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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 …
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The Spanish government’s sustainability ambitions are a challenge for the future
The seaside resort of Chipiona in the south of Spain is a horticultural enclave with a character all of its own: cut flowers are …
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Propagator makes optimal use of raw materials at new site
With the future regulations and the obligation to treat discharged water, making optimal use of raw materials is becoming an increasingly important issue for …
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New spraying technique improves hygiene and quality at Schreurs
Around two years ago, Dutch rose breeders Schreurs wanted to take their hygiene and quality control to a higher level. After setting up their …
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Big boost in tomato production with exact substrate measurements
“Passion for perfection” – that’s Dutch tomato growers Schenkeveld’s slogan, and not without good reason. Production and quality are already at a very high …
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Small core cucumber project calls for intensive collaboration
By the end of June 2016, time was getting tight for cucumber grower Marco Zuidgeest. If he wanted to grow the innovative small core …
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‘Qlipr is a really interesting system to work with’
Paul Jeannet, farm manager of the UrbanFarmers rooftop greenhouse in The Hague, has used the Qlipr system for three months in four different crops: …
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Targeted fertilisation enables extra recirculation in pot orchids
Greater re-use of drainage water for pot orchids is one step closer with a new compound fertiliser. Phalaenopsis grower De Molenhoek in Bemmel, the …
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‘Use of analysis of sales and costing data basis for future decisions’
Stan Vander Waal got his first taste of working in horticulture when he was just 13 years old. His father switched from crop and …
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‘Interlighting boosts truss development and flowering speed’
Interest in artificial lighting with LEDs is on the rise. Recently tomato growers Verkade in ‘s-Gravenzande (Westland, the Netherlands) gained their first experience with …