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Thanks! So you will grow on string and do lean and lower? Or use the high lift vehicle to prune and harvest? I've been in some of the greenhouses in Mexico, (
by mythrwy 4y ago
Thanks!
So you will grow on string and do lean and lower? Or use the high lift vehicle to prune and harvest?
I've been in some of the greenhouses in Mexico, (Sinaloa to be exact) growing peppers and Asian eggplants. They were fairly simple plastic houses but had strict entry protocols including booties and yellow sticky trap mazes to enter.
There is a more complex industrial greenhouse I saw in Utah growing tomatoes on string. Very tall, unfortunately I didn't get to go in. It's next to a power plant and they pipe the expelled CO2 into the greenhouse for increased crop production. I believe it was started by Dutch growers.
I'm an agronomist by training and even got on the cover of a seed catalog one year back in the 90s when I worked in Arizona on a veg farm. Previously I worked field tomatoes around Tampa Bay area Florida. Now I program for last 12 years, but still have a big garden every year. I agree on greenhouse quality 100% but but am personally a big fan of soil and compost and dislike hydroponics. Nearly religiously so haha.
Really like the idea of localized production centers. Makes a lot of sense for many reasons.
I have to say, Dutch growers really have my respect. They are the masters of this craft and even dairies. I currently live in a dairy rich region and many of the owners are of Dutch heritage.
Very interesting stuff anyway, thanks for sharing and I will keep an eye on this.