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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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‘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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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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Water treatment system maintains optimum oxygen supply
Sufficient oxygen in the root environment is a must for a strong, healthy crop. More oxygen makes the crop stronger and boosts production. That’s …
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“It works, but you need discipline to succeed”
Thrips are one of the biggest threats chrysanthemum growers face. But this hasn’t put off River Flowers in the central Dutch town of Zaltbommel: …
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“I get goose bumps from such evenly coloured tomatoes”
The air above an energy screen is much drier than that below it. Currently around 20 companies in The Netherlands are making use of …
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“Film over the top of the pot does nothing but good”
Dutch Rhododendron grower Frans Kortenhorst was looking for a way to get rid of weeds and moss in his pots for good. He cut …
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Right light spectrum on bottom layer with half the energy
The LED lamps in the light fittings underneath the top growing layer shine brightly on the plants in the cultivation greenhouse at phalaenopsis growers …
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Horticulture in 2050: lots more technology, but fewer entrepreneurs
If we were to make an analysis of the horticulture industry thirty years from now, we would see that horticulture businesses have morphed into …
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HortiContact Tour offers unique peek behind the scenes at Dutch top-class growers
On Tuesday, 20 February a group of interested parties from all over the globe participated in a tour of various greenhouse horticulture enterprises in …