Whilst we have a fairly high level of technology being utilised in the glasshouse complex, we also have technology working for us in our older igloo. The igloo was built in 2000, and has just been equipped with a Priva Maximiser system that will assist us in controlling both the climate and irrigation strategies.
This week some of our Alliance students took a hands on role in redeveloping part of the igloo for growing crops in an individual pot based system. The students task was to construct a crop support system that will be used for growing flower crops within the igloo structure, thus giving us an opportunity to expose our students to another aspect of commercial growing.
There was plenty of activity yesterday as the group transformed an empty area into a crop production facility within one day, all under the watchful eye of our teaching staff.
The activity allowed this group of students to work as a team whilst also broadening their knowledge of the crop growing industry, as well as helping to advance the development of our facility.
The 'before' look
And the 'after' look with some of our Alliance students
from left to right, Michael, Claire, Stephanie, Jake and Stephan
The next stage for one of our student groups will be the the installation of the irrigation system, and then they will be starting to clean the house and then install the pots in preperation for planting.
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