The Asian Citrus Psyllid and the HLB disease it carries continues its westward march leaving Florida and Georgia and the rest of the south with $3 billion in losses. California’s $1 billion citrus industry is now under threat but there is hope for CA nurseries using new greenhouses by Airstream Innovations. When the CDFA mandated only certified Psyllid/HLB-free trees may be sold or planted in California, this left citrus nurserymen …Read More
Sun Pacific orders largest air-supported structure in the US
Simply Growing. That’s what Sun Pacific does best. Sun Pacific® has farmed California land since 1969. Keeping customers satisfied and providing high quality produce fresh from their fields everyday. AUGUST 2015 – BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA. Sun Pacific Nursery is one of California premier providers of citrus trees. In the Google map image above, the north end of the acreage just below (behind) the white-roofed structures, you will see two sets of twin wind-intake towers; their shadows pointing one o’clock. One of the two greenhouses …Read More
Brokaw Nursery Adopts Airstream Greenhouses for Citrus Production
July 2013 – VENTURA, CALIFORNIA Rob Brokaw of avocado fame is at the helm of this multi-generational farming family. To ensure their presence in the citrus market in the face of new HLB quarantines, Brokaw ordered three Airstream tunnels, each 100′ x 500′ featuring a triple-tower configuration and nearly 50,000 square feet of planting space each. Brokaw recognized he needed a reliable solution and chose Airstream Innovations to help protect their future citrus business. The first tunnel went up in July 2013 …Read More
Twenty Airstream Greenhouses in the Queue at Young’s Nursery
JULY 2015 – THERMAL, CALIFORNIA Young’s Nursery has supplied California’s commercial growers since 1954. Relying on an established track record in the citrus industry, Young’s has fully embraced Airstream’s technology, becoming one of Airstream’s larger scale citrus nurseries with over 10 acres in production. The photo above shows the first two of 20 houses with a third in process. Below is house number #1 fully planted out within just a few days of inflation. An automated misting system was installed to …Read More