GrowSpan Blog

April 10, 2018    Microgreens are the shoots of young salad vegetables, picked just after the first leaves have developed. They are tasty, nutritious and have soared in popularity across the country. By selling microgreens to local grocers, restaurants or individuals, growers can put their gardening skills to use and generate an extra source of […]

April 3, 2018    GrowSpan’s Series 500 Commercial Greenhouse creates the ideal growing environment for producing just about any crop, but when paired with S500 light deprivation systems, it becomes a cannabis production powerhouse. GrowSpan has designed and rigorously tested these engineered blackout systems to ensure cannabis growers get an automated system that not only […]

March 23, 2018    Outdoor and indoor growing each comes with its own unique set of challenges. Outdoor growers enjoy lower energy bills, but pay for it later with products that tend to net less money. Conversely, indoor growers tend to produce cannabis that fetches higher prices, but pay for it when the electric bill […]

Properly sizing a greenhouse heating system is crucial for increasing heating capacity and maintaining the perfect temperatures year-round. Sizing a greenhouse heating system only requires growers to make several measurements and a few calculations. Once the numbers are crunched, growers will be well on their way to sufficiently heating their operation. Efficiency ratings are of […]

March 7, 2018    More greenhouses are beginning to adopt an automated system for fertigation and GrowSpan knows why. Fertigation is the injection of fertilizers into an irrigation system. Human error can result in under or over-delivery of fertilizers, which can adversely impact a plant’s health and nutrition. Automated fertigation aims to solve the various […]

March 1, 2018    New technology is always emerging for indoor cultivation, and what business owner doesn’t want to be on the cutting edge of their industry? Nonetheless, many growers in the cannabis industry are apprehensive about paying high prices for new-fangled equipment they aren’t familiar with. To help instill confidence, SunGrower recently published the […]

February 22, 2018    For the last several decades, GrowSpan has helped people navigate the world of greenhouse growing and controlled environment agriculture. Whether a grower is invested in providing cannabis, hemp, vegetables, flowers, education and research or anything else, there is a GrowSpan greenhouse perfectly suited to foster optimal growth. From design to manufacturing […]

February 13, 2018    Soon enough the growing season will begin. While many will wait to start growing outdoors, those with high tunnels will get a jump start and begin growing weeks before their outdoor counterparts. It’s hard for growers to watch their competition start their growing season before them, and because of this, each […]

January 25, 2018    GrowSpan Greenhouse Structures recently contributed an article to the Febrary 2018 issue of Marijuana Venture. The article, entitled “Time for a Greener Greenhouse,” discussed how greenhouse updates and repairs made after the fall harvest can help to improve energy-efficiency and boost profitability.  The article is print only, but visit Marijuana Venture […]

January 10, 2018    Another year has gone by and now that the days are starting to get longer again, increasing the natural light in a greenhouse can be a major advantage for cannabis producers. GrowSpan contributed to the January/February 2018 issue of Professional Marijuana Grower, where they go into further depth on how longer […]