City: Allentown, N.J.
Website: KubePak.com
Environmentally controlled square footage: 845,000
Percentage of production space under permanent environmentally controlled structure devoted to each crop:
| Ornamental bedding plants–44% |
| Flowering potted plants–10% |
| Container perennials–5% |
| Herbs–1% |
| Plugs and propagation material–35% |
| Vegetables–5% |
What’s the best way to describe your greenhouse operation and its role in contract growing?
We sell 100 percent of our material direct so none of the above.
Is contract growing a healthy way to do business?
No.
Percentage of sales by customer:
| Independent garden centers–45% |
| Other growers–25% |
| Retail florists–10% |
| Wholesale florists/brokers–25% |