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Full HortiContact Tour programme announced
The HortiContact Tour organisation has released its full tour schedule. On Tuesday 14 and Wednesday 15 February 2017, the two-day excursion will visit multiple …
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Two-day excursion to innovative Dutch greenhouses
The Dutch greenhouse sector is continuously innovating. In addition, the nurseries and research centres are keen to share their knowledge and experiences with growers …
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‘We can certainly eliminate this bacterial disease by using strict measures’
Rose growers and propagators in Netherlands have been very badly affected by an outbreak of Ralstonia solanacearum. This Q-organism spread very quickly during last …
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‘We thought differently about the market for our German branch’
About 50% of Dutch tomatoes are exported to Germany. But Germans prefer tomatoes that are grown in their own country. So what could be …
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Potential for greenhouses to make sustainable leap in the tropics
Thanks to a united effort, an educational greenhouse project has been set up in the east African country of Rwanda. Its aim is to …
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InterGrow well positioned for rising demand in US for greenhouse tomatoes
Nearly 20 years ago two Dutch and two Belgian growers joined forces and bought an existing greenhouse in the USA. It was a chance …
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Difficult to control mealybug gains ground in vegetable production
Vegetable growers don’t like to admit that they have mealybug. A group of cooperating parties therefore sent a questionnaire to growers in 2015. From …
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Diffuse screen results in more generative gerbera crop
Gerbera grower Batist, of Maasdijk, the Netherlands, fitted a new, moveable climate screen with improved light diffusing properties into one of its greenhouses this …
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‘Energy screens play main role in new climate regime'
Energy efficient production according to the principles of Next Generation Growing, without any additional investment, is the aim of pepper trial being carried out …
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Perfect climate for orchid cultivation and sales chances are good
What should you do as a European grower if you want to grow, but the local market is saturated? Then you look carefully further …