Dajue Nursery
Dajue Nursery · Richmond, BC · 2024
Our Role
Agronomic guidance for greenhouse development on low-pH peat soils, including a soil-improvement strategy and the supporting regulatory approvals to keep the project on agricultural land.
Outcome
The development moved ahead with a soil-improvement plan and the approvals in place, clearing the way for greenhouse production on the ALR parcel.
Deliverables
- Soil assessment and low-pH interpretation
- Soil-improvement and amendment strategy
- Greenhouse development guidance
- Supporting regulatory approvals (ALC / municipal)
Greenhouse development on Richmond peat
Much of Richmond sits on deep organic peat, productive land that carries real agronomic constraints. For a nursery operator planning a greenhouse within the Agricultural Land Reserve, the central issue was soil chemistry: naturally low pH that, left unaddressed, would limit nutrient availability and crop performance.
Titrin assessed the site, interpreted what the low-pH peat meant for greenhouse production, and set out a practical soil-improvement strategy, amendment and management recommendations matched to the crops and growing system. Because the project sat on ALR land, the agronomy came paired with the supporting ALC and municipal submissions to keep the file moving. The operator was left with a sound soil-improvement plan and the approvals addressed, working directly with the Professional Agrologist throughout.