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Two generations
prove it, nursery plants
need bottom heat too!
Connor Shaw, of
Possibility Place Nursery,
in Monee, a small town
south of Chicago, has two
areas of his nursery with
BioTherm bottom heat.
The first was installed 20 years ago
and is still in operation today. Connor
indicates that the original tubes
remain but he added on to the system
when he expanded the benches. It is
functioning as well today as it did 20
years ago. Based on that experience,
about 2 years ago, Connor and his
son, Tristan, added a new area of
BioTherm heat. This one was entirely
TrueLeaf from the boiler to the
MicroClimate tubing.
Why use BioTherm MicroClimate heat? Connor indicated that he has done
a couple of side by side comparisons of his plants with and without the BioTherm
system and “in each case, the difference in plant growth, root structure,
and overall healthy look of the plants was noticeable and measurable.”
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Possibility Place
Nursery has a niche in the
market. For the Northern Illinois
area and some in Southern Wisconsin
and Western Indiana, they provide
“ Native” plants. Started in 1978, Possibility
has grown from the original 5 acres to now encompassing
55 acres. In addition, Possibility Place Nursery does
not use chemicals to get a fibrous root system. They
avoid chemical use whenever possible. The nursery has
not used an insecticide, miticide, or fungicide spray
for 15 years. They do use post and pre-emergent herbicides
and organic and inorganic fertilizers. Fittingly for
such an organization, they do not believe in the status
quo. They are constantly testing species, fertilizers,
soil mixes and transplant ability. Connor, who has
a B.S. in forest hydrology and a M.S. in wild land hydrology,
said he “believes that the customer’s success
in growing plants begins with us at the nursery. Many
of these studies are performed in-house, while others
are performed elsewhere. In these outside studies,
we have either donated plant material, consulting, or
both.”
Many times their
plants are sold directly to
the environmental groups
or individuals who desire
to go back to nature. Connor
has close to 1,000,000 seeds from
Native plants and grows close to 95%
of the plants he sells from those seeds.
Connor guarantees the dormant plants
he sells will bud, and thus the
strength and the durability of his crop
is of utmost importance to his bottom
line. So in this case, the BioTherm
MicroClimate system does, in fact,
contribute directly to the bottom line.
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