greenhouse humidity News
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Greenhouse Humidity Control
The best defense against fungal infection for high-value, susceptible greenhouse crops is to create environmental conditions that promote a healthy, dry crop that is also hostile to fungal proliferation. This means controlling temperature and humidity such that water is not accumulating on the surface of the plant tissue. Ideal conditions are those where the vapor pressure deficit is sufficiently ...
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Horticoop Technical Services becomes exclusive dealer for AGAM Energy Systems
As of June 1,2015, Horticoop Technical Services is the exclusive dealer for AGAM Energy Systems' products in the Netherlands and neighboring German state Lander (Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia). AGAM Energy Systems, headquartered in Hod-HaSharon. Israel, develops and manufactures energy-saving, environmentally-friendly dehumidification systems for the horticulture industry. Like ...
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12 hectares of GATES for Village Farms
One of the most technologically advanced controlled environment food production greenhouse complexes in the world is currently being built in Monahans, Texas. Earlier this year Village Farms and Verbakel-Bomkas reached an agreement to develop the GATES greenhouse project concept after several years of research and development. Until June 2011 Monahans, Texas was mostly known for its oil ...
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Greenhouse fans: Horizontal Airflo Fans and Exhaust Fans
Ventilation to promote air flow and regulate temperature and humidity in your greenhouse is key to a successful growing system. Ideal climates yield better crops, so it’s important to consider different types of ventilation methods for your specific situation. Whether you’re using roof vents or side vents, you’ll need fans to help propel the air through your grow ...
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Legal Marijuana Grow and Extraction Facilities in Puerto Rico and Unique Occupational Exposure Risks
The growing cannabis industry in Puerto Rico was recently featured in an article published by NBC News. It has been over 4 years since Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla signed an executive order permitting the use of medical cannabis. Two years later, it was voted into law by the legislature. That year, medical marijuana dispensaries began opening their doors across the islands and today, some 40 ...
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Abscisic acid treatments can prevent tomato blossom-end rot
Plants are subjected to numerous environmental stresses -- drought, extreme temperatures, and excess light can all affect plant growth and quality. Looking for methods to improve the quality of tomato plants, researchers at the University of Tennessee turned to abscisic acid, a plant hormone known to help plants acclimate to these types of severe environmental stresses. The research results and ...
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Deadly heat waves are becoming more frequent in California
From mid July to early August 2006, a heat wave swept through the southwestern United States. Temperature records were broken at many locations and unusually high humidity levels for this typically arid region led to the deaths of more than 600 people, 25,000 cattle and 70,000 poultry in California alone. An analysis of this extreme episode carried out by researchers at Scripps Institution of ...
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