Research Facility Manager Rob Landreth at PanAmerican Seed Co. ’s research installation in Guadalupe , CA oversees a total of 14 Agra Tech ( ATI ) Solar Light greenhouses that are presently doing their business as this society creates approximately 1,000 different coinage of the new and finest ornamental seed products in the industry today .
by Ed Attanasaio
If you bonk anything about seed breeding and production , you ’re already intimate with PanAmerican and its part as a cosmopolitan leader as it deal its product to commercial growers through sweeping seed distributer , who in act betray to main garden centers and big box stores .
For more than 60 eld , grower and distributors worldwide have relied on PanAmerican Seed for the raw and best ejaculate products available . PanAmerican ’s products are sell throughout North America and Europe , as well as in Japan , China and Australia , among others .
Solar Light 42 greenhouse
After execute his research and comparing ATI to other companies , Landreth pronounce his final determination was a no - brainer . “ We decided to go with ATI for a lot of reasons and it ’s turn out to be a swell decisiveness . They represent in force value ; they use only caliber materials and ingredient like Ridder drives / motor and their greenhouse are very competitively priced . They ’re well - build and design , so we ’re confident that they will last for many class to come . ”
Landreth worked closely with ATI ’s Director of Sales Adam Pound and Sales Representative Kent Wright to contrive the construction of 14 ATI greenhouses that equalise 70,500 sq . ft . in size of it . Landreth tap into ATI ’s decades of experience to handle a huge project that happened over seven years .
Equipped with Shade Curtains , Horizontal flow of air fan , Environmental controllers , sinewy Fans and cool down inking pad , PanAmerican ’s greenhouses were constructed by Ag - Con and its President Ray Pound . “ Building these structure was a very electropositive mental process from beginning to end , ” Landreth said . “ The physical process of each glasshouse was seamless and play - spare . Ag - Con has constructed all of our ATI greenhouses and they ’ve done an incredible occupation . ”
“ We patently have concerns with insects getting into our structures , so we were looking for some viable solution and ATI had all of the right reply , ” Landreth said . “ We were look for passport and advice and Adam Pound work with us to build a screened lobby and an entrance vestibule . This way , insect can never get draw into the nursery , which is subservient for what we are doing here . ”
Finest plants are grown in the glasshouse
PanAmerican ’s 26 - acre inquiry adroitness in Guadalupe , CA and the surrounding areas has a long and illustrious history in peak breeding and seminal fluid production . The land site was originally establish in 1912 as the L.D. Waller Seed Co. by L.D. Waller , Dr. John Franklin ( a aesculapian doctor ) , and Paul Giacomini , which make up it one of the oldest facilities .
Upon his return in 1947 , Lionel John Waller assumed the administration of the company . At its peak in the thirties , the house was likely the prominent ornamental source company in the world , farming approximately 3,000 Akko and reap 200 scads of Sweet Pea seed per year . Waller Flowerseed Co. adroitness and the surrounding land are depicted in with child , antique bird’s-eye pic hanging in the situation lobby . The photographs appear to have been consider in the early 1900s based on the car models .
After purchasing the party , the Colegrave Group invested heavily in the business organization by build a series of inquiry glasshouse , hiring plant breeders , and total additional stave . The name of the company was eventually changed to Waller Genetics , Inc. Waller Genetics was sell to Ball Horticultural Company in 2001 and became a PanAmerican Seed Co. research facility .
expose inside the Solar Light 42 greenhouse
PanAmerican Seed Co. breeds seeds for Impatiens ( aka jewelweed , sense of touch - me - not , snapweed and solitaire ) , which is a genus of flowering plants , wide distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere and the tropic . PanAmerican is especially known for their seeds for bedding plants Super Elfin & Beacon Impatiens and Wave Petunias , and also F1 Titan and OP Pacifica Vincas , F1 Sorbet Violas , Taishan African Marigolds , and Durango and Bolero French Marigolds as well as Matrix Pansies . In stinger flowers they breed market - pass varieties like Potomac Snapdragons and Amazon Dianthus . In the perennial category , trade under the Kieft Seeds brand , PanAmerican is the originator of the award - advance Pow Wow and Cheyenne Spirit Echinacea .
Since 1993 , PanAmerican Seed Co. continues to be a drawing card in the cosmetic cum industry , develop groundbreaking commercial-grade products , including many firsts ever available from seed ornamentals , include Divine New Guinea Impatiens , Serena and Serenita Angelonia , Duo Double Petunias . In addition , they develop the Calibrachoa ‘ Kabloom ’ serial publication , the humanity ’s first calibrachoa from seed , and winner of the Reader ’s Choice and Industry ’s Choice Medal of Excellence at the 2014 Greenhouse Grower magazine ’s eventide of Excellence reception , and Salvia Big Blue , which was placed in its Best of the honorable category by the University of Georgia , Best of Show at Colorado State University , and named a 2018 Top Performer at the LSU Hammond Research Station Ornamental Plant Trials .
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Solar Light showing positive pressure fan ducts
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