When Tyler Baras became manager at The GrowHaus, he implemented changes
that increased lettuce production from 35 cases to over 70 cases per week.
Expanding
product mix
Swiss chard, a variety of lettuces, sorrel, nasturtium
and pansies. He is experimenting with micro-greens
and is trialing additional crops.
“Growing hydroponically takes a lot of attention,” he
said. “You constantly have to be looking over lettuce.
A disease can pop up quickly. If you don’t handle it
right away it can quickly get out of control resulting
in unsalable product.”
“In Florida it’s very difficult to really cool the
greenhouses because of the high humidity,” he
said. “Evaporative cooling in Florida is pretty much
ineffective. That makes it very difficult to grow
lettuce in the summer. In Colorado because of the
low humidity, using evaporative cooling I am able
to drop the temperature by 20ºF.”
Prior to Baras’ arrival at The GrowHaus, the
5,000-square-foot greenhouse facility was producing
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