PRODUCTION OF PLUG TRANSPLANTS AT KUBE PAK CORP.

Kube Pak Corporation is located in Allentown, New Jersey approximately half way between New York City and Philadelphia. The large, 5.6 hectare, controlled-environment plant production operation, features two greenhouses of galvanized pipe construction glazed with two layers of polyethylene greenhouse film using the air-inflated glazing technique. The greenhouse is environmentally controlled using a Q-com computer which regulates an overhead 5 cm pipe hot water heating system, a floor heating system of 18 mm polybutylene plastic pipe embedded in porous or solid concrete and a mechanical fan ventilation system featuring adjustable window air inlets. The greenhouse is serviced by a 3000 square meter headhouse which contains the soil mixing and cubing area, shipping, transplanting, worker services and restroom areas and maintenance shop.