Intensive vegetable production has grown in the Colombian high mountains (> 1000 m elevation) to meet changing food demand in urban markets. The flowers industry is historically a strong in the country more particularly around Medellin and...
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Some UV radiation can interfere with growth, development, photosynthesis, flowering, pollination and transpiration...
The concept of positive pressure ventilation consists of mechanically injecting fresh air from outside to inside the greenhouse into the growing area. Positive pressure ventilation allows for maximum exclusion of insects and uniformity of...
Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) is a plant native from Eurasia and spread out to the rest of the world. Crop has been historically used for its fiber. The plant is considered as one of the most common forms of cannabis as well as the type with the...
Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) has been cultivated for many years in the world. The plant has been used to make ropes, sails and clothing. Indeed, hemp fibers, found on the outside of the hemp stalk, are the most resistant...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
