A growing business, Part 2

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ft The greenhouse facility employs 48 full-time and seasonal workers. planted a few days later into individual pots and "our people can transplant to up to 20,000 pots a day," said Dempster. The central walkway in the main greenhouse area is so long, it makes "about a quarter-mile lap for a return trip. One of our people uses a bicycle to get around/ he quipped. The Wellington location was added especially for increasingly popular perennial garden plants, and now houses "about three million 3.5-inch pots," he said. "By moving down here, we gained a full heat unit factor from the original farm at Uxbridge." The main greenhouse also has a facility for lifting roof sections for cooling during especially warm conditions. While some plants are grown from seeds, others start with roots such as lily of the valley, or cuttings. "It's a growth industry and this farm is off to a good start."

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