenhouse Grower’s 2024 Top 100 Growers: The Complete List
May 14, 2024 · But the market is also facing headwinds, some of them internal and some dictated by external market forces. As a result, this year’s Top 100 Growers list is missing a few names: Dan Schantz Greenhouses in Pennsylvania, White’s Nursery and Greenhouses in Virginia, Panzer Nursery in Oregon, and Skagit Horticulture in Washington. You can learn more about Skagit’s circumstances on page 8.
How to Choose the Right Water Management System for Your …
Apr 8, 2022 · An automated greenhouse watering system helps reduce labor requirements, allowing for uniform watering, without requiring growers or workers to tend to their setup daily. With an automated irrigation system, growers can also significantly decrease their utility costs, and the amount of water they waste. Through precise, uniform irrigation ...
A Step-by-Step Guide to Efficient Greenhouse Irrigation
Jan 21, 2023 · If there are 600 pots on a bench that require 4 liters per hour (lph) each, then make sure the flow rate, pressure, and line sizes can deliver 10.58 gpm at the minimum pressure. Have adequate filtration throughout the facility to prevent emitter clogging, reduce biofilm buildup, and the resulting crop shrinkage.
13 New Horticulture Research Projects You Need to Know About
Feb 17, 2022 · Here’s a closer look at the projects receiving 2022 funding. Quantifying Plant Benefits. Measuring the Benefits of Plants: Improved Cardiovascular Health and Well-being from Visual Exposure to Plants (J. Hollander, Tufts University): New research findings and tools in biometrics have advanced this field drastically and offer significant opportunities to better quantify the benefits of plants.
How Mastronardi Produce Became Pioneers of High-Tech …
Jun 4, 2020 · It has expanded its product offerings to include tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, eggplants, lettuce, and berries. The company is currently building the largest single-build, high-tech greenhouse in North America, located in Oneida, NY, where it will grow strawberries, tomatoes, and cucumbers. The 70-acre facility will be fully operational by May ...
15 LED Lighting Solutions For Your Greenhouse
Nov 28, 2015 · LED 2 Bar Swivel . The LED 2 Bar Swivel has 80, high-output, color-blended LEDs per fixture that are mounted on two, easy to adjust, locking light bars that deliver high PAR values with low energy consumption.. LED Flowering Lamp . Philips LED Flowering Lamp is an energy-efficient greenhouse lighting alternative to incandescent or …
The Largest Greenhouse Vegetable Growers in the U.S. in 2023 …
Oct 30, 2023 · Updated May 17: less than a week after posting this list, we learned of Mastronardi Produce’s acquisition of Intergrow’s New York greenhouses.The listing below does not reflect that acquisition. Determining and ranking the size of greenhouse vegetable growing operations is difficult during a time of constant industry growth. The editors of Greenhouse Grower first attempted this in 2021 ...
How To Create Vibrant Mum Combinations - Greenhouse Grower
Dec 11, 2012 · A good rule of thumb is to plant rooted cuttings about 4 to 5 inches apart near the center of the pot. This method will help reduce individual plant separation when the pots finish, allowing the cuttings to grow together early on to create a stronger base and a cohesive look. Crop timing should also be considered.