Production

Maximizing Irrigation Efficiency

I haven't kept track but I estimate that I've walked through more than a thousand growing facilities ... greenhouses, nurseries, indoor vertical farms and field operations ... over the past 35 years. I have been... more »

Quick Plug Names New Managing Director

Quick Plug, a division of Dümmen Orange, has named Brian Kura as the company’s new managing director for its global team. The company produces stabilized seeding and cutting media for professional and vertical growth systems. [caption... more »

Griffin Relocates Colorado Facility

Horticultural broker Griffin recently relocated its Aurora, Colorado facility to Denver. The new facility is located at 5303 N. Havana Str., Suite 120, Denver, CO 80239. The new state-of-the-art facility is 36,200 square feet with... more »

Dramm Announces Personnel Moves

The Dramm Corporation has announced several personnel moves. Jared Babik has been promoted from Northeastern U.S. technical representative to national project sales manager and Brett Kroszner has been hired as the company's new Northeastern U.S. technical... more »

Light It Up. Black It Out.

The three standard methods to control greenhouse climate are through the management of humidity, temperature and light — the end goal being a uniform environment optimized for your specific crop. As a grower, you’re focused... more »

Duets: Research in the Exciting Sector of Controlled Environment Agriculture

Today’s guest is Jonathan Karall. Jonathan received his bachelor’s degree in plant sciences from the California State Polytechnic University of Pomona in 2014 with a focus in agronomic principles and practices for field-crop production. During... more »

One of a Kind: FRAC Groups with a Single Fungicide

The advent of the age of pre-mixes and re-worked mixes has been with us for the past 10 years and will no doubt continue. If you have been in the green industry as long as... more »

Water Vapor-Pressure Deficit

The amount of water in the air (water vapor) influences the rate of water loss by plants, growing substrates and other surfaces. Relative humidity (RH) quantifies the water vapor concentration relative to the maximum humidity... more »