Grow strawberries year-round with control technology
Grow strawberries all year round with control technology At Featherbed Fruits in Oxfordshire, England, ambitions are sky high. To meet UK consumers’ year-round demand for strawberries, Featherbed Fruits has invested in a brand new climate-controlled plastic greenhouse. The greenhouse has space for 76,800 strawberry plants. But is it even possible to produce strawberries all year […]
Growth retardation without chemistry: Blue light is the secret to success
Roses are red, violets are blue, they say. But in fact, other plants can also benefit from red and blue colors. Blue and red LED light can be used for growth retardation and both shorten production time and optimize plant growth more effectively than chemical plant growth regulators. This has been shown in trials with […]
Fewer mixers – better results at DanRoses nursery
When DanRoses took over an older nursery in Midtfyn in 2019, seven fertilizer mixers from the 1980s were responsible for all irrigation in production. But due to instability and errors, the irrigation was always controlled manually by the gardeners. Now the seven old mixers have been replaced with three new ones for much better results […]