With all the decisions to be made when contemplating purchasing or building a greenhouse, it may be easy to overlook snow and wind. However, a grower...
Whether it’s to provide supplementary lighting or to extend the length of the photoperiod, some greenhouse growers are equipping their greenhouses with artificial light sources. Before...
Maintaining consistent temperatures is one of the most important aspects of greenhouse gardening. During the hot, summer months, most greenhouses will require some sort of cooling...
A gardener who owns a greenhouse has the capability of extending the growing season by a few months each year. There are even a select few...
When setting up a greenhouse, one of the most important aspects of the construction process is the foundation. There are a few different types of foundations...
In order for the plants in a greenhouse to continue growing rapidly during the summer months, a greenhouse gardener needs to make sure that the temperature...
Proper ventilation is imperative for a greenhouse to function properly. The ventilation system of a greenhouse provides fresh air to the plants (CO2), helps to control...
When purchasing a greenhouse, a gardener is faced with a few options in regard to the type of material the transparent panels are made from. Although...
Revolutionizing the 1000w Fixture: The HSE NXT2 Although there is no shortage of new lighting technologies being introduced, high intensity discharge, or HID, lighting systems are...
When setting up a greenhouse, one of the first things a gardener needs to decide is whether the greenhouse will be a freestanding or an attached...
Tissue culture, in horticulture, refers to the replication of a plant from its cells or tissue which are grown in a nutrient culture medium under sterile...
Of all the components that make up a successful indoor garden none are as important as the horticultural lighting. Although it is a combination of many...
For years commercial horticulturists have been taking advantage of the multiple advantages offered by asexual propagation. These advantages are now being reaped not only by the...
Light emitting diodes, or LEDs, have been steadily gaining acceptance since their introduction within the horticultural community roughly ten years ago. Unlike other lighting technologies used...
High intensity discharge lighting includes both metal halide (MH) and high pressure sodium (HPS). HID lighting consists of three components: the ballast, the reflector or socket,...
