From e-Gro Alert:
Inclement spring weather can delay retail plant sales, as customers wait for warmer, sunnier days to begin gardening. As space in the greenhouse gets scarce, and plants keep growing bigger, think carefully about where and how you are displaying your products.
Plants get stacked vertically. When every inch of bench space is filled with plants, flats of smaller plants often get moved to the floor under the bench. Baskets are hung on two and even three levels above the benches. Light quality and quantity diminish. If low light conditions remain for many days, plants will tend to stretch, especially those on the floor.
Plants get crowded horizontally. Not only is there no extra elbow room on the bench, but plants are growing every day they wait to be sold. This horizontal crowding creates excellent conditions for foliar diseases and also for stretching. As neighboring plants grow intertwined, it is easier for customers to damage them when pulling their selections off the bench.
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