With young plant production as the fundament for successful horticultural operations , the grandness of starting with a high quality liner or plug is paramount . That is why Jiffy has drop the last twenty old age unendingly meliorate its Jiffy Preforma sparking plug . Jiffy Preforma is a high - quality plug used in multiple horticultural subsectors including floriculture , marijuana and hemp , aquiculture and vertical agriculture .
“ We ’re not just sell a intersection with peat and perlite or peat and coir . We search at the grower , the environment , the time frame and the systems in office . We then put together different case of mathematical product according to these parameters , ” explains Mike Cade , Cartesian product manager for Preforma .
Jiffy Preforma is initially prepared as a slurry according to the grower ’s penury , after which Jiffy fills the trays for the customer and right away wraps them to assert the right moisture level . The plugs are then ship to the growers within 7 - 14 days , ensuring that grower receive the fresh hack aright when they are needed . Another advantage of Jiffy Preforma is that a variety of trays can be filled with the substratum so the client does not take to change anything about their process or tray size of it when purchasing the plugs . The plugs are also dibbled according to the raiser ’s indigence , meaning that Jiffy has multiple shaped impressions for create a muddle into which the seed is sown . For cutting and TC cloth , they can specify a single or multiple peg dibble , or even cut the plug nearly in half for ease of placement .
According to Mike , the high - quality plugs allow multiple benefits to growers , all of which shopping center around improved efficiency . Firstly , Preforma was initially designed specifically for automatize horticultural systems as the ware withstands mechanical movements quite well . likewise , Jiffy Preforma ’s strength has proven useful for the farseeing - distance shipping of uncomplicated plugs , plant life press cutting , seedling , etc .
" Whereas loose - fill medium or weaker chaw typically disintegrate when overturned or jostle , Jiffy Preforma maintains its shape and protects seedlings against root word damage . "
" Improved performance in automated configurations and throughout transportation remain key advantages of using Preforma but in the 20 old age since we lead off evolve the product , " the Jiffy team says and sum that the largest vantage of Jiffy Preforma is that it reportedly accelerates output by 25 % in comparison to idle soil and other competitor plugs . " This 25 % growth is the result of faster rooting and evacuation of transplant shock . "
“ One of the vantage is how quickly growers can pick up that plant life tray and transplant them . Hemp producer could finish a plug in 8 - 10 day and get more tray into product rapidly . By the end of the time of year , they were get 25 % more output in the same space . We ’re seeing the same affair in hydroponic and marijuana production because they have a limited baby’s room area , which Jiffy Preforma provide them to turn over quickly , ” says Mike .
Jiffy Preforma is produced in four locations across the globe , include the United States , Spain , the Netherlands and Japan which ensures the product ’s planetary statistical distribution . While Jiffy Preforma cost more than light - fill rooting culture medium , Mike explicate that depend at a product ’s purchase price can not be the only make up one’s mind cistron .
“ We need soul who are wise enough to understand that cost savings come through different stages of production . Even if loose - fill is cheaper or can be produced by the grower , the full saving demand to be considered over the entire production round , ” explains Mike . With Jiffy Preforma consistently producing hoopla 30 % faster than its competition , growers can await faster seedling turnaround in the glasshouse and , as a consequence , increase yields and productivity .
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