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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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Phalaenopsis grower opens the batting with certified organic production
GreenBalanz, of Kudelstaart, is the first Dutch pot plant grower to introduce organically grown phalaenopsis to the market. Although it is still a small …
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Rotten spots caused by Rhizopus
Rhizopus stolonifer is a fungus that can cause stem and fruit rot in several crops. It is also a well-known bread mould. Rhizopus is …
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‘Good plant balance ensures lower plant burden and faster ripening’
Gardener’s Pride, the tomato nursery belonging to Cock and Marja van Overbeek, is starting to master the principles of Next Generation Growing. The new …
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‘If you think you’re the best, you’ll never get any better’
For growers who have greenhouses at several locations and grow a wide assortment it is very difficult to objectively and accurately calculate all the …
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Prevent clean ground becoming infected again immediately
Chrysanthemum grower Maurice van Os, like many Dutch colleagues, has a problem with thrips in the nursery. He solves it mainly by using Amblyseius …
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No artificial lighting but two energy screens and no dehumidification
Gertjan van der Spek is the first tomato grower without artificial lighting in the Netherlands to have two transparent energy screens and no dehumidification. …
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‘In the greenhouse temperature differences not easy to solve’
In a large greenhouse with supplementary lighting the temperature differences in winter can rise so high it’s at the expense of quality and energy …
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Agrosol profits from high-tech year round production
Spain is – perhaps wrongly – still often seen as a country with middle-tech greenhouse horticulture: that is crops grown in the open ground, …
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Wireless sensor gives representative image of water content in slab
Dutch tomato grower Kees Stijger, of Honselersdijk, believes that measuring the water content in a single substrate slab is not enough. Instead, he feels …