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A smart watering strategy can reduce emissions to almost zero
The adage that every downside has an upside even applies to the regulations on discharges, which are becoming ever stricter. Full recirculation in sweet …
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New measurement method makes soil block quality more predictable
Good soil blocks are not easy to make. Besides a good recipe, it’s the experience and skill of the people on the blocking line …
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First trial with dynamic light recipe in tomatoes ups production by 8%
There’s a lot of work going on into LED lighting at the moment. We already know from past research that light colour impacts on …
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New sales concepts give German pot plant growers strong market foothold
Wolfgang and André Ripkens have made a lot of progress in recent years. Apart from investing heavily in automation, the German pot plant growers …
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Tomato spurs caterpillars to cannibalism
A tomato that has optimised its defence mechanism against insects will not only suffer less damage from caterpillars, but will also incite caterpillars to …
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Controlling Echinothrips americanus with predatory mites and bugs
As every grower knows, thrips are a huge problem in ornamentals grown under glass. The usual suspect is the Californian thrips, a species with …
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From open fields to tunnels
I am writing my second column having just returned to South Africa after two weeks in the Netherlands. It’s always good to keep in …
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‘LED is greatest horticultural innovation since the invention of the tractor’
The Flavourfresh Solfresh group has the unwavering mission to be the most innovative and flavoursome tomato grower in the UK and beyond. The company …
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Growers alarmed by outbreaks of Bemisia and tomato russet mite
Several growing areas in the Netherlands and Belgium had to contend with them last year: Bemisia tabaci and tomato russet mite. These two pests …
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Higher light level boosts yields, lost heat easy to make up for
Completely separately from one another, two Belgian rose growers with premises barely ten kilometres apart came to the conclusion that a combination of SON-T …