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Sprinkler type and height above the crop are major factors in irrigation application efficiency

Revisiting water and irrigation basics

01/05/2022 admin 717 Views 0 Comments

By John Fitzsimmons

Every horticulturist and landscaper knows that water is essential for greenlife, whether it’s in the production or retail sectors, or in garden design and maintenance. In this country, irrigation in some form is usually (not always) a given.… Continue reading

InvertiGro modular sealed grow cubes can be stacked anywhere as you can see in their warehouse

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Vertical farms get smarter

02/09/2021 admin 1206 Views 0 Comments

By Karen Smith

In 2008, Dickson Despommier, then a Professor of Public Health at Columbia University, in collaboration wrote an article describing the concept of the vertical farm. His view of the vertical farm grafted together everything available from greenhouse technology to NASA biosphere control systems, into a high-rise construction that is a functional part of the urban system itself.… Continue reading