An injector automates the process of applying plant additives and chemicals, reduces the amounts used with consistent results, shrinks labor costs associated with traditional spraying methods, and minimizes human exposure to treated areas.
From microsprinklers to nozzles to pressure regulators, irrigation suppliers are focused on helping growers save water and control the flow of their irrigation systems. Here’s a look at some of their latest offerings.
The program is designed to prepare students to manage modern, high-tech greenhouses, with the ultimate goal of offering technically skilled individuals better opportunities in the greenhouse industry.
Many growers say they are looking for more direct heating to the plant, along with better boiler and system efficiencies. Here’s what two companies are doing in response.
This Salinas, CA, orchid grower brings plants to its workers through automation that saves valuable time and takes full advantage of available growing space.
Svensson and Hoogendoorn have collaborated on a new screening software that allows full control over humidity transfer, light transmission, and energy savings.
The up-front costs of creating your cannabis facility may be high, but at least one expert says making the investment now will be well worth it down the road.
The one-day event is designed to provide cutting-edge information on the latest technologies and techniques impacting the advancement of the horticultural lighting market.
The new, pre-scale commercial greenhouse facility at Vineland Research and Innovation Centre in Vineland Station, ON, will help accelerate the commercialization of innovative technologies and products coming out of research.
Ethylene from malfunctioning greenhouse heaters can lead to crop injury, while carbon monoxide can lead to worker illness. Know the symptoms and how to check greenhouse heaters to avoid these concerns.
More than 60 growers got up with the sun at Cultivate’16 to hear a four-person panel discuss hot topics such as labor, automation, and sustainability at Greenhouse Grower’s Top 100 Growers Breakfast, sponsored by BASF.
The GrowSpan website will encompass the brand’s entire greenhouse structure line, and allows growers to quickly browse GrowSpan’s product offerings based on structure type.
