Greenhouse Grower - The Future of Floriculture
4 days ago — Greenhouse Grower to Grower Podcast: John Mark Courtney of Kind Earth Growers. By Brian D. Sparks | November 10, 2024. In this episode of Greenhouse Grower to Grower, we talk to Kind Earth owner John Mark Courtney about how his passion for native plants led to the launch of a new business that has become well known for its focus on quality.
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 ...
Control Of Thrips With Systemic Insecticides - Greenhouse Grower
Jun 10, 2013 — Leaf-feeding more easily results in the insects imbibing toxic concentrations of the active ingredient of systemic insecticides. For example, it has been reported that WFT feeding on plant leaves are “suppressed” by thiamethoxam (Flagship) when applied to the soil/growing medium. The water solubility of thiamethoxam is 4.1 g/L or 4100 ppm.
How Smart Greenhouses Are Revolutionizing Ag Tech
Aug 8, 2024 — Here’s a look at what they had to say: According to Global Market Insights (GMI), smart greenhouses are proving to be a game-changer in modern agriculture by integrating advanced technologies to optimize crop growth and resource management. Based on recent market projections, the smart greenhouse market is poised to exceed $4.5 billion by 2032.
Greenhouse Grower Magazine - Greenhouse Grower
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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 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 ...
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 ...
Top 100 Growers - Greenhouse Grower
2016. Greenhouse Grower magazine’s 2024 survey of Top 100 Growers in the ornamentals market shows that growth at the top continues, but delivery challengers linger. Greenhouse Grower's Top 100 Growers who made this year’s list totals 219,875,073 square feet of environmentally controlled production space.
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.