Efficiency
Greenhouse film shifts light to boost yields
Wednesday, 15 May 2013
PhotoFuel's P-Film greenhouse cover has growers thinking pink. The cover is designed to shift the wavelengths of light entering the greenhouse, giving plants more light from the portion of the spectrum they need to thrive.
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LEDs improve greenhouse's crop vigour
Tuesday, 14 May 2013
When Barnes Greenhouses' vernalized perennials began displaying weak stems, extended internode length and lack of colour after transplant, the solution was straightforward: the plants needed more light.
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A fourth greenhouse at Thanet
Friday, 10 May 2013
May 10,2013 – The growers at Thanet Earth produce consistently great quality tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers for the UK’s best-known retail shelves. The site has proven its ability to grow tomatoes 52 weeks of the year and boasts the longest UK seasons on cucumbers and peppers. This is all credit…
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Green roof draws major landscaping award
Friday, 10 May 2013
May 10, 2013, Mount Brydges, Ont. — Flynn Canada has received the Caterpillar Award of Excellence for Commercial Landscape Construction/Installation for its work on the Toronto City Hall Green Roof Project. This is the first time that a green roof has ever won the award as well as the first…
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Multilayer nursery installs 3 kms of LED lights
Friday, 10 May 2013
May 10, 2013, Friggesund, Sweden — Holmen Skog installed 2,100 units of Valoya Ltd’s LED lights to its fully automated tree nursery here. The newest part of the nursery is a multilayer growing unit with 12 layers and it sole source of light is Valoya’s LED lights. Holmen Skog, a…
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