"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 2009-09-07 14:31:24 +0100, "David WE Roberts" said:

There was a program (Channel 4 I think) a few weeks back about commercial
growing in the Channel Islands, and about a couple of firms which had
been growing tomatoes for decades.
One was finally closing up shop, the other was still going strong.

The one still going strong was getting some fantastic yields - IIRC up
from 4Kg per plant to 40Kg per plant.

snip

Do you happen to know the name of the growers, because I might be able to
find out what variety they grow. Only might, mind you! Was it in
Guernsey?
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon

Not sure I have found the right program, but this report, especially the
bits about using waste heat from power stations, is fascinating reading!

http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/farmi...ing.5361944.jp

"At the heart of his operations are two little gas-powered electricity
plants which Scottish & Southern built on his land so it could sell him the
waste heat and count that towards its green behaviour obligations. When the
generators are running, heat is piped into the glasshouses if needed and if
not, into "dump tanks" of water, which act as simple heat stores. Extra
CO2 - the oxygen of plant life - is also pumped into the growing areas, from
the generator exhausts. A computer runs all this in co-ordination with the
ventilation and, as a last resort, switches on the nursery's own boilers."