nursery Articles
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Premier Plant Producers
Premier Plant Producers has been using Passfield since 2004 and traceability has been one of the key benefits. The batch numbers (which are allocated at the point an order is placed) can be traced throughout the processes on the nursery as well as the transport and invoicing systems in the office. Premier Plant Producers’ customers can quote these batch numbers from delivery notes, order ...
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Sure Start Nursery - Case Study
Project: Sure Start Nursery Client: Jungle Hut Preschool Completed: July 2010 Floor area: 80m2 Duration: 3 weeks Location: Marnhull, Dorset Value: £90,000 Turnkey service elements completed: Base preparation Building Regulation applications Full planning application Full design process Manufacture off-site Site project management Mechanical and electrical installation ...
By Modulek
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STA0013: Research into increasing the use of recycled materials in the production of growing media
Untitled Document This report records a trial on four pot bedding plant subjects at Golden Acres Nursery carried out in spring 2003. The nursery is based on the south coast in Dorset and specialises in the production of shrubs, bedding plants, hanging baskets and planted containers. This trial was part of WRAP project STA0013 which investigated the use of recycled materials ...
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Borås found a way to avoid evacuation of a nursery school – saving at least SEK 1,5 million - Case Study
Kristinegården nursery school in Borås Stad There are seven groups in the nursery school with children aged 1-5 Built in 1975 The Challenge Kristinegården nursery school has suffered from indoor air quality problems for a long time. Borås Stad decided that a new nursery school should be built to replace Kristinegården, but there was no decision when the ...
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The improvement of livelihood and rural development by the exotic Pangasiid catfish farming in Bangladesh
A study was conducted to improve the livelihood and rural development by the catfish (Pangasius hypophthalmus) farming in Mymensingh district in Bangladesh from April 2005 to March 2006 using Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) tools. A total of 117 respondents were randomly chosen, among them 7 hatchery owners, 20 nursery pond owners, 20 fingerling traders, 30 Pangus farmers, 40 market ...
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Härkälän puutarha - Case Study
Härkälä nursery is locally a strong brand. In addition to company image of “locally grown”, the very high quality of Härkälä products keeps the customers happy. “We have long term focus in developing our production. We have been the first to introduce new technologies in climate control and other areas of cultivation. We operate the logistics ...
By Netled Oy
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GWT- Agro-Z media enhanced plant growth and reduces fertilizer usage in Nursery - Case Study
This case outlines the benefits and advantages of using GWT series Agro-Z medium in an agriculture plant nursery application. This particular large nursery was challenged with brackish water and salty soil. The plant growing operations were suffering due to lack of plant growth. Genesis Water Technologies, experienced in agriculture water treatment solutions provided both a water treatment ...
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Big Wheel Feeder Selection Guide
Selecting the right Big Wheel Feeder for a small group of animals depends on the general age or size of animals and the total number of animals in the group. Ranging from a tiny, single-bushel nursery feeder for pigs as old as 10 days to a 2+ ton capacity outdoor finishing feeder, there’s a Big Wheel for virtually every application. Use the Big Wheel Feeder Selection Guide below to help ...
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Majestic Trees
Majestic Trees is a multi award winning wholesaler of semi-mature containerized trees and has been using Passfield since 2004. Passfield handles their entire transaction process, from purchasing to selling, including automated back-to-back ordering and customised pricing. “This means we’re able to work as a team and communicate with each other clearly throughout the process” ...
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Characterization of selected nutrients and bacteria from anaerobic swine manure lagoons on sow, nursery, and finisher farms in the Mid-South USA
Received for publication October 31, 2008. Swine (Sus scrofa domestica) production in the Mid-South USA comprises sow, nursery, and finisher farms. A 2007 packing plant closure started a regional shift from finisher to sow and nursery farms. Changes in manure stored in lagoons and land-applied as fertilizer were expected but were unknown because nutrient and bacterial levels had not been ...
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Full-sib reciprocal recurrent selection with the use of doubled Haploids
Doubled haploids are increasingly used in plant breeding, especially in maize (Zea mays L.) breeding. Their use can deeply change the interest of recurrent selection for the development of new hybrids. To show this, a full-sib reciprocal recurrent selection scheme using doubled haploids (DH FS-RRS) is proposed. Doubled haploid lines are derived from each population and they are then pair-crossed, ...
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Research into increasing the use of recycled materials in the production of growing media - appendices - Star Plants, Barnham, climbing plants
Untitled Document This report deals with trials on twelve climbing plant subjects at Star Plants, Barnham, West Sussex between weeks 19 and 42 during 2003. They were part of WRAP project STA0013 which investigated the use of recycled materials in growing media. The trials compared the performance of formulations based on 40% by volume green compost diluted with either ...
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Antibiotic resistant bacterial profiles of anaerobic swine lagoon effluent
Received for publication November 3, 2008. Although land application of swine (Sus scrofa) manure lagoon effluent is a common and effective method of disposal, the presence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, both pathogenic and commensal can complicate already understood issues associated with its safe disposal. The aim of this study was to assess antibiotic resistance in swine lagoon bacteria ...
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Sunset Colony Study
“We have had the Silver Bullet AG300 unit now for ten months with great measurable results. This system is currently on our water line, treating the swine gestation, farrowing and nursery. The unit can treat 75,000 gallons of water per day and will be injected into our large water tank to treat our swine gestation, farrowing, nursery, finishers and dairy. What I like about the Silver Bullet ...
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Tree Spades at Myplant & Garden Fair: where, when and why come to visit us.
Our tree spades will be present at Milan Myplant & Garden fair, which will be held from February 26th to 28th 2020: come and visit us to visit the splendid fair and get to know us! For us at Mac Bert it will be the first year, but the fair has attracted professionals from the green supply chain since 2015. The macro sectors involved (nurseries, flowers, decoration, landscape, machinery, ...
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Tree Spade: Great Contributor in Transplanting Trees
Trees release oxygen, absorb carbon dioxide, clean air, cool cities, shade homes, reduce the cost of energy and increase beauty and value of property. So, a world-wise green movement is growing. Nurserymen’s job The human being has been more concerned and more conscious about his own existence and is trying to increase tree population everywhere. Simultaneously the business of nurseries ...
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Preparing for a new Arrival? Start with a Safe Nursery
When expecting a new addition to the family, certain items always seem to make the baby shower gift list: car seat, crib, clothing, blankets, cuddle toys, bottles and plenty of diapers! We have a few to add to help enhance safety and convenience in your home as you prepare for the new little person in your life. When you start with Leviton quality products, you can rest assured that they will ...
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Help Stop Pollution: Tree Spades and Unpolluted Urban Areas
The existence of human is facing threatened. To create a pollution-free liveable climate, transplantation and incrementation of trees is a major remedy. But, how to get this remedy efficient, easy and shor? It is “tree spade”. The tree spades can make this crucial job easyer to be done. So, as the utility of trees is increasing, the necessity of tree spade is also rising ...
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Outcrossing in early-stage spring wheat breeder seed development
Outcrossing (OC) during the initial stages of spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) breeder seed development ('head-rowing') may lead to off-types appearing in later generations of pedigreed seed. The objective of this research project was to measure OC in a simulated short (1.3 m) breeder row nursery of spring wheat. Rows of four cultivars known to differ in OC potential were grown at up to 12 ...
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Occurrence of tylosin in swine wastewater in Mexico
This study determined a tylosin concentration in swine wastewater located in a Mexican pig farm, during different stages of the pigs' growth. The detection of antibiotics in swine wastewater is complex due to its high concentration of solids. Analytical method was developed for detection of tylosin in swine wastewater and swine slurry. Average recoveries of tylosin in the liquid and ...
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