Products

New products from across the industry.

Staff | October 2009
Stir fans
J&D Manufacturing is offering a series of 18-inch stir fans with two guard options and a single or variable speed motor option. The fans’ wide guard spacing reduces buildup and allows for easy cleaning. The fans create uniform temperatures throughout the greenhouse, helping reduce heating costs. The versatile mounting bracket allows for easy tilt and swivel of fan to easily change direction and angle of air movement. The enclosed, maintenance free, direct drive high efficiency motors are covered by a full two-year warranty. To satisfy horticultural applications, a white powder coated OSHA approved guard is now available for fans that are mounted below 7 feet.

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Grow lights
The LumiuGrow ES from LumiGrow Inc. features LED emitters that cast a precise spectral range within 400-700 nanometers. It also features true deep red LEDs that match peak photosynthesis along with double the photosynthetically active radiation of other solid-state horticultural lights. LumiGrow lights use 60 percent less energy than 600-watt high pressure sodium lights. The cool-running lights eliminate the need for ballasts, reflectors, fans or other cooling systems. Independently adjustable red and blue knobs enable growers to fine-tune the lighting.

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Flower pouch
Al’s Flower Pouch II from A.M.A. Plastics Ltd. Comes in three sizes: five-, six- and 10-hole. Each oxo-degradable, ultraviolet light protected, poly film pouch contains recycled material and is guaranteed for a one-year growing season. The pouch can accommodate annuals, strawberries, herbs and fall mums.

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Metering pumps
Neptune Chemical Pump Co. has designed its Series 500, Series 7000 and Series PZ metering pumps for use with alternative power sources. The Series 500 and 7000 pumps can be fitted with 12-volt motors that run off the 12-volt system of gasoline- or diesel-driven irrigation pumps. The common alternative power source for the Series PZ pumps is solar power because of the pump’s low power draw.

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Biomass furnace
Year-A-Round Corp. manufactures a furnace that burns biomass solid fuels including corn, beans, rye, flax, wood pellets and other burnable pelletized material. Four models are available ranging from 100,000Btu to 950,000 Btu. The furnaces are clean burning and clinker free, which minimizes cleaning time. A furnace control panel allows the operator to set and regulate temperature. A patent-pending feature includes an air-cooled corn feeder, agitator and fire box.

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Insert tray
Proptek is offering a 72-cell insert tray designed specifically to hold inserts or stabilized media plugs including Ellepots, Fertil, Jiffy, Glue Plugs, Oasis, Preforma and Super Seedling. The injection-molded tray has an open side to the cells for air pruning the roots and to also improve aeration and drainage. The 10.5-inch wide by 21-inch long by 2.75-inch deep tray prevents root circling and its feet elevate the tray off the ground to allow air flow and eliminate the need for air pruning benching. Its Slot and Rib design enables the trays to stack and nest. The trays can be filled and stacked before use. Each cell has a central hole for easy safe ejection of plugs from below. The company is also developing tray sizes with different cell counts and cell depths, including a 50-cell tray.

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