Harvesting From the Water
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Harvesting From the Water

The people were doing their cultivation on the land and they use to feed the water and nutrients to the plants for the growth. Now the demand for fruits, vegetables and other type of foods has got increased and the human has searched to find the better way for cultivating the crop plants, in a better manner and to increase the productivity to match with the demand.

The research and development has detected many ways for the cultivation, which also were not successful due to the affect of pests and other diseases influenced on the plants.The people have taken the help of chemicals to get rid of pests and other diseases to help the plants to grow.

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Choosing a Window Greenhouse
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Choosing a Window Greenhouse

The window garden / greenhouse are developed for the convenience of the gardener to enjoy his habit with in a limited space. The attachable type, window greenhouse is more reliable and easy for maintenance. As it is connected with your home the watering and electrification is become easier.

If you are choosing a window greenhouse means you are willing to do the gardening through out the year and want to enjoy year-round blossom and it will be your most cost-effective and simple to build option. Window greenhouse kit is readily available in the market to buy and you need not to put more efforts for the construction of it.

The only thing you have to do is to enlarge the opening, where you are going to erect the window greenhouse.Cost of the kit, materials use for construction and the size of your window greenhouse are factors to be considered while deciding for a window greenhouse. Keep it in mind that the type of greenhouse should match with the design of your home.

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Warming It Up in the Greenhouse
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Warming It Up in the Greenhouse

The human demand for the fruits and vegetables are not seasonal but the some fruits and vegetables are getting only in the specified season. The modern world has developed much more technologies to easier the human life and they have found the way to produce the seasonal fruits and vegetables through out the year by developing the greenhouse technologies.

The studies have shown that the growth of the plant is depend up on the climate and if we can create the favorable climate artificially, the plants will grow and the cropping can be through out the year.

The experts have developed a different world for the plants to provide controlled atmosphere to enable them for non-stop production. The greenhouse, the artificial world of plants, technology to provide the suitable climate to the plants is being achieved by few accessories like heater, moisture detector, air ventilators, lights and enclosure.

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How to Fertilize Greenhouse Plants
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How to Fertilize Greenhouse Plants

A plant newly potted plants must be fertilized to grow new roots to absorb and supply to the plant for its immediate growth. How to fertilize and what type of fertilizer you must use is depending up on the kinds of plants you are growing in your greenhouse. Since, each plant has its own quality to absorb the required quantity of nutrients.

More fertilizer will spoil the health of the plant and it will encourage the wild plants to grow in your greenhouse. Some plants may in need of frequent fertilizing and some does not. So it is must to know about the requirement of plants, you have cultivated.

The fertilizers having considerable amount of nitrogen (50 percent) and that carry the preferred amount of nitrate, which is usually labeled and identified as “peat – lit”. The N-P-K ratio, mentioned on every bag, must be verified, which ratio analysis the similarity to “1-2-1”, which will supply a balanced growth.

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Greenhouse Misting System
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Greenhouse Misting System

Greenhouses have become most popular in plant cultivation. They allow the cultivation of plants in places, which could grow these plants normally. There are many factors, which is effective for the development of plants, inside a greenhouse. The balanced air circulation, ventilation, humidity, shading and heating will provide a most favorable environment to the plants.

Misting – Another factor is that the prevention of overheating in the greenhouse by providing good ventilation and shading. However, proper misting or the control of humidity is also an important factor, which maintains a comfortable environment for the growth of plants.

Misting is one process to create the moisture inside the greenhouse. The amount of moisture, which is necessary to be maintained in the greenhouse, is depend up on several factors such as the amount of heat and ventilation that is existing inside. The thumb rule says that, every 10 square-ft of area, there must be 1-2 gallons/hour of moisture. A misting system can effectively distribute moisture regularly to all the parts of the greenhouse.

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Five Factors to Consider When Choosing Greenhouse Lighting
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Five Factors to Consider When Choosing Greenhouse Lighting

The greenhouse is designed for the plant cultivation in favorable environment, created artificially. The space of the greenhouse is restricted and it is in an enclosed structure. The requirements of plants may be or may not be known factor for you.

If not you have to enquire and gather the knowledge to take care of the plants you are going to cultivate in the greenhouse. The greenhouse is not at all depending on natural climate and we have to create the suitable environment with all the necessities of plants, inside the greenhouse, artificially.

The change in temperature may affect the growth of the plants and we have to maintain the controlled temperature inside the greenhouse to help the plant to stabilize the way of growth. The regular watering and fertilization is the known factor for everybody and you have to follow as per the requirements of the plants. The next important factor is that the light rays, which is the media for the photosynthesis process on the leaves and the process is called as life process of the plant.

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Knowing Your Greenhouse Supplies
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Knowing Your Greenhouse Supplies

The greenhouse is become more and more popular for gardening and cultivating the fruits and vegetables. The greenhouse is a closed chamber with warmed environment for the healthy growth of the plants. Your interest and investment may not be sufficient to become the owner of a greenhouse, at the same time you should have the knowledge about the greenhouse and you must be able to fulfill the maintaining aspects of the greenhouse.

The greenhouse serves as a home for the plants to grow in a proper environment for through out the year. The greenhouse structure, wall, and roof can be made of many kind of material like plastic, glass, wood, fiber, metal etc. The greenhouse is an enclosed chamber, where we can control the temperature, light and even moisture to give a balanced environmental condition to encourage the growth of the plants.

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Gardening Inside the Greenhouse
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Gardening Inside the Greenhouse

Gardening is a most interesting and pleasing habit, due to which most of the human beings are behind it. If any one decides to go for a greenhouse for gardening, it will be great idea to grow the plants through out the year with out any fear of changing weather and climate conditions.

The greenhouse is available in different forms to accommodate as per your choice. However, you have to asses the available area to place the greenhouse. There are two types of greenhouse, like freestanding type and attaching type. The space requirement of freestanding type is more than the attaching type.

If you do not have sufficient area to accommodate the freestanding type you can choose the attaching type, which can be attached with your house. The placement of greenhouse must be in sunlight area to give the sufficient light rays to the plants. The plant is in need of sun light for its growth and it your responsibility to provide, for which you have to select the greenhouse with transparent enclosure.

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Fertilization of Greenhouse Crops
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Fertilization of Greenhouse Crops

The greenhouse is very much suitable to cultivate the seasonal crops though out the year by it’s controlled inside atmosphere. The proper growth and development of the crops are depending up on the treatments, you are providing to the plants.

Many factors like fertilization, temperature, humidity, ventilation and shading are to be considered for maintaining a greenhouse to the satisfaction of the plants, growing in the greenhouse. The proper nutrition has to be provided by the fertilization for the healthy growth and developing the productivity of the plant.

The greenhouse plants are called as heavy feeders and require huge amount of fertilizers to grow. Recent research has shows that the nitrate, nitrogen and ammonium balance is more effective for the growth of plants. High amounts of ammonium in turn can cause foliage burn to the plants due to toxicity.

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Selling Greenhouses to Farmers
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Selling Greenhouses to Farmers

Farmers face many challenges when working on the land due to the changes of weather and providing the sufficient nutrients to their plants. They have also to be prepared to fight with pests and diseases to achieve the target of harvesting the maximum out put from the grown plants.

The proper and proven method, the greenhouse technologies, is available for the farmers to do the cultivation as per their wish and expectations. The greenhouse will help the farmer to grow the crops in a controlled environment free from pest and diseases, what they were suffering in the past.

The greenhouse comes in various sizes; the designer can distribute a booklet to show the available models. If the farmer does not have enough space to accommodate the existing models, the farmer can go for a modified version according to the layout of the land. The greenhouse must be with the consideration of many factors.

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