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Revolutionary greenhouse technology delivers higher yield and better quality
Japanese producer Kagome has recently completed its first season with a new tomato greenhouse complex designed and built by the Japanese company Daisen in …
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‘Plants are not just a number, they are very personal’
JD Propagation, of Victoria, Australia, had planned to pay off its first four greenhouses in five years. In fact, the business has grown so …
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‘The art of high wire cucumbers is obtaining and maintaining the balance’
Every cucumber grower has his own strategy for achieving the best yield. Frank van Lipzig wants to grow sustainably, achieve a high quality as …
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Less energy input yields as many or more gerberas
Since 2014 Dutch gerbera grower Reijm Nieuwerkerk has been using a system to actively ventilate the greenhouse air as part of its Next Generation …
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‘LED lighting has improved the quality of our lettuce and reduced plant loss’
Arjan Boer of the Boer & Den Hoedt lettuce farm in Ridderkerk has been using the latest generation Lemnis Oreon LED lighting for the …
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Chrysanthemum beer and striking presentation make pot mums hip
Breeders of pot chrysanthemums have for a long time aimed to optimise the task of the grower. By concentrating on ‘families’ of varieties the …
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Pioneering with the Next Generation Growing
Marius Mans of Mans Flowers is one of the first growers in the Dutch ornamental plant cultivation sector to firmly adhere to the guidelines …
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Houweling's smart solutions to save energy and water
Houweling’s Tomatoes in Camarillo, California has been showered with awards for its sustainable approach. Many of the techniques for saving water and energy are …
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‘Production results are satisfactory but we need to raise the bar each year.’
Although their revolutionary greenhouse has had a superb first year, the brothers Duijvestijn see room for improvement. Technically there are still gains to be …
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Chrysanthemum nursery ends up being guinea pig for diffuse glass
Linflowers is the first chrysanthemum nursery in the Netherlands to have diffuse glass. It was a difficult choice because apart from a lack of …