“Sharing crop data helps build knowledge on diffuse roof”
Diffuse glass is becoming routine in new build greenhouses – and much more quickly than anticipated. But it is still difficult for growers to
Pioneering climate control solution in tomato greenhouse
Golden Fresh Farms, based in Wapakoneta, Ohio, USA, is a high-tech tomato producer selling to leading grocery retailers in North America. In Greenhouses spoke
Winter light greenhouse at research centre ready for cucumber trial
The winter light greenhouse aims to enhance light transmission by more than 10% during the European winter. In September a trial greenhouse of 500
Van Uffelen Flowers shows new high-tech chrysanthemum nursery
Van Uffelen Flowers held an open-doors day to show off its newly delivered four-hectare chrysanthemum greenhouse at Herenwerf in Maasland on Saturday 16 April,
EnergiekEvent 2016 looks back and forward
'We should not depreciate the closed greenhouse', 'Greenhouse growers should rely less on feelings and more on knowledge' and 'In the greenhouse sector of
Chrysanthemum nursery ends up being guinea pig for diffuse glass
Linflowers is the first chrysanthemum nursery in the Netherlands to have diffuse glass. It was a difficult choice because apart from a lack of
‘Carefully compile a wish list and measure objectively’
Growers know that a diffuse roof – with or without an anti-reflective coating – offers added value compared with traditional greenhouse glass. However, it
‘We want to be entirely fossil fuel-neutral; and that extends to our electricity...
In part 2 of this interview, tomato grower Ted Duijvestijn speaks about how he aims to operate his business without any need for fossil
