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SO YOU WANT TO OWN A COMMERCIAL GREEN HOUSE?I’ll tell you, it’s not easy. While it is very satisfying having your work bear fruit, literally, it involves a level of commitment that falls only inches short of caring for a child. Green house growing is the care and nurture of living things, one day’s lack of attention or water can have disastrous results, however, if you have a good, solid plan that you follow through on, you’ll profit from it. You need to know several things before you start. What market do you want to serve? What do you want to grow? What sort of green house do you need to accommodate what you want to grow? Looking at other commercial green houses will help you make a more solid decision and talking with others in the industry will help you avoid common pitfalls. Can you fill a niche? Is there a fruit, vegetable or plant being trucked in from other states or countries that you could grow? Market research will help you design the architecture for a sustainable green house business. Ready? Set? GROW! You’ve decided you’ve got the strength, willpower and interest, and knowledge to own and operate a commercial green house, and you’ve taken the time to narrow your choices of crops to a small handful. Now you’ll have to decide whether you’d like to buy an existing commercial green house or purchase enough land that you can build your own, or have a contractor build one for you. The building itself isn’t all you need to keep in mind. You’ll have to find resources for the materials you’re going to need, such as seed, green house supplies, greenhouse-quality earth, misting devices and other watering material, fertilizer and, oh yeah, an actual green house! You also need to consider who can help you repair your building and equipment should something break or not function properly. Additionally, you need employees to maintain the commercial green house and work at planting, trimming, thinning and cultivating. No one can run a commercial green house alone, and finding the staff that’s qualified will take some time. There is a serious business end to running a commercial green house ~ it’s not just playing in the dirt. Once you’ve gotten your commercial green house production underway, you’ll need to contact local grocers to begin negotiations for buying and selling before your harvest is anywhere near ready. Your produce will have a short-shelf life and you’ll need to harvest at the optimal time, and get it to your buyers as quickly as possible. If you’ve taken the time to look into every aspect of a commercial green house, you won’t be caught by surprise. You’ll be prepared for mishaps and problems that might come up, you’ll feel able to handle them, and you’ll be ready to apply solutions you’ve already scoped out. Once you see your own produce being sold to the public on grocers’ shelves, you’ll know that all your hard work and effort paid off. |
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