You Won't Believe How Big This Commercial Greenhouse Is!

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It was brilliant to get a peek behind the scenes of one of the worlds largest commercial greenhouses. This place was mindblowing! I was invited to take a tour of Europe's Biggest producer of Brassica plants! It's an impressive operation!
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0:00:00 Introduction
0:00:16 Seed store
0:00:52 Seed Tray Processing
0:02:13 Seed Tape Processing
0:03:37 Benefits of Seed Tape over Conventional Seed Trays
0:05:07 Germination in a Commercial Glasshouse
0:06:15 Inside Massive Commercial Glasshouses!
0:10:18 Watering 600 million plants!
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@ChilliChump 2 жыл бұрын

When I get opportunities like this, I love to share them with all of you. I know it is something a little different to my usual videos, but I hope you still enjoyed it! P.S. Throughout the tour I kept thinking about how many chilli plants I could fit in that space! 😊🌶🔥

@chrishelmuth4065 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely mind-boggling how they keep all that space straight and organized! 🤪🤩🙃

@rashakor Жыл бұрын

35 acres is actually not that big. Many operations in Canada or USA are in that weight class or above. There is also the old Eurofresh range in Wilcox Arizona clocking at 320 acres.

@mikeg8319 2 жыл бұрын

What an operation, thanks for sharing!

@agentham 2 жыл бұрын

Super interesting, never thought I'd see blue seeds like that. Fascinating how people came up with all the automation and the processes for streamlining agriculture.

@ChilliChump 2 жыл бұрын

I love that sort of thing! Would be great to come up with those sorts of solutions.

@rdreynoldsbanana 2 жыл бұрын

Another neat thing about when seeds are "encapsulated" like that is that usually the mixture has some seed starter feed/nutrients/fertilizer to help the seed starting process also.

@wardy89 2 жыл бұрын

awesome, that was a really interesting watch. Its when you see operations like that that you start to realise just how much of a job its going to be for the industry to go peat free.

@FC-cz6zd 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, what an operation! The uniformity of growth is crazy. Thanks for taking the time to take us on a tour.

@isaacplaysbass8568 2 жыл бұрын

Mind Blown! Wow, what a lovely setup, I'm impressed with the efficiency and the concept. Beautifully presented and portrayed too, Thank you Shaun, and your contacts.

@wizardry007 2 жыл бұрын

This was a great video, thanks for taking us along.

@vaazig 2 жыл бұрын

This was great. Thanks for taking us along on your trip.

@aussiebornandbred 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing this mate, it's really fascinating 👍👍

@N155ER 2 жыл бұрын

Great shots! Also props to the guy for being well articulated and informative! Great video

@ChilliChump 2 жыл бұрын

Leighton was great, really knows his stuff.

@Shaqtapus 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Leighton really interesting to learn more about commerical plant growing

@PhilC74 2 жыл бұрын

What a fantastic video Shaun. Awww inspiring!!

@Lifegrowsonandon 2 жыл бұрын

Great documenting, fascinating operation

@markgay248 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this, Sean. I worked for years at asked company in Canada, and it always struck me that people should know a lot more about food production. Seeing the production facilities first hand always amazes. The economy of scale could hardly be better illustrated.

@steve-wn3bl 2 жыл бұрын

Fascinating to watch behind the scenes, great video 👌

@silverbackpeppers 2 жыл бұрын

Nice to see how the big guys do things great video bud👍

@Reapererebos 2 жыл бұрын

...... my mind is now blown. I have a hard enough time with my small raised beds. However I would love to see the automation setup. My inner geek is very happy. Thank you for sharing.

@BoomDelaBoom 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video!!!

@robynsnest8668 2 жыл бұрын

Love it! We have a seven acre house few minutes down the road from us. Does commercial seedlings for stores. All sorts of tomatoes and other veggies. And I thought that was big. 15 acre house 20 minutes away that does landscaping plants. Wow. Thanks for the tour. I would get in trouble with one acre and I know I am not the only one that looks at that and thinks what I could do with that. Lol.

@Justalent Ай бұрын

I will like to get some tomatoes seeds from you if you got good varieties. We can chat private if you permit. Thank you.

@jackosallotment6224 2 жыл бұрын

Looks amazing and it’s in the UK !!!!!!!!! Thanks for the tour enjoyed that wished I had one of those greenhouses I’d sleep in it lol 😂 cheers 🍻

@hiby8767 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing 👍 😊

@VeggieBeard Жыл бұрын

That's Amazing

@paulkerrison3342 2 жыл бұрын

I drove past it today on the way to check out a job down Claydike Bank. The place is huge and the setup looks so impressive close up.

@ChilliChump 2 жыл бұрын

It really is!

@bartyparty8521 3 ай бұрын

cool video, i live in Kingsville Ontario Canada. Some greenhouse here are up to 100 acres. They build the whole farm in one build. Its really incredible.

@ChilliChump 3 ай бұрын

100 acre greenhouse! That must be incredible to see!

@laurean5998 2 жыл бұрын

I worked in a giant capsicum greenhouse for 2 weeks. It was just I would guess around 50 workers scraping buckets 10 hours a day. They weren't even all done when I left...

@PhilC74 2 жыл бұрын

Wow Shaun! That's amazing. 600 million plants is just non comprehensible isn't it? I net you really enjoyed that day / visit. So envious.

@ChilliChump 2 жыл бұрын

It is pretty mind-blowing. And to make it even more impressive...that is just the number of brassicas! They start plenty other plants too 🤯

@PhilC74 2 жыл бұрын

@@ChilliChump bloody hell!! Never picked that up from the vid, I thought that was their entirety. I wouldnt even be able to imagine what the total yield is then. Very impressive. If I missed it then I apologise in advance, but where, geographically, are they based?

@ChilliChump 2 жыл бұрын

They are in Boston, Lincolnshire. Not too far from me

@hoffington 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, would love to see the next step with the farmers planting them

@samuelsankoh4506 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful farming

@rbid 2 жыл бұрын

very impressive, thanks for sharing. Greetings from the Galilee

@victorbenner539 2 жыл бұрын

Very cool.🌶🍻

@PreatorRaszagal 2 жыл бұрын

"Only" about an acre and a half... 🤪Sure, it might be "only" compared to 7 acres, but still hehe. Very interesting and informative. The seed tape was my favourite. It was almost like an episode of "how it's made" 😃Also, nice to see they're making an effort to go peat free 👌

@brianhall2694 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, it reminded me of that tv program How It's Made 😄

@ChilliChump 2 жыл бұрын

That was certainly a part of the inspiration for the video!

@christiankoller1787 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting!!

@latvian_homestead 2 жыл бұрын

They have more acreage on greenhouses them we have land all together. I thought our 270m2 greenhouse was pretty big. Just mind blowing. I would love to visit this or similar places. As grower and also as engineer - loved video ❤️

@james1795 2 жыл бұрын

I believe that would be in the category of "Big Time" operations. Thanks for bringing us along!

@matthewverdegaal2235 10 ай бұрын

I live near fountain plants. Great video

@henrik.norberg 2 жыл бұрын

I was ready for an April fools video, where you had "expanded" your chili growing, was a bit disappointed at the beginning but a great video.

@ChilliChump 2 жыл бұрын

I think you could easily lose the passion for growing chillies if you were doing it at this sort of scale. But believe me...it crossed my mind a couple times 🤔

@arsonfireuk 2 жыл бұрын

If it was an April fools the company would have been called bloomfountain

@chrisfryer3118 2 жыл бұрын

I'd like to know how the glass was kept clean, and more on the water, otherwise very interesting and informative.

@Raz0rking 2 жыл бұрын

Now I feel even more insignificant with my 6m2 greenhouse...

@wmtarr886 Жыл бұрын

fascinating stuff, ty

@alexboros1751 Жыл бұрын

👍 thanks! They going to start putting these on top of every HIRISE in the city?

@JonShep93 2 жыл бұрын

This is extremely cool. Really fascinating that broccoli the farmers grow probably start at this place prior to planting!

@TuftyMcTavish 2 жыл бұрын

💷 I bet those Greenhouse cost a few quid! 😆 All that glass 😲

@PCampbell 2 жыл бұрын

How do the vents open and close?

@ChilliChump 2 жыл бұрын

They are mechanically opened, massive motors using a push rod. All automated.

@vaazig 2 жыл бұрын

it would be interesting to see how our domestic chili growers such as South Devon chili farm work. They might not want to tell you since you're partial competition. Would be nice for us who buy their products though.

@ChilliChump 2 жыл бұрын

Good idea! I will reach out to a couple and gauge their interest.

@vaazig 2 жыл бұрын

@@ChilliChump that would be awesome

@bendover8433 2 жыл бұрын

Interested in how many hobby gardeners swear by bottom watering but commercial growers and nature top water. Maybe that’s the way to go

@ChilliChump 2 жыл бұрын

If you have sufficient airflow and inert soil, then top watering is fine. Bottom watering helps avoid algae growth...but there are other things you can do to avoid it too

@wranther 2 жыл бұрын

What an awesome seed starting operation you stumbled into there Shaun! All that fine automation must have filled you with many ideas. One great way to begin the month of April with too. Stay Spicy! -Bob...

@TwoMorbid 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting video. Really wish they'd hurry up and go completely peat free.

@leightonwaters8076 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Two_Morbid, you may not be aware but we are currently trialing different products to see if we can come up with an alternative to peat. For every cubic meter of peat we use we can produce 5 acres of field vegetables, the veg in the fields obviously take on a lot of Co2 while they are growing and this out ways the Co2 that is released when the peat is extracted. We only extract 0.04% of the Uk peat lands for the horticultural market. With our planttape machine there is only around 2ml of peat per cell which is obviously a very tiny amount. Going peat free is going to be very difficult as you can’t get the uniformity that the supermarket’s require.

@TwoMorbid 2 жыл бұрын

@@leightonwaters8076 great information and well done 👍

@stevenwatt2010 2 жыл бұрын

and theres me thinking buying 10 bags of peat free compost is helping and you have this place still using peat. whats the point

@juliaf_ 2 жыл бұрын

Yep. Gardeners make up a minuscule portion of consumption. We're also a small portion of plastic emissions and carbon emissions. Focusing on the individual when it comes to the environment is simply a way to let companies keep going without changing anything.

@leightonwaters8076 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Steven uk, you may not be aware but we are currently trialing different products to see if we can come up with an alternative to peat. For every cubic meter of peat we use we can produce 5 acres of field vegetables, the veg in the fields obviously take on a lot of Co2 while they are growing and this out ways the Co2 that is released when the peat is extracted. We only extract 0.04% of the Uk peat lands for the horticultural market. With our planttape machine there is only around 2ml of peat per cell which is obviously a very tiny amount.

@Tony_Sab 9 ай бұрын

One aphid and it's all over I guess

@alexcamilleri3997 2 жыл бұрын

What are these? "Broccoli" And what about these? "Broccoli" And those? "That's all Broccolli"

@joshualeffler6739 Жыл бұрын

This video was way too short. So much more I would've loved to know.

@ChilliChump Жыл бұрын

I have got plenty more footage. It was a great day of learning, really enjoyed it.

@linaso9739 2 жыл бұрын

Difficult to even comprehend the extent of it...

@colleenkaralee2280 2 жыл бұрын

Too bad I hate cabbage. :-))

@themightymustache69 2 жыл бұрын

Ridiculous process lol

@rhodrillewellyn2403 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting and at the same time depressing. Let's all go back to using peat and stuff the planet and our children :(

@leightonwaters8076 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Rhodri, you may not be aware but we are currently trialing different products to see if we can come up with an alternative to peat. For every cubic meter of peat we use we can produce 5 acres of field vegetables, the veg in the fields obviously take on a lot of Co2 while they are growing and this out ways the Co2 that is released when the peat is extracted. We only extract 0.04% of the Uk peat lands for the horticultural market. With our planttape machine there is only around 2ml of peat per cell which is obviously a very tiny amount.