Heating, Water & Growing Systems

Growing healthy, high-quality plants in a consistent environment is the goal for many growers of plants such as lettuce, tomatoes, berries, herbs, and other vegetables. Many growers also use greenhouses to establish young, healthy plants before transplanting outside.

Greenhouse heating allows you to control your growing environment, extend the growing season, maintain high quality, reduce loss due to disease, and increase yields.  Our greenhouse growing expertise includes:

• Hot water radiant heat systems, design, and components
• Complete irrigation and water management systems
• Customized bio-based growing system with portable, compost-filled mesh containment
• Installation supervision or optional installation
  

Advantages of Hot Water Radiant Heat

Hot water (hydronic) heat delivers heat right to the plant, under bench or in the greenhouse floor, plus these advantages:

• Controlled growing environment
• Increased yields
• Accelerated rooting and plant growth
• Reduced disease and improved plant quality
• Up to 40% fuel efficiency savings over conventional forced air heating
• Flexibility to heat by zone, plus soil and plant temperature control

Agricultural Heating Packages

Once we analyze your operations, Delta T engineers will recommend which components are best for you.  These systems may include in-ground or under bench systems to deliver heat directly to plant roots. Heating packages may include:

• Heating system components (radiant heat system, heat sources, piping and controls)
• Engineered drawings (pipe layouts and electrical diagrams)
• Installation supervision or optional installation services

 We manufacture our own components and partner with leading heating source suppliers to create customized systems that may include a boiler, direct contact heat, indirect contact heat, heat exchangers, supplemental heat and piping.

Learn more about these products:

• Radiant heating
• Heat sources
• Piping

Do you know how much heat is needed for your greenhouse?  Our heat loss calculator can determine how much heat is being lost on a per-house basis.

Water Management in Agricultural Greenhouses

Increased regulations governing agricultural water runoff, plus nutrient input costs have made it critical to manage a water system efficiently and effectively.  Delta T’s customized systems will deliver clean water in the most effective way.  We will make sure your recycled water is clean, disease-free and of optimum quality for your crops. 

A customized water system may include:

• Flood and bench irrigation system
• Warm water irrigation systems
• Constant pressure systems
• Water treatment and runoff control systems

See what our customers say about Delta T’s heating and water solutions here.

Custom Bio-Based Greenhouse Growing Systems

Delta T will design and install a completely integrated agricultural growing system combining the Filtrexx® GardenSoxx® compost-filled mesh containment components with the appropriate Delta T heating and irrigation elements.

This total growing environment has many advantages, including:

• Reduced disease and low weed pressure
• Reduced insects
• More oxygen to plants
• Higher vigor levels
• Controlled heating and irrigation
• Higher yields
• Measurable increases in plant health
• Improved plant safety

The growing media in this system are made of bio-based, organic compost within a series of strong, portable mesh ‘socks’ that can be configured to suit indoor or outdoor growing needs.  Delta T will add the appropriate radiant heat, heat source, piping, and water management elements necessary to maximize each grower’s individual operations.

GardenSoxx systems are renewable and help increase yields in both conventional and organic systems, with the added advantage of being easy to install, affordable, and an economic alternative to coir bags or hydroponic growing systems. 

To learn more about this innovative new approach to growing, contact Delta T Solutions.