By Denise Méthé
January marks the month when many people start to focus on resolutions for the New Year, promise to rid themselves of a few excess pounds, and gently recover from the holiday season. It is a period of unwinding and re-focusing. But at Northeast Plants, our family-owned business where we grow and supply healthy, clean hops plants to commercial growers across Canada and the United States, it is our peak season for processing orders. It is a revving up, not down season. That surprises our friends who imagine that the last days of summer and the early days of autumn would be our busiest time of the year at our New Brunswick facility on Canada’s east coast. But in the hops growing business, order-taking season generally starts in September and goes right through to the end of January. There are orders that come in after that of course, but our regular clients come early to get their choices of variety and quantity. We require a 30 percent deposit when the order is placed, and the balance is to be paid one week prior to shipping. We grow our live, clean plants that are propagated in vitro and then transferred to mycorrhizae enriched soilless sterile potting mix in our temperature and humidity controlled greenhouse environment. We only sell plants that are fully established, ready to be transplanted into the fields of commercial growers. The plants are grown and then shipped in standard 55-cell flats. Cells are 40mm (1.6") by 55mm (21/4") deep. Plant height, including root mass is 15cm (6”) to 30cm (12”). Two trays are carefully packed into our custom-made (insulated) shipping boxes. We apply a $8 fee per shipping box and $20 for a pallet when needed. From the beginning to the end of the process, we take exceptional care of our plants. It is a point of pride that our better, healthier hops plants grown with my background as a scientist and my husband Robert’s heritage of generations of horticultural know-how combine to instill confidence in our clients. We want our buyers to be able to plant with confidence, and this is the guiding principle of everything we do. So many people go through life wishing they could do work that they enjoy, and from which they can see growth and change and progress. As each order comes in and we look over our greenhouse and watch our dream of creating this business become a reality, we know that satisfaction and it is exciting to see things develop. Growing and nurturing plants is an exacting science and a tireless task. But producing good, clean plants that help commercial growers succeed in their own businesses is always satisfying to us. We encourage regular and new clients to contact us now to ensure they get exactly what they want. Denise Méthé and her husband Robert own and operate Northeast Plants Inc., supplier of healthy, clean hops plants to commercial growers across Canada and the United States. Based in New Brunswick in eastern Canada, they can be reached by calling 506-856-0049 or emailing [email protected]. Learn more about varieties sold at www.northeastplants.ca.
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