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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.

Aquaponics

Aquaponics is a technique used to grow plants and aquatic animals in a system using the recirculation of water. In order to understand aquaponics, we need to have knowledge about aquaculture, hydroponics, and bacteria.

But how could aquaponics be a good option?

Hort Americas Brian Harris will be speaking at the 3rd Annual Controlled Environment Conference

December 9–10, 2021

The 2021 Texas A&M Controlled Environment: Urban Agriculture Conference is designed for new and prospective growers interested in specialty crop production under controlled environment and for experienced growers who want to learn more about the nuts and bolts of crop production in a controlled environment. This conference is also suitable for hobbyists and gardeners interested in hydroponic production.

Free Download: Fertilizer Management and Plant Nutrition Guide

Fertilizer management and plant nutrition are key aspects that need to be learned when working with hydroponic systems.

Leaf Area Index: Definition and importance in crop production

Leaf area index (LAI) is a key variable used in horticultural studies involving the relation between crop growth and yield. This variable can be a very useful tool when looking to evaluate the performance of your crop.

How can you make LED grow lights more affordable?

Geographic location is a major driver in who qualifies for a utility rebate and how many rebate dollars are available for specific projects. Photo courtesy of Hort Americas

Hort Americas is working with Current to ensure their customers receive the maximum utility rebates for their LED grow light purchases.

Fresh Weight vs. Dry Weight

When evaluating crop performance and yield we usually look to evaluate different traits such as Size, Shape, Brix levels, Leaf area, Titratable acids, Flavor, Texture, Fresh weight, Dry weight, and more.

Understanding Vapor Pressure Deficit (VPD)

Vapor Pressure Deficit, also known as VPD is a very useful tool for growers. However it is a variable growers sometimes forget, do not know about its existence or do not understand.

AppLit: The story of how companies can come together to strengthen communities

During the very early months of the pandemic, our friends at AppHarvest came to us with a challenge. They wanted to know if Hort Americas could help them source lights that were:

Understanding Temperature in Growing Systems

In order to improve temperature control inside of a growing system, we must understand how temperature works inside of a system with plants and the variables involved in determining temperature for our crops.

There are different variables that affect temperature in plants. Some of the most important variables are radiation, metabolic heat, latent heat and sensible heat.

Growing Microgreens

Microgreens are gaining attention from small, medium and large growers. This is a product that can be used to expand a current market or start a small business with good profits.

Free Download: The Guide for Growing Strawberries

Strawberries are definitely not an easy crop and CEA technologies can always help us to provide ideal conditions to improve production window, yield per area and fruit quality. Growers are finding out the great benefits of growing strawberries using the help of CEA. This is the reason why now hydroponic greenhouse production of strawberries is growing rapidly across the world. The present guide has the objective to provide specific information about how to grow strawberries in a hydroponic system inside greenhouses.

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