Top 10 mistakes greenhouse growers make when planning a greenhouse expansion

 There are many pitfalls to avoid when planning an expansion of your greenhouse. Your business relies on many factors such as crop deadlines and financing – make sure you are planning your new builds accordingly and make the proper considerations. Here are some common mistakes: 

1. Not giving yourself enough time to execute your greenhouse expansion. 

2. Focusing only on price when deciding who is going to supply all the components of your greenhouses. 

3. Forgetting the importance of your crop sales and marketing. 

4. Using your operating line of credit to finance greenhouse capital projects. 

5. Asking your banker only for the money needed to pay for what greenhouse equipment you have been quoted. 

6. Not verifying the quality of steel that makes up the greenhouse structure and the greenhouse heating pipes. 

7. Trying to be a Greenhouse Grower and a Greenhouse General Contractor at the same time. 

8. Not getting all the greenhouse component suppliers together to coordinate design and construction. 

9. Not calculating the ROI of your greenhouse investment options. 

10. Not researching what government programs may be available.