SANANBIO Shared 2023 Trials of Watermelon Cucumber and Sweet Pepper
A September 2023 industry publication relayed SANANBIO’s announcement of internal cultivation trials involving watermelon, cucumber and sweet pepper in a vertical farm.
According to a SANANBIO-supplied product update published by VerticalFarmDaily on September 1, 2023, the company reported that its research team had cultivated watermelon, cucumber and sweet pepper under controlled indoor conditions.
The article presented photographs of the three crops and described the work as part of the company’s exploration of a broader range of crops for vertical farming. The conclusions were supplied by SANANBIO rather than by an independent research institute or a peer-reviewed study.
The article does not provide an experimental protocol, harvest weight, replication count or a commercial cost comparison. It therefore supports a careful statement about reported in-house trials, but not a claim that these crops can be grown profitably in every commercial RADIX or ARK installation.
For growers evaluating fruiting crops, the historical report can introduce the importance of crop-specific cultivation research and the need to validate lighting, plant spacing and production economics for each project.
Original source: https://www.verticalfarmdaily.com/article/9555941/three-new-varieties-introduced-after-successful-product-trials/
Original report: VerticalFarmDaily · Source published: 2023-09-01
