Tired of guessing how your greenhouse crops are feeling? Now you don’t have to, with the GGS Mood Glow Sensi-Coating System!
Mood Glow Sensi-Coating takes the guesswork out of plant health by changing colors depending on the plant’s happiness level.
Commercial crop production can be an ongoing balance between growing leaf or stem, and flower or fruit. For most crop producers, the revenue comes from flower or fruit production, and growers try to grow the minimum amount of leaf or stem in order to sustain their flower and fruit production. This allows growers to allocate a greater percentage of input energy towards the revenue generating side of crop production.
Fabric covered buildings have become a very popular storage solution in the agricultural industry. Here at GGS, we have found that our Tasco Dome brand of fabric covered buildings are becoming the leading choice for storage amongst greenhouse growers.
Fabric covered buildings have become a very popular storage solution in the agricultural industry. Here at GGS, we have found that our Tasco Dome brand of fabric covered buildings are becoming the leading choice for storage amongst greenhouse growers.
We find that find that there are two main factors which influence the type of greenhouse system that a group may consider for cannabis production.
The unavoidable is upon us; heating season! As unpleasant as it may be for all growers, winter is a fact of life and it must be considered. Heating costs during the cold winter months are of prime concern - here is a quick checklist to maximize the efficiency of your greenhouse heating system:
There is a current trend that has caused more and more commercial greenhouse growers to switch their oil and propane powered boilers to biomass systems. The factors that are leading to such changes are simple: in areas where natural gas is not accessible, the options of oil, propane or electricity to heat a commercial greenhouse are becoming far too expensive, in some cases there is a biomass supply close to the greenhouse location, and there has been growing government incentive toward sustainability.
Many years ago I was in the retail business managing a staff of 30 plus people. The grocery chain that I worked for had just been bought by a larger company and things were drastically changing. I had been considering a career change anyway and since I was still fairly young, I decided that it was time. Not knowing what direction I wanted my career to go I answered a newspaper ad for “Greenhouse Labourers”. I thought it would be a nice change while I sorted out my next career move...
Before you start your next building project with a greenhouse manufacturer, make sure they are ETWW (Easy to Work With). They should be flexible enough to accommodate customizations, reduce the amount of work/hassle for the grower, and stand behind their work after the job is done.