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Good Smells at Solar Innovations, Inc.

Good Smells at Solar Innovations, Inc.

As solar continues to grow and develop, it is important for each employee to stay grounded.  Remembering the little things in life becomes more and more important each day.  Once a month, our resident baker, Brian, provides our team with some extra motivation in the form of baked goods.  The recent months have included ingredients […]

Custom Glass Structures

Custom Glass Structures

Solar Innovations, Inc’s unique and extensive design abilities allow for the creation of some of the most innovative custom glass structures in the industry. Solar can design structures in both lean-to and freestanding configurations in virtually any size for any location using straight curved bars. A curved eave, double pitch is a unique, freestanding custom […]

Solar Innovations, Inc. Vineyard Update: Pruning the Vines

Solar Innovations, Inc. Vineyard Update: Pruning the Vines

Solar Innovations, Inc. vineyard is flourishing and currently insect-free, thanks to the combination of fertilization by the on-site greenhouse experts and the much needed rain that arrived recently in Pine Grove.   Within the first year of planting the vineyard, the fertilizer for grapes should have a low nitrogen content.  It should also be low in […]

Solar Innovations, Inc. Vineyard Update:  Training the Vines

Solar Innovations, Inc. Vineyard Update: Training the Vines

Solar Innovations, Inc. is continuing the vineyard project from earlier this summer. Previously we discussed the planning process, the implementation of a vineyard, and also described our plans to achieve vineyard ecosystem stability. Now that the project is in full swing, our greenhouse experts would like to discuss the process of training the vines. At […]

Solar’s bananas are ripe for the picking

Solar’s bananas are ripe for the picking

Solar Innovations, Inc. is preparing to harvest the current banana crop from its custom designed and installed tropical greenhouse located at Solar’s 36-plus acre Green LEED certified manufacturing facility in Pine Grove, PA. Early in the banana growth process, the lower crown (multiple trunks that grow from a single root system) is evaluated to determine […]