Empowering Your Grow: One Blog Post at a Time

Moisture is an unavoidable part of commercial greenhouse production. Plants release water vapour through transpiration, irrigation adds moisture to the growing environment and warm air can hold a significant amount of water.The problem begins when that moisture changes from water vapour into liquid condensation.Droplets may appear on glazing, pipes, structural supports, curtains and equipment. ...

An older greenhouse HVAC system can continue operating long after it stops delivering the efficiency, consistency or control a commercial grower needs. Fans still turn, boilers still produce heat and vents still open, but the growing environment may become increasingly difficult and expensive to manage.One zone may remain warmer than another. Humidity may rise overnight despite continuous equip...

Creating the right temperature and humidity inside a commercial greenhouse is only part of effective climate control. Those conditions must also be distributed consistently throughout the facility and, most importantly, through the crop canopy.A temperature sensor may indicate that a greenhouse has reached its target setpoint, but that reading does not guarantee every plant is experiencing the ...

Summer creates some of the most demanding operating conditions for commercial greenhouse growers. Long daylight hours can support rapid crop development, but intense solar radiation, high outdoor temperatures and rising humidity can quickly push a greenhouse beyond its ideal growing conditions.Unlike an open field, a greenhouse captures solar energy. This is beneficial during cool weather, but ...

For commercial greenhouse operators, profitability depends on far more than simply increasing production. Success comes from balancing crop performance, environmental control, labour management, and operating expenses. As energy prices continue to rise across Canada, many greenhouse owners are looking for practical ways to reduce overhead while maintaining the ideal growing conditions their cro...