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Leveraging AI to unlock the potential of yield forecasting for tomatoes. Accurately forecasting yield is crucial for growers from both a business management and supply perspective, and new technology is available to more precisely predict yield earlier in the cycle.
Consider your covering - Greenhouse Management
Feb 25, 2016 · “Paper or plastic?” asks the grocer. If only the choice in greenhouse coverings could be so simple. Greenhouse growers have many variables to consider before they make a substantial investment in a greenhouse covering, such as crop type; light diffusion and transmission; the R-value (insulation measurement) of the covering; to allow or not allow ultraviolet (UV) light; and geographical ...
Using shading for greenhouse temperature control
Apr 23, 2010 · Greenhouse Structures; Using shading for greenhouse temperature control. With sufficient ventilation and efficient shading, high quality crops can be produced even in very warm months and climates.
Tags and labels: Eco-friendly, consumer-focused
Nov 29, 2021 · Tags and Labels; Tags and labels: Eco-friendly, consumer-focused. Plant marketing material manufacturers are embracing sustainable materials and expanding tag and label content to satisfy both grower and consumer.
Latest research: optimizing lighting for greenhouse cultivation
May 23, 2022 · Lighting; Latest research: optimizing lighting for greenhouse cultivation. Understand how policies affecting greenhouses will soon specify minimum PPE requirements, how LED products can maximize supplemental lighting efficiency, and how efficiency program incentives can reduce payback periods to four years.
Choose the right plastic film for your needs
May 27, 2010 · Technology; Choose the right plastic film for your needs. Since the early 1960s when polyethylene film was first used to cover wood frame greenhouses, many improvements have been made.
Copper: The ancient metal with modern solutions in plant health
Oct 30, 2024 · Copper products have been considered mainly for bacterial foliar disease management, such as pseudomonas leaf spots on hibiscus (Figure 1) and xanthomonas leaf spots on begonia.But copper is so much more than that!
A bigger & bigger circle - Greenhouse Management
Nov 29, 2021 · This August, Green Circle Growers announced the largest expansion in the history of the company. This expansion will grow both their facility and their workforce, as they will add 30 acres and 250 new jobs over the next three and a half years.
Overwintering can be easier than you think - Greenhouse …
Nov 30, 2007 · Containerized perennials held over winter need protection from cold temperatures. Unlike field-grown plants, roots of container-grown plants are not buffered from cold temperatures by the soil, and the only insulation is a thin wall of plastic.
Altman’s additions - Greenhouse Management
Jan 24, 2020 · Ken Altman foresaw the consolidation coming to the greenhouse industry several decades before it happened. Early on, he realized that big box stores were starting to transform the plant business by shrinking the margins and stiffening the competition.