Prize Contest Jungle Talks
Jungle Talks is a new concept in the horticultural sector and intends to exchange and transfer knowledge between horticultural professionals and to make crossovers
Electronics manufacturers express growing interest in commercial farming
Electronics manufacturers in Japan launched a number of Vertical Farming projects starting in 2008, initially with the aim of producing good LEDs and electronics
Vertical Farming is growing worldwide, especially outside the Netherlands
The cultivation of crops in the city, or Urban Farming, is beginning to arouse increasing interest worldwide. This often involves Vertical Farming, in which
Coco peat and biochar are good alternatives for peat in potting soil
Most potting soils contain a large amount of peat. But clearly a turning point has been reached. More and more often growers, customers and
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
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
‘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
Young fruits pull so hard, flowers above abort
Sweet peppers arrive in waves. New fruits lure so many assimilates towards them that the flowers above them abort. This article provides various suggestions
Chrysanthemum white rust
The first symptoms of chrysanthemum white rust (Puccinia horiana) are visible on the upper side of the leaf. These are light green to yellow
‘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
Patent on plant characteristics not without consequences
For half a century international plant breeders’ rights have brought stability and security to the breeding sector. These rights have protected breeders against unauthorised
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
Innovations in crop protection ready to put into practise
Researchers and companies are continually developing new techniques for greenhouse production. Therefore, in principle crop protection can reach a much higher level. But to
‘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
‘Controlled removal of moisture results in energy savings’
By using a model to show the energy balance in a greenhouse you can see at a glance where the energy losses are likely
Russian greenhouse project Agro-Invest captured on video
Agro-Invest is a turn-key greenhouse project in the Kaluga region, a special economic zone located 300 km from Moscow. The first 20 hectare of
GreenTech Innovation Award 2016 nominees announced
A shortlist of nominees, all but two of them Dutch, has been announced for the GreenTech Innovation Award 2016. An international jury has selected
Light induction influences production of compounds and plant physiology
Light is more than just the big mechanism behind photosynthesis. Parts of the light spectrum, or simply more or less light, influence the development
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
CO2-dosing brings huge energy savings with same quality
By dosing lilies with CO2 the light level can be reduced by one third while the quality remains the same. This conclusion was made
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