How Can Horticulturalists Benefit from Cold Rooms?
Industrial cold room technology provides a reliable crop management tool for horticulturists that can be a valuable asset when planning production, arranging distribution, and storing fresh produce. At MTCSS, we design and install bespoke cold room solutions for businesses across the horticultural sector, which bring a wide range of benefits.
1) Controlling Humidity
One of the most important ways horticulturalists can benefit from industrial cold rooms is the ability to reduce and control humidity, allowing growers to consistently maintain the optimum conditions for healthy plants. If you’d like humidity control built into your cold room, get in touch with us to talk through the details.
2) Preserving Seeds
An energy-efficient cold storage room provides the ideal facility for storing, preserving and propagating seeds. Dependent on the seed type, cold storage can allow growers to overcome dormancy and maintain seed viability.
3) Reducing Waste
Waste is a costly and frustrating part of a commercial growing operation, but now horticulturists can use a cold storage solution to delay flowering and growth in order to meet specific deadlines from garden centres or retailers. This hugely reduces waste, especially if plants only flower for a short time, or are popular at a certain season. Horticultural cold storage also helps preserve delicate stock during times when retail outlets are forced to close, or when access is restricted by lockdown measures.
4) Controlling Temperature
We all know that plants are highly sensitive to temperature changes, which makes the unpredictable British climate a challenging place to grow non-native plants. A cold room allows horticulturists to specifically manage the growing temperatures of a wide range of plants. The optimum storage temperature varies for different species of plants, but with an industrial cold room the temperature can be controlled and monitored to maximise the health and condition of plants.
5) Improving Efficiency
A custom cold room can be a great way to increase efficiency, as one chiller cold room works more efficiently than multiple small commercial fridges, or trying to control the temperature of an existing store room or ambient area. A build for purpose chiller cold room will also allow for improved storage and organisation.
6) Increased Flexibility
Cold storage offers growers greater flexibility when it comes to scheduling planting and propagation. External factors such as the availability of labour, customer demand, and the conditions of beds can be taken into account with an effective cold storage strategy.
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At MTCSS, we’re proud of our reputation for excellent customer service and innovative storage solutions. Call our experienced team today to discuss your industrial cold room requirements and we’ll create a bespoke solution that works for you and your horticulture business.
