Maximum Yield USA January 2017 | Page 66

CONTROL YOUR GROW G reenhouses can create the perfect controlled growing environment. After all, they allow plants to utilize the sun for the energy required for photosynthesis, to metabolize nutrients into biomass. Nature provides this for free. By controlling the environment within the greenhouse, we are able to offer crops a simulated environment coexisting with the nature outside. Therefore, many crops are viable inside greenhouses that could not be otherwise grown in that particular climate zone. Enclosed indoor gardens offer the same benefits. Spare rooms are perfect for growers to seal up and grow in. Virtually any plant can be cultivated indoors in a simulated environment much different from the geographic location of the building in which the room is located. As most buildings are kept at a comfortable room temperature, one of the rooms or areas of the building can be easily converted into an indoor garden. By using today’s available technologies and equipment, virtually any crop can be grown in a controlled environment. 64 Maximum Yield USA  |  January 2017 “ Depending on the amount of technology in the greenhouse, there can be great variance in production quality.”