Throughout Hawaii, raising anthurium blooms is a big industry. Anthuriums are grown on more than 200 professional facilities. A number of these facilities have been in operation since the 1950s, which had been the decade which cultivators first started cultivating anthuriums commercially. Continue reading and I will describe the anthurium farming methods that these facilities use to grow large amounts of anthurium blooms.
The initial step in cultivating these kinds of blossoms commercially is building a shade structure. The goal of the shade house is to supply shade to the flowers that will be cultivated in it. The reason why shade is important to growing anthuriums is that these types of plants would have a tendency to get burnt by the sun if they were to be grown in direct sunlight. To build a shade house, the parcel on which it's going to be built will have to be cleared and graded with a bulldozer. Right after the property is flattened off, galvanized pipes are arranged in place. These pipes are used as posts to hold up the cabling and shade material which are used to build the shade house.
After the shade building is completed, volcanic cinder or other growing media is dispersed on the ground of the shade building using tractors. The cinder usually originates from volcanic cinder cones and is delivered to the farm in big dump trucks. Typically a covering of cinder about a couple of feet thick is placed on the floor of the shade building.
As soon as the cinder is in position, anthurium plants are acquired. They might originate from top cuttings of more mature plants in other areas of the farm or they may be the outcome of vegetative reproduction. They're then planted in the shade structure.
Typically, Hawaii's consistent rain showers provide sufficient moisture for the plants. But, if the rain fall is not sufficient the anthurium plants might be watered by means of sprinklers.
The initial step in cultivating these kinds of blossoms commercially is building a shade structure. The goal of the shade house is to supply shade to the flowers that will be cultivated in it. The reason why shade is important to growing anthuriums is that these types of plants would have a tendency to get burnt by the sun if they were to be grown in direct sunlight. To build a shade house, the parcel on which it's going to be built will have to be cleared and graded with a bulldozer. Right after the property is flattened off, galvanized pipes are arranged in place. These pipes are used as posts to hold up the cabling and shade material which are used to build the shade house.
After the shade building is completed, volcanic cinder or other growing media is dispersed on the ground of the shade building using tractors. The cinder usually originates from volcanic cinder cones and is delivered to the farm in big dump trucks. Typically a covering of cinder about a couple of feet thick is placed on the floor of the shade building.
As soon as the cinder is in position, anthurium plants are acquired. They might originate from top cuttings of more mature plants in other areas of the farm or they may be the outcome of vegetative reproduction. They're then planted in the shade structure.
Typically, Hawaii's consistent rain showers provide sufficient moisture for the plants. But, if the rain fall is not sufficient the anthurium plants might be watered by means of sprinklers.
