Potplants remain a cornerstone of the ornamental greenhouse market, with steady demand across bedding plants, flowering crops, and foliage varieties. As expectations for appearance, uniformity, and year-round availability increase, more growers are relying on controlled greenhouse environments to protect quality and stay competitive.
Because potplants are judged almost entirely on visual appeal, climate control plays a critical role in production. In warm and hot climates, managing light, temperature, and humidity is essential to prevent stress, disease, and shrink. Creating stable growing conditions allows potplants to move confidently from propagation to retail.
At Svensson, we work with potplant growers worldwide to develop climate strategies that support consistent quality. From light diffusion and shading to airflow and humidity control, our solutions help growers deliver healthy, market-ready potplants across a wide range of growing conditions.
Stories from Potplant Growers
11 Feb 2025 | Potplants
Alden Brown, Manager of Selle Farms in New Jersey, transformed his propagation house by solving persistent botrytis issues with Svensson’s Climaflow vertical ventilation system. After a successful trial with a single fan, he introduced 10 units, which completely eliminated the disease and significantly improved crop quality.
17 Jul 2024 | Potplants
Pot plant growers Robert and Walter van den Berg left nothing to chance with the recent construction of a 4.3 hectare greenhouse. Only the best systems were good enough and for that reason, the brothers opted for the PARperfect screen solution from Svensson.
22 May 2024 | Potplants
The Xiamen Tangchao Horticultural Breeding Center is preparing for the 2024 Xiamen International Flower Trials, aiming to showcase top-tier flower varieties. Leveraging advanced climate control technology from Svensson, they prioritize delivering high-quality seedlings and optimizing greenhouse functionality. Recognized for their seedling quality and sustainable practices, Tangchao remains committed to collaboration for further growth and expansion.
14 Sep 2023 | Potplants
Imagine your goal is to produce the most beautiful house plants anyone ever received. Your offer to customers is to reliably provide them with rare, sensitive varieties while also managing a sustainable growing operation. Now, imagine you set out to do all that in a region that experienced 119°F in 2021 and can reach –15°F in the winter. Welcome to Mark Leichty’s world.
01 Sep 2023 | Potplants
Plantas de Andalucía specializes in the production of high-quality cuttings, including petunias grown for export to a Dutch customer.
01 Aug 2023 | Potplants
Sometimes you have to be willing to make a move. That might be Frank Paul’s motto. He’s been willing to move as a young intern from one continent to another. To start his business, he moved from Ohio to the Blue Ridge Mountains. And as a grower, he’s moved from fixed diffused glass to a highly automated, movable screen greenhouse with a PARperfect setup.
28 Jul 2023 | Potplants
Learn how greenhouse manager Marcel Kwint at Kwintplant expanded the facility and chose Harmony 8845 H FR climate screens to improve light diffusion and climate stability.
21 Jul 2023 | Potplants
See how Nursery Lankhaar uses the ClimaFlow System to reduce energy use, improve climate control, and enhance kalanchoe quality in a modern greenhouse.
03 May 2023 | Potplants
See how Chiltepec uses Svensson climate screens to manage light, temperature, and humidity in ornamental flower greenhouses across Mexico.
07 Mar 2023 | Potplants
What makes a customer really, really happy? For Michael Roe of Windmill Nursery, it comes down to delivering more than a customer hoped for. Using a one of a kind screen solution, Michael was able to reduce temperatures and humidity during the hot summer months in Louisiana.
01 Jan 2023 | Potplants
Justin is the type of grower who bases his strategy on research, facts and figures. He carried out extensive research into the cavity-screen concept, where a layer of still air forms between two screen cloths installed close together, creating an insulating effect.
15 Sep 2022 | Potplants
Learn how HilverdaFlorist optimized light, humidity, and climate control using multi-layer climate screen systems and automated radiation-based control.
Your guide to better growing
We’ve created a Potplant Climate Playbook for growers in warm and hot climates who want to protect visual quality and create stable growing conditions for a wide range of potplants.
Growing potplants comes with its own challenges, from managing light and temperature to controlling humidity that impacts plant appearance. Whether your goal is protecting visual quality, reducing shrink, or creating a more stable environment, our Climate Experts are here to support you.
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