The use of high tunnels (covered with plastic film) is widespread especially in Europe and North-America for many target crops. [...] Growers usually use the passive ventilation on the sides with manual or motorized mechanisms called sides roll...
The #RightTech Question: How to Choose Your Greenhouse Technology...
Every week, a grower somewhere signs a contract for a greenhouse that is either too sophisticated for their market or too limited...
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Commercial Greenhouse Cost: Mid-Tech Poly Setup at 3,840 m² (2026...
Too many greenhouse business plans get the equipment list right and the total project cost completely wrong. This article breaks...
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Greenhouse Profitability: 8 Pillars to Succeed in Controlled...
Greenhouse profitability: It’s not the best technology that makes the difference, it’s the rigor of the decisions made from the...
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North American Greenhouse Industry Review: Trends, Resilience, and...
After six years in North America, this article offers an in-depth perspective on the evolution of the greenhouse industry between...
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Engineering Resilient Greenhouses: Designing Reliable, Climate...
Explore how engineering expertise ensures reliable, climate-adapted greenhouse design for resilient and efficient food production.
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The word collapsology is a neologism that draws its origin from the Latin collapsus which means to collapse, to sag, to collapse. This current of thought is based on the principle that our current systems are approaching their limit. According...
Most of the people in the world know paradise islands such as Maldives, French Polynesia (Tahiti), Martinique or New-Caledonia... However, a minority are interested in the production of fresh fruits and vegetables in these remote places. The...
DLI is now a common term (measurement) used by commercial growers and plant scientists. In this article,an interactive and useful tool made by Joanne Logan and James Faust to check the Annual and Monthly DLI Values (mol/m2/day) in the United...
In colder regions, reducing energy costs and the ability to retain heat is a priority. The objective is to extend the cultivation period by using passive energies (light, ventilation …) and calories from the soil. The Walipini greenhouses are...
An article mentionning my feedback from Southeast Asia to North-America was published on MMJ Daily 🌱
Photosynthesis is a bioenergetic process occurring in chlorophyll cells (located in chloroplasts) when photosynthetic active radiation (PAR) light is present. CO2 is an essential gas for the process of photosynthesis. This gas is present quite...
Field visit visiting the Benguet States University in the Baguio region in the North of the Philippines doing a presentation in front of the strawberry growers and local authorities.
Raspberry imports to North America have increased in recent years. Raspberry cultivation under protected environment can provide good yield in the fall if the duration of the growing season is long enough. Moreover, raspberries production under...
The "psychrometric diagram" of humid air is a tool to facilitate the representation of air transformations. [...] The basic concept is that there is a relationship between temperature and saturation humidity
