Paul Fisher Workshop Presentations, June 2016

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Fundamentals of managing the root zone: Supplying essential nutrients

Author: Paul Fisher

The fundamentals of managing the root zone: Supplying essential nutrients. Discussion of the most common nutritional problems. What is the affect of substrate-pH? Which factors affect substrate-pH?
Fundamentals of managing the root zone: Irrigation

Author: Paul Fisher

Greenhouse irrigation: be able to communicate to irrigate plants without overwatering and understand how irrigation interacts with porosity in a root substrate.
Advanced pH management for plugs

Author: Paul Fisher

How can you balance growing media, lime, water alkalinity, nutrient level, ammonium:nitrate ratio, and crop species, to avoid pH issues in your growing medium?
Grower or manufacturer? Lean manufacturing principles.

Author: Paul Fisher

Lean manufacturing principles and production costs for plug and cutting production.