Vertical Farming 101: Reasons we don't use shipping containers

💡DYK: Growcer’s farms are no longer made using shipping containers ❌
📈 When Growcer first started, we up-cycled shipping containers but now we custom build our farms using structural insulated panels (SIP)
Using SIP allows Growcer farms to have better
✅ insulation,
✅ energy efficiency, and
✅ temperature control.
Plus, a longer lifespan compared to upcycled shipping containers ✅
ℹ️ This is important because many DIY container farms are still made from repurposed shipping containers and this impacts plant health and project success down the road 🌱
👉 Learn more about the difference between DIY and turnkey container farms: www.thegrowcer.ca/blog/contai...

[@samernesr1360]

What do u mean by panels please can u elaborate on that ?

[@Growcer]

Growcer's farms are built using structural insulated panels (SIP) offering you better insulation, energy efficiency, and temperature control. If you're interested in learning more, check out this blog that digs a little deeper: www.thegrowcer.ca/blog/container-farms-are-they-all-created-equal

[@robertmaheu7583]

the one and only issue i have is power needs 80,000 KWH/Y is allot. If there was a way to mitigate that then id buy right away

[@robertozometa6716]

Super fact
Wich material are you using for the panels?

[@Growcer]

Hi there! We use structural insulated panels (SIP) to build Growcer's farms. SIP-built farms offer you a longer lifespan (30 years) compared to upcycled shipping containers (25 years) and better insulation, energy efficiency, and temperature control. If you're interested in learning more, I highly recommend this blog on the topic: www.thegrowcer.ca/blog/container-farms-are-they-all-created-equal

[@c016smith52]

what are 'panels' in the context of farming? To me it's like "we don't use boxes, we use blorbs" okay : ) Cool but tell me about what a blorb is please

[@Growcer]

Hi there! Put simply, shipping containers don't give you the flexibility or efficiency of custom-building a structure using panels. Panels have higher insulation capabilities than containers and they're easy to build with (so you can make a wider working aisle like we did). Insulation is important because the higher the insulation of the farm the better control you have of your environment, the less energy you waste, and the happier your plants are.
If you interested in learning more, we go in depth here: www.thegrowcer.ca/blog/why-growcer-doesnt-build-vertical-farms-using-shipping-containers

[@abdallahabouda6339]

Extremely expensive, i think we have to wait until this becomes more affordable. For now, it isn't worth the investment