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Double screen plays key role in quest for uniform climate
Don’t throw away your old shoes before you get new ones – that’s an adage the Dutch sweet pepper grower Stephan Persoon firmly believes …
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Poor maintenance can slash life span of spray robot by half
In many large vegetable, flower and pot plant nurseries, a spray robot moves back and forth automatically along a pipe rail or monorail system. …
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Business in Trumpland
Since November of 2016, with almost every vendor from abroad, whether they’re a greenhouse builder from Holland, an orchid breeder from Taiwan, or a …
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Researchers “grow” model of ideal plant in simulated greenhouse
3D modelling is set to play an ever greater role in research. It’s an important tool in the quest to design better LED modules, …
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Advance of LEDs seems unstoppable despite critical noises
What does it say about a technical development in greenhouse horticulture when there is a marked increase in both research projects and practical trials? …
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‘Focus is on looking for efficiencies and further increasing our yields’
New Zealand Gourmet was founded in 1985. It started off growing and exporting capsicums (bell peppers) to Japan, and blueberries and other crops such …
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Need for resilient crop stimulates interest in silicon
The use of silicon fertilisers is clearly on the rise. Silicon can strengthen the resilience of the crop, and with an ever declining range …
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Rootstocks: an extra instrument to achieve production goals
In the past the use of rootstocks represented an important step in the fight against soil-borne diseases. But rootstocks offer many more possibilities: Improved …
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New LED lamp rates highly in hybrid lighting trial
A trial with hybrid lighting (SON-T + LED) at Dutch tomato nursery Gebroeders Koot has yielded good results. The LED lamp used in the …
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Innovative double screen system
The ISO++ double screen system from Bom Group is unique in the horticultural industry. It is an innovative double screen system which lets more …