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Review of 5 years spent in the greenhouses...

22 March 2020

Between 2015 and 2019, I had the chance to be the sales and technical manager for a French greenhouses manufacturer (plastic/glass) in South-East Asia. The subsidiary office was based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia not so far from the famous...

Importance of a propre black out system in your cannabis hemp greenhouse to create light deprivation

Light Deprivation System: a key option for...

26 January 2020

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As mentionned in previous articles, growing cannabis outside under modern greenhouse has many advantages. Using passive and active ventilation strategies inside the greenhouse allow the grower to control the relative humidity concentration...

Dehumidification importance in a high-tech...

26 December 2019

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The control of the Relative Humidity (RH) in the air must be controlled in a high-tech greenhouse. Indeed, excess level of humidity can cause the development of mold and disease on plants especially cannabis...

Natural vanilla extraction technologies

5 December 2019

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Vanilla is one of the most expensive spice in the world. It is highly used for the perfumery and the food industry, in fact, for both usages the vanillin content is the main target at the end of the extraction process. Indeed, the concentration...

Benefits of the high pressure fogging...

18 November 2019

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Fogging system is an essential equipment in the greenhouse industry. The major advantage of the high pressure fogging is to flash evaporating billions of tiny water particles [...] It is more efficient than a low-pressure fogging to decrease...

How to implement multispan greenhouses to...

18 November 2019

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Nowadays, more and more professionals are using multipsan greenhouses covered with plastic (PE) to dry raw material. The multispan greenhouses offer a large volume and the possibility of controlling the climate (passive/active) inside in order...

Growing spirulina (Arthrospira genus) under...

10 November 2019

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The spirulina or Arthrospira platensis is a cyanobacteria with a spiral shape. The size is about one tenth of a millimeter, identifiable by its blue-green color. It has an high-content in protein (50-70 by dry weight).

New generation of greenhouse film:...

4 November 2019

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Today, companies are working on photoluminescent films to cover the greenhouse roof and claddings. The new film has a pink color with new technical proprieties... These films are specially designed to modify and optimize the light spectrum

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Daily Light Integral (DLI): lighting...

21 October 2019

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The Daily Light Integral (DLI) is is the amount of PAR received each day as a function of light intensity (instantaneous light: μmol·m -2 ·s -1 ) and duration (day). It is expressed as moles of light (mol) per square meter (m -2 ) per day (d -1...

Passive and active ventilation inside a...

15 October 2019

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An efficient combination of passive and active ventilation is one of the most important point of greenhouse design and operation management. The ventilation inside a greenhouse is not only the opening of the vents (roof / sides) but a complex...