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Hort Americas Expands to Canada

DALLAS and MONTREAL — September 28, 2022 — Commercial horticultural supplier Hort Americas announced today a new division within the company to bring quality, technically advanced and cost-effective products to commercial greenhouse growers in Canada.

Grow Light Flowchart: Picking the Best LED for Your Plants

Wondering which LED grow light you should use?

Grow lights give you the advantage of cultivating a variety of crops in any climate during any time of year. You can also benefit from faster growth and improved plant quality.

Starting seeds indoors with LED grow lights

Whether you grow indoors or in a greenhouse, proper plant development is profoundly dependent on the quantity and quality of light your crop receives. The photoperiod, light intensity, and light quality are key lighting properties in regulating plant growth and development. Yet whatever setting you grow in, using the proper grow light for seed starting presents an opportunity to begin your crop on the path to higher yields and a quality product.

Free Download: Greenhouse Management, 9 CEA Variables

When asking: “How can a system with a controlled environment help improve crop performance?”, the answer is easy… The more you analyze data and control CEA variables inside of your system, the better your crop will perform. A greenhouse system depending on the level of technology will allow you to control all 9 environmental variables to a certain level.

Horticulture Lighting and Learning Event. Discover the latest science driving the future of horticulture lighting.

GE Current changes name, strengthens scale of production, distribution with acquisition

Current is prioritizing investing in technology to continue to develop its LED horticultural light fixtures in-house.

GE Current, a Daintree company, shortens name to Current and acquires Hubbell Lighting to increase range of products and distribution capacity.

Cooling Capacity in Greenhouses

Temperature is starting to rise! It is time to take precautions and learn how to manage our growing systems in warm climates. We can learn how helpful a cooling system can be for our growing system by calculating the cooling capacity of our greenhouse.

How to avoid calcium deficiency in controlled environment food crops

By Karla Garcia, Technical Service

Free Download: Key Aspects about the Use and Management of LED Lighting in Crop Production

As LED grow lights continue to become more affordable, an increasing number of greenhouse growers and vertical farmers are considering whether the lights would benefit their production systems. Several studies and growers applications have demonstrated the development of new lighting technologies such as light-emitting diodes (LEDs) can increase the capability to provide ideal light conditions to crops, making possible the improvement of crop performance and product quality.

Photoperiod and Flowering

One of the most important environmental factors affecting flowering induction is Photoperiod. Photoperiod is defined as the time plants are exposed to light in a daily cycle.

Photons and Yield

Light incidence over our crops will have a direct effect on yield. Photosynthesis is the most important process in plants to produce energy. But how can we relate photons of light to yield? Based on research we know now one mole of photosynthetic photons is required in order to produce one gram o dried biomass (yield).

Hort Americas and its partners focus on community food production, people and jobs

Partnerships created the project AppLit resulting in the manufacturing of LED grow lights in the United States that will be used to grow greenhouse vegetables in the Appalachian region.

Free Download: Substrates and Rootzone Guide

Substrates are a key element in hydroponic systems. As growers, we must learn the needs of our hydroponic systems and crops. Crops and hydroponic systems demand particular characteristics from growing substrates. Substrates, along with all environmental variables managed at the root zone level, will have a strong effect on plant growth, development, product quantity, and quality.

Irrigation Systems: Key aspects to consider for drip irrigation

Irrigation can be a complex topic. In order to get to understand this topic, we need to have good base knowledge. In this article, we will summarize key aspects to provide a good introduction to irrigation management.

Hort Americas partners with Irrigation Design & Construction (IDC) to market GE Current LED grow lights

Irrigation Design & Construction has signed an agreement with Hort Americas to become an authorized dealer of GE Current, a Daintree company, LED grow lights.

Téléchargement gratuit : Le guide pour cultiver des fraises

La fraise n’est décidément pas une culture facile et les technologies du CEA peuvent toujours nous aider à créer les conditions idéales pour améliorer la fenêtre de production, le rendement par surface et la qualité des fruits. Les producteurs découvrent les grands avantages de la culture de fraises avec l’aide du CEA. C’est la raison pour laquelle la production hydroponique de fraises en serre se développe rapidement à travers le monde. Le présent guide a pour objectif de fournir des informations spécifiques sur la façon de cultiver des fraises dans un système hydroponique à l’intérieur des serres.

Téléchargement gratuit : Le guide de la culture des légumes-feuilles

La production commerciale de légumes-feuilles devient chaque année de plus en plus compétitive. Par conséquent, il est important de rechercher les meilleures options afin d’être compétitif sur ce marché. La production de légumes-feuilles dans les serres et les systèmes d’usines végétales sont d’excellentes options pour produire des produits hautement commercialisables. Pourquoi? Il y a une raison spécifique pour laquelle les clients choisiront votre produit… La qualité !

Téléchargement Gratuit : Guide des Substrats et de la Zone Racine

Les substrats sont un élément clé dans les systèmes hydroponiques. En tant que producteurs, nous devons connaître les besoins de nos systèmes et cultures hydroponiques. Les cultures et les systèmes hydroponiques exigent des caractéristiques particulières des substrats de culture. Les substrats, ainsi que toutes les variables environnementales gérées au niveau de la zone racinaire, auront un effet important sur la croissance, le développement, la quantité et la qualité des produits.

Téléchargement gratuit : Le guide de la culture des tomates

La production en serre de tomates hydroponiques augmente chaque année dans le monde. La raison? Tous les avantages apportés par ces systèmes de culture ! Les principaux avantages de l’agriculture hydroponique en environnement contrôlé (ACE) comprennent un rendement maximal des cultures à haute densité, une production toute l’année, une utilisation plus efficace de l’eau et des engrais, une qualité constante des cultures, une utilisation minimale de la superficie des terres, une aptitude à la mécanisation et le contrôle des maladies et antiparasitaire.

Stomata Behavior

Stomata are pores constituted by two cells called: Guard cells. Guard cells are hydraulic valves making possible stomata closure and opening.

Stomata open or close depending on different factors: Light intensity, light quality, temperature, leaf water status, and intracellular CO₂.

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