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"The Ellepot Sleeve System provides a complete rooting solution with a patent-pending automated production line, hands-free cultivation, and a unique precision seeding system – increasing our output per square meter by 20% and helping reduce the use of peat by up to 40%". Owner & CEO Mads Pedersen, Nordic Greens
The potential of growing in the Ellepot Sleeve System
One of the key innovations in Nordic Greens' lettuce facility is its advanced, automation. From seeding to packaging, every step in the production process is fully automated, reducing the need for human intervention.
"We've created a vertical concept within a greenhouse: fully automated", Mads Ulrik Pedersen, CEO Nordic Greens
That’s exactly what the Scherzer family is doing in Germany’s largest salad greenhouse. Here, two million salad plants—along with tomatoes, eggplants, and cucumbers—are cultivated under glass across five hectares, all year long with the Ellepot technology
Oksasen, a Finnish hydroponic producer, used up to 12 million plastic pots per year in their production of lettuce and herbs. By converting their production to the Ellepot system which is based on degradable, FSC®-certified paper pots, Oksanen has reduced their annual plastic consumption by 18.4 tons.