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Source: VFD.com This study aims to develop a compact and reliable farm monitoring system that improves water efficiency, enhances system stability and supports scalable deployment through a PCB-based integrated hardware architecture. To achieve this, an automated farm monitoring controller was designed and implemented using an ESP32 microcontroller integrated
Energy & Sustainability
Source: HD.com The industry benchmark for commercial greenhouse ventilation is 1 air exchange per minute, which means your fan capacity should equal the total interior volume of the structure. Standard target is 0.75 to 1.0 air exchanges per minute, though controlled-environment hydroponic setups in multi-span
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Source: HD.com Relative humidity, meanwhile, influences both transpiration and the onset of fungal diseases, meaning that monitoring it makes it easier to adjust ventilation or misting systems to reduce health risks without compromising the greenhouse's environmental balance," explain the team at SNIC, a company specializing in
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Source: VFD.com "It retains water without losing air porosity, works within a pH range suited to the crop, typically between 5.5 and 6.8, and starts from a clean medium with no pathogens and no prior agronomic history, which reduces the uncertainty associated with soils that have
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Source: VFD.com in collaboration with the University of Warwick and Farm Urban Ltd., the project will trial a novel, two-stage approach combining early disease detection with sustainable biological control methods. The Greenhouse Innovation Consortium (GIC) is acting as a facilitating partner, supporting knowledge exchange, stakeholder engagement, and ensuring
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Source: HD.com Stellenbosch university: Trials advance residue management and biological IPM for protected horticulture Research presented by Stellenbosch University at the recent Woolworths Vision Zero Grower Day demonstrated how residue analytics, protected cultivation, light-trap monitoring, and biological control technologies are increasingly converging into integrated pest management (IPM) systems
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Source: VFD.com Over about 10 days, seeds are propagated, germinated and harvested. Greenspace founder and CEO Peter Fox said the expansion represented a broader change where companies are moving beyond sustainability as just a concept. "We're shifting from a framework where buildings simply consume resources, to
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Source: HD.com Turkey: Retirees turn 40-square-meter greenhouse into 4,000-square-meter operation Thanks! Producing nearly 1.5 million seedlings annually, the entrepreneurs strive to keep up with orders coming from all over Turkey. Two retired workers in Tokat expanded their seedling production, which they started as
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Source: VFD.com Uzbekistan: Creating a new system for growing and selling fruits In the Quva district of Uzbekistan, the long-standing traditional methods of seedling cultivation are now merging with modern agricultural technologies. The "Quva Agrostar" enterprise operating in the district has established a system for growing
Nutrients & Substrate
Source: HD.com "Plants do not respond to isolated values of temperature, light, or humidity, but rather to the balance between the energy they receive and the energy they consume to grow, respire, and produce." © Canna.biz RTR over time The scientific link between radiation and temperature has
Facility Design
Source: HD.com Throughout the last lustrum, the company renewed almost 25 hectares of older greenhouses into high-tech, automated, modern facilities. © Floratom © Floratom Domestic and international sales Floratom currently operates 31 hectares in total and stands as one of the four major greenhouse operators in the country. The company
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Source: HD.com This technology has demonstrated notable results in countries like Japan, where tomato growers observed a 1.4% yield increase for each 1% of additional interlighting, with some reporting up to 25% higher yields compared to greenhouses lacking supplemental lighting. Since its initial adoption in 2013, more than