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Proceedings of the International Plant Propagator's Society

Vol. 16

Title:
MECHANIZATION AT MONROVIA NURSERY COMPANY

Author:
Conrad Skimina

pp: 128-131

Abstract:
Mechanization is the use of devices, facilities or systems which will reduce labor requirements or create a more efficient operation. With the increase in costs, the nurseryman has to look for ways of cutting down expenses. One way is to develop a machine or a system that reduces expenses. Not all machines are made to save on labor directly, but their intrinsic purpose is to reduce labor costs whether directly or indirectly. For example, soil sterilization may be used directly to control plant diseases — however, this indirectly reduces labor because plants can be produced in a shorter time with less labor.

Designing a machine to do certain tasks in a nursery presents many problems normally not encountered in manufacturing. For example,

  1. We are dealing with disuniformity. Every plant is — different and, it is dynamic — always changing. At Monrovia we have over 1000 varieties of plants and each variety has its peculiarities. In contrast, in the manufacturing industry the basis of automation is

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