Dissolved Oxygen Needs Sanitation to Be Effective
Dissolved oxygen (DO) in irrigation water improves root growth and plant health, reducing crop timing and shrink. There are a number of ways to introduce oxygen in the irrigation water. Each way provides benefits to the crop over the short term. However, without proper sanitation, the impact of oxygen supplementation diminishes over time as aerobic […]
Sprayer Maintenance – Get ready for the next season.
If your equipment is hobbled by maintenance issues, your problems can worsen, even though you are using expensive chemicals and labor to solve them. Proper sprayer maintenance can help ensure your applications are effective and make the most of your pesticide applications.
Controlling Mist for Propagation
Dramm mist propagation systems are designed to evenly distribute the right amount of water on liners of seedlings or cuttings. Providing the right flow and droplet size is important to ensure that the media remains moist during rooting. The timing of these mist cycles is just as important. Using the right controller to ensure that the misting cycles are timed correctly can have a great impact on your production.
Dramm Welcomes Jason Grimmett as Northeast Technical Representative
Dramm Corporation is thrilled to announce the hiring of Jason Grimmett as the Northeastern Technical Representative.
Retail Irrigation Upgrades to Reduce Labor and Improve Plant Health
Many production growers have turned to automation to reduce labor and improve the quality of their plants. However, retail garden centers are behind the automation curve, still hand watering regularly. Upgrading retail irrigation systems that are tailored to merchandising can significantly benefit garden centers, minimizing labor requirements and enhancing plant health.
Fogging Calcium for Poinsettia Bract Edge Burn
Poinsettia Bract Edge Burn is a common occurrence in this Christmas crop. Brown necrotic lesions occur on the bract margin. The primary cause for this is low levels of calcium in the bract. Some poinsettia varieties have difficulty translocating calcium to the bract margin as the bract expands. Once necrosis begins, botrytis often follows, often leading more plant damage.
Barrier Water Treatment vs Holistic Water Treatment with Complete Ozone Systems
Filtration systems, heat-pasturization and ultra-violet sanitation systems all employ a barrier to eliminate or prevent contaminants from moving down stream of the barrier. This method may remove undesirable components in your water, but they do not provide any residual sanitation in the plumbing and other equipment downstream and they do nothing to help promote the health of the crop.
Irrigation Upgrades to Reduce Labor and Improve Plant Quality
With unemployment below 4%, labor remains tight. Finding employees is a difficult task, not to mention finding people qualified to water correctly. Upgrading your irrigation systems can reduce labor greatly while improving plant quality.
Greenhouse Dehumidification to Reduce Energy Costs and Improve Plant Health
In winter months, greenhouse heating adds a great deal of cost to spring plant production. Typically, growers endure swings in climate as temperature and humidity rise until it is necessary to vent, bringing in cold air and releasing humid air. This is a typical “dehumidification” method in most greenhouses. Instead, using condensing dehumidifiers to lower humidity can reduce heating energy costs and prevent the climate fluctuations that effect plant health.
A Case for Complete Water Integration
DRAMMwater provides complete water integration services to growing operations world-wide. On the face, this sounds like we provide equipment for watering plants. And, we do. But, we provide so much more. DRAMMwater provides all of the equipment, but most importantly, the engineering, project management, experience, knowledge and wide variety of peripheral parts and services that ensures the whole system installs easily and works properly. In a word, it comes down to responsibility.
