Finding more room

摘要

One excellent way to reduce production cost per plant is to make better use of greenhouse space. The cost of providing the right environment is the same whether you are utilizing 50 percent of the space or if every square foot is covered with plants.Every square foot that has plants means additional dollars of income. The following are ways in which production can be increased. Some may require modification to the system you are now using; others are just common sense ways that we tend to overlook at times. Conventional, lengthwise benches typically cover about 60 percent of the floor area. The remaining 40 percent is for aisles to access the plants. Changing to a peninsula arrangement that places the benches perpendicular to the sidewall — with 18-inch work aisles between and one 3-foot to 5-foot main aisle down the center — will increase growing space by at least 10 percent. This system also provides easier access for moving plants with carts or conveyors.