Greenhouse Tips

Many growers are concerned about maximizing greenhouse ventilation. In some maximum ventilation designs, condensation control is sacrificed and dripping becomes an issue.

During every busy shipping season you invariably run into issues that would have been eliminated had a little spring cleaning taken place. The spring cleaning referred to here encompasses more than just a “cleaning” perspective, it also involves planning ahead and taking care of business concerns so they don’t interfere with the busy season. Here are a few points you may want to consider before spring shipping rolls around:

Here at GGS, we are fortunate to have many employees on staff who, in their previous careers, operated greenhouses, garden centers/nurseries, and retail stores. This not only gives us some additional insight into what our customers expect from us, but also gives us access to knowledge about marketing in this space – what works and what doesn’t.

Here is a quick post for you today about maximizing your return on investment when you're considering purchasing a greenhouse structure.

How well do you know your Greenhouse Operating Costs?

Rooftop greenhouses are becoming a more popular option for commercial growers interested in tapping into the “buy local” market for urban centers. They take up no additional land and are ideal for urban areas or small lots where a traditional greenhouse is not possible or practical.

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:

Over the last decade manufacturers have been bombarded with new efficiency systems: Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, Continuous improvement, Kanban, the 5S System, Kaizen etc. This is especially true in North America where increased efficiencies are needed to compete against low labor off shore.

Benches are critically important to plant quality and labor costs.

Lets look at choices…

None of us like to think about emergency repairs – but our reality is that all greenhouse owners have spent a sleepless night or three ‘on the roof’… it is just the nature of our business that roofs designed to let in the most sunlight are by their nature a tad ‘delicate. So what is in your emergency kit for that late night call from the alarm?