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TECHNOLOGY
can produce about 30,000 flats a week
easily, transplanting, " Field says.
The Visser cart loaders at Spring Meadow
Nursery decrease labor and increase output.
provide up to 210 more trays per
hour than what was being produced
in years past without it. " At our peak,
I would say just two transplant lines
TRYING NEW TECHNOLOGY
Catoctin Mountain Growers has been
working on two new projects to continue
its journey of innovation. First, they
have partnered with IUNU, an artificial
intelligence (AI) and industrial computer
vision company located in Seattle.
IUNU's camera system was installed
in an acre of the greenhouse to
monitor growth rates, germination,
plant health and inventory tracking.
" It's hard as a grower who is used to
literally picking up plants and touching
them and sticking your finger in dirt
and holding it, to switch to relying
on computer sensory input to make
decisions on plant growing. That's a
big paradigm shift. And so, we want
to baby step into that for our growing
team. So we're trying that in 1 acre of
our greenhouse, " Van Wingerden says.
The second project focuses more on
greenhouse energy usage. Catoctin
is teaming up with the University
of Maryland to optimize energy
consumption within manufacturing
facilities. They will be upgrading
lighting and making the LEDs
" smarter " ; measuring heat circulation
and how to capture natural heat to
reduce the use of supplemental heat;
and measuring water flow with meters
to investigate how the amount of water
used correlates with variables like
sunlight, temperature and humidity.
" We're trying to build a database, "
Van Wingerden says. " If we have
this computer intelligence helping to
make decisions that help my team
to have more freedom to be creative
or oversee things at a higher level,
I think that I'll probably get better
innovation from my growers. "
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Table of Contents
Editor's Report
Industry News
Forty Under 40 Perspectives: From Beginner to Epic Gardening
Technically Speaking: Lighting Plants Indoors, Without Sunlight
Forty Under 40: Honorees of 2023
Technology: Growth Strategy by Way of Automation
Culture Report: Geum Tempo Series
Editors' Picks
Vaughn's View: Colorful & Vibrant Annual Introductions for 2024 — Part 1
Product Marketplace
Classifieds/Ad Index
Chat Room
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May 2023 - Industry News
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May 2023 - Forty Under 40 Perspectives: From Beginner to Epic Gardening
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May 2023 - Technically Speaking: Lighting Plants Indoors, Without Sunlight
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May 2023 - Forty Under 40: Honorees of 2023
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May 2023 - Culture Report: Geum Tempo Series
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