Key learnings from growers currently benefiting from using the climate optimization, nature and protection as crop management strategies inside their retractable roof houses include:
- How to optimize plant density to maximize kg/ hectare
- Yields of 54,000- 92,000 lbs/ acre or 61,000 to 104,000 kg/ hectare
- How to maximize yield and brix using a combination of natural and protected conditions
- Strategies to produce in cold climates using retractable greenhouse roofs
- Strategies to produce in hot climates using retractable cooling roofs
- Strategies to advance or delay the harvest to hit premium price windows
- How to naturally reduce the entry and reproduction of pests
- How to naturally reduce foliar disease
- How to incorporate spraying into the design of the house
- Strategies to improve harvesting efficiency